CNN’s Sanjay Gupta is out of the running for surgeon general?

Despite the initial fanfare, Sanjay Gupta looks to be out of the running for the post of surgeon general, according to the director of the group representing Gupta’s would-be health team.
Jerry Farrell, who heads the Commissioned Officers Association, told FOXNews.com Thursday that CNN’s chief medical correspondent is known to have taken himself out of consideration.
“The general consensus from everybody is Gupta is no longer in contention … it’s more he’s withdrawing himself,” Farrell said, citing conversations he’s had with “well-placed” individuals.
Farrell’s group represents the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service, which the surgeon general oversees.
He said hopeful candidates have been calling his organization’s office since last week expressing their interest in the post after word got out that “the bidding process was open again.”
A spokeswoman for CNN had no comment on Gupta’s standing, and Farrell said he has not spoken with Gupta personally.
But considering two months have passed since CNN acknowledged Gupta was being vetted for the post, information about the progress of the surgeon general nomination is curiously scarce in Washington.