Brennan out of the running for CIA: Does Harman still have a chance?

Today, the top candidate for CIA Director withdrew his name from consideration. John Brennan had been targeted by bloggers such as Glenn Greenwald and Andrew Sullivan for his participation in Bush-era intelligence policies.

In his withdrawal letter, Brennan specifically responds to those criticisms:

The fact that I was not involved in the decisionmaking process for any of these controversial policies and actions has been ignored.

So now that he's out, who does that leave? Well, South Bay Rep. Jane Harman has also been floated for the job, but just yesterday the AP reported that Obama was going to go in another direction:

A former intelligence official said he has been told that Obama is not considering giving either of the top intelligence jobs to "anyone with an election in their past." That would work against the selection of either California Rep. Jane Harman or former Indiana Rep. Tim Roemer, also a member of the 9/11 Commission, whose names had previously surfaced as contenders for top intelligence posts.

Of course, the same story reported that Brennan was the top candidate for CIA or Director of National Intelligence, so perhaps by now Harman's star is rising again.