Erroll Southers, Obama’s nominee to run the Transportation Security Administration has withdrawn his name because he has become a “lightning rod for those with a political agenda.” Read: Jim DeMint doesn’t like unions, so I’m going to just run and hide. This is ludicrous.

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) says the attempted bombing of Northwest Flight 253 is really the fault of TSA union employees, and justifies his hold on the TSA director nominee as such. Seriously.