Los Angeles Times
Ah, the flexibility of politics. You gotta love it.
The Obama administration has in recent weeks picked a silly fight with the Fox News Channel to help keep impatient supporters on its own left from rebelling too much. If you've got a common enemy, you've got to stay together. Right? Even if you're unhappy with the progressive progress on numerous Democratic fronts.
It's a silly fight for several reasons. It makes a president who must face down other powers look timorous and thin-skinned around something as inconsequential as the most popular U.S. cable news channel.
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