On Monday, senators will vote on Barack Obama’s nomination for the solicitor of labor in the Department of Labor, Patricia Smith. Like the president, Smith is a community organizer, primarily responsible for the “Wage and Hour Watch” in the state of New York. But Smith has a problem, causing several senators to ask the president to withdraw her nomination: She’s dishonest. Smith has lied about her involvement with the Wage and Hour Watch program — five times telling senators that she had no intention to expand the program to the entire state (leaving it localized in New York City), but later emails and other documents revealed that she did indeed plan to expand the program throughout the entire state of New York.
Barack Obama’s nominees to key posts have continually come under fire (think: Tom Daschle, Tim Geithner, Erroll Southers, Jide Zeitlin, and so on). Add to the list yet another nominee who has a shady past. On Monday, when Patricia Smith comes to the Senate floor for consideration, the choice will be pretty clear–to oppose Smith’s nomination.
