Not Only Is James Coleman An Idiot...

But he's another one of those lobbyists that Obama promised would have no place in his administration.

President Obama's latest recess appointment is a corporate lawyer, hailing from a leading Democratic lobbying firm where he represented defense contractors and health care companies.

The nomination of James M. Cole, now deputy attorney general, never made it to the Senate floor thanks to questions about his time as a compliance monitor at AIG, and his views on fighting terrorism.

Cole embodies two typical Obama practices: The president often flouts his tough, anti-lobbyist talk, and he uses recess appointments so that his party's senators don't have to vote on nominees with tainted backgrounds.

Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://washingtonexaminer.com/politics/2011/01/obamas-skirts-congress-appoint-lobbying-lawyer#ixzz19yzV2Z5a