Just a day before a scheduled Senate confirmation hearing, longtime industry lobbyist Michael Baroody withdrew his nomination to chair the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Along with numerous allies, we'd opposed the nomination of this unqualified applicant who'd spent his career as a general in the war on consumer and worker protections. According to news stories (Washington Post and New York Times), Baroody may not have wanted to discuss a questionable $150,000 severance bonus from his employer, the National Association of Manufacturers. Now, we urge the President to look for an applicant who meets the statutory requirement: being a consumer safety expert. Three strikes and you're out, Mr. President. In 2001, the Senate Commerce Committee voted down the nomination of Mary Sheila Gall. The subsequently approved chairman, who resigned in 2006 to become a lawyer-lobbyist, Hal Stratton, had a lackluster tenure. Consumers, especially the very young and the very old who cannot protect themselves, deserve better.