Erroll Southers, Obama's nominee for Transportation Security Administration (TSA) withdrew today 1/20/10.

Southers, of course, blamed the Republicans. Yeah, it probably had nothing to do with future policy questions or the possible illegal database searches.

"Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina had placed a block on the nomination, saying he feared that Mr. Southers would attempt to grant collective bargaining rights to tens of thousands of the agency’s employees, including the 45,000 security screeners who have become a familiar presence at the nation’s airports."

"Questions also surfaced about a censure that Mr. Southers received from F.B.I. superiors 20 years ago over a background check run on the boyfriend of his estranged wife. Last October, Mr. Southers told the Senate Homeland Security Committee that he had asked a San Diego police employee to run a single check. But a day later, he acknowledged that he himself had twice conducted database searches."

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/21/us/politics/21southers.html?ref=us