Obama withdraws controversial Labor nominee Paul Tiao

President Barack Obama has withdrawn the nomination of Paul Tiao for Inspector General (IG) at the Department of Labor (DOL), the White House announced yesterday. Tiao’s nomination was opposed by Republicans and the business community for his perceived coziness with organized labor.

Those objections were well founded, given Obama’s demonstrated willingness to push organized labor’s agenda by appointing pro-union partisans to positions where they could influence labor policy.