Following up on Thursday's post, Obama Digs in on Smith Nomination to Head DOJ Tax Division: tax bloggers have come out against the nomination of Patty Smith to head the Department of Justice's Tax Division:

• The Tax Lawyer's Blog:  "Withdraw the Nomination Mr. President.  It couldn’t be more clear. The Tax Division of the Department of Justice is, in fact, a tax policy making arm of the United States Government and for the White House, in a desperate attempt to bolster support for it’s thinly qualified nominee, to suggest otherwise is simply dishonest. Do the right thing, Mr. President. Withdraw the nomination of Mary Smith and submit a nominee who, like all other nominees before her, has a strong and long background in tax law. If we are serious about closing the tax gap, can we afford to have the head of the DOJ’s Tax Division learning tax law on the job? I don’t think so."
• TaxGirl:  "I agree with Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) who spoke out against Smith’s nomination, saying, 'Tax law is very specialized and it’s certainly not an area where you learn on the job.' Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) noted that there must have been 'thousands of highly experienced tax lawyers who would love to have a job like this.' Um, yeah."