Dems spell GOP ‘S-P-A-M’  —  Republican critics pilloried the White House for making it too easy to request e-mail updates about health reform, but it turns out the GOP could have spam problems of its own.  —  Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) sent a tweet this morning from her @michelebachmann account saying …

Obama hits opponents with Chicago brass knuckles  —  Senior Political Analyst  —  “His father was a great friend of my father.”  The reference to William Ayers' father was how Mayor Richard J. Daley began his defense of Barack Obama for his association with the unrepentant Weather Underground terrorist.

Why the White House Shouldn't Play Chicken With Fox  —  It's war!  A rumble in Washington.  Two titanic political forces locked in a bloody battle to the very end.  A confrontation between good and evil.  A clash of civilizations.  Of course, I'm talking about the scuffle between the White House and Fox News.

It's the Media Intimidation, Stupid  —  The exchange that Jake Tapper of ABC News had with Robert Gibbs, the White House press secretary, was significant because of the locution used by Tapper.  Several commentators have criticized the White House for going to war with Fox News …

Fate of White House Counsel Is in Doubt  —  WASHINGTON — Every morning, Gregory B. Craig, the White House counsel, sits at the conference table of the Roosevelt Room with the rest of the president's senior staff.  —  His colleagues greet him, friendly as always.

Watchdog excoriates execution of TARP  —  A Treasury Department watchdog is warning that a key $700 billion bailout program has damaged the government's credibility, won't earn taxpayers all their money back and has done little to change a culture of recklessness on Wall Street.