I wonder how Barack Obama sleeps at night, what with all his friends regularly going under the wheels of his bus and all.

Reports are that Obama’s newly nominated secretary of Commerce, Gov. Bill Richardson, has withdrawn his name for the position. Something about a pending investigation for kickbacks he made to a company that donated campaign funds to him.

“Let me say unequivocally that I and my Administration have acted properly in all matters and that this investigation will bear out that fact,” Richardson said Sunday in a report by NBC News. “But I have concluded that the ongoing investigation also would have forced an untenable delay in the confirmation process.” (LINK)

Hmmm… we wonder how Richardson was able to get nominated at all with this scandal all over the news such as it was? Of course Obama’s team denied that those entrusted with the task of vetting Richardson missed something.

Also in Obama news, Jermaine Dupri who writes a column for the right wing blog, The Huffington Post, is over there now complaining bitterly about the raw deal he feels Obama has gotten so far. (LINK)

Personally I think the media is letting Obama off easy considering all those friends he’s got piling up under his bus — and he isn’t even president yet.