Running Terrified

The failure earlier this month of Senate Democrats to find even 50 votes for Debo Adegbile's nomination as the head of the Justice Department's civil rights division is apparently only the beginning of their cowardice.  Not only does defending someone accused of murder make you ineligible to serve in the DoJ, now being a doctor with the notion that guns may present a public health risk makes you history's greatest monster, unfit for Surgeon General.

Facing a possible defeat in the Senate, the White House is considering delaying a vote on President Obama’s choice for surgeon general or withdrawing the nomination altogether, an acknowledgment of its fraying relationship with Senate Democrats.

The nominee, Dr. Vivek H. Murthy, an internist and political ally of the president’s, has come under criticism from the National Rifle Association, and opposition from the gun-rights group has grown so intense that it has placed Democrats from conservative states, several of whom are up for re-election this year, in a difficult spot.

Senate aides said Friday that as many as 10 Democrats are believed to be considering a vote against Dr. Murthy, who has voiced support for various gun control measures like an assault weapons ban, mandatory safety training and ammunition sales limits.

Nice to know the National Rifle Association runs the Democrats in the Senate and not the vast majority of Americans who support gun control measures who voted for the Democrats in the first place.