IF YOU CARE WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT YOU, YOU'RE LOSING:

Whiner-in-Chief (John Nichols, 10/12/2009, The Nation)

The Obama administration really needs to get over itself.

First, the president and his aides go to war with Fox News because the network maintains a generally anti-Obama slant.

Then, an anonymous administration aide attacks bloggers for failing to maintain a sufficiently pro-Obama slant.

These are not disconnected developments.

An administration that won the White House with an almost always on-message campaign and generally friendly coverage from old and new media is now frustrated by its inability to control the debate and get the coverage it wants.