Radical Obama pick Dawn Johnsen, who was nominated to serve as head of the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, has withdrawn her nomination.

Johnsen had compared restrictions on abortion procedures to slavery and was a vehement critic of the Bush Administration terror-fighting tactics, many of which Obama has continued.

Her nomination was opposed by Republicans and possibly Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE), who never fully endorsed her nomination but expressed serious concern about her positions.