Obama Misstep

From the gitgo Barack Obama's selection of consummate Washington insider Jim Johnson to head the vice presidential search committee was not exactly a good idea or exercise of sound judgment for a self-described post-partisan presidential candidate who has railed against Washington special interests and the old ways of doing business. For Johnson had a lengthy track record of past associations with the very special interests Obama finds so objectionable. Indeed, he reportedly received $7 million for mortgages with below interest market rates from Countrywide Financial Corp. So Johnson's decision to step down was somewhat inevitable and perhaps a reminder to Obama that one's actions should match one's rhetoric. Failure to do so gives the opposition ammunition to attack you.