Barack Obama is having some problems.

First, he was taken to task by some when word leaked he is considering some former military generals for the veep post because of his own inexperience on military matters (sounds a bit like Hillary Clinton’s campaign speech?)–

Now, the man who he handpicked to head his vice-presidential search team, Jim Johnson, was forced to resign after stories swirled around him involving alleged questionable loan deals!

Only yesterday, Obama said, ” I am not vetting my V.P. search committee for their mortgages.”

But that was yesterday and in politics that may as well have been a year ago.

Today, Obama was more than happy to have Johnson walk the plank.

Johnson was the one time chairman of Fannie Mae, the mortgage lender. The Wall Street Journal reported that he got loans with the asisstance of the CEO of Countrywide Financial Corporation at the very same time that company is involved in a federal probe of the subprime mortgage mess.

Johnson reportedly got favorable rates, according to the Associated Press, on “three home mortgages totaling $1.7 million.

Where’s The Candidate of Change?

Maybe a more important question is how is it that Johnson was picked by Obama to begin with?

Didn’t Obama claim to be the candidate of change and accused Hillary Clinton of practicing politics the “old fashioned” way. He was going to bring change to Washington.

Well, turns out he is not all that crazy about change when it comes to getting himself elected president.

Johnson is as about inside the Beltway as you can get.  He helped John Kerry and Walter Mondale select their running mates.

Now that is what I call change!