This article, from the Washington Times of all places, was highlighted on the DKos front page:
Emboldened by the ouster of presidential adviser Van Jones, conservative and business groups are launching fresh challenges aimed at derailing President Obama's nominees.
The latest of these targets is David Michaels, Mr. Obama's pick to head the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), who as an academic published a book attacking corporate executives for the tactics they used to fight class-action lawsuits. Republican critics said they considered Mr. Michaels to be too close to trial lawyers because of his aggressive advocacy on their behalf.
I know nothing about Michaels, though according to the front page story he's highly qualified, but this isn't about him. It's about the repeated Democratic/progressive mistake of appeasing rightwingers. Van Jones was the perfect example; he was thrown under the bus, and what did that get us? It just emboldened them to go after more Obama nominees. Instead, go below the fold to see what Obama should have done.
