Obama's Appointment Choices, Predictably, Come Back to Haunt Democrats

In January 2009, president-elect Obama made some bold choices for who he wanted taking leadership roles in the executive branch. Many of those choices are now hurting Democrats, and therefore progressive policies that Obama would support, especially with regard to this year's elections. Regardless of how good each of his appointments has done in his or her new position, Obama has sown some serious problems for his party. Here are the top six problems he's created for himself and his party.