Lighning Round 101909

There are some people who suspect that Barack Obama doesn't like to fight. That's not true, but the people he chooses to fight are sometimes pretty interesting.

• Don't know if anyone really pays much attention to those weekend presidential radio addresses, but it's pretty clear that the insurance companies are now Emanuel Goldstein. And in a particularly noxious move, Medicare has fined Humana for telling its customers the truth.
• Meanwhile, there's the continuing fight with Fox News. Karl Rove is hardly a disinterested observer, but I'm not sure that Rove's comparison of the administration's behavior to that of Nixon's compilation of an Enemies List isn't spot-on. Maybe one of my portside commenters can set me straight on that one.
• Meanwhile, the administration continues to find reasonable people to talk to. Like these folks. And these folks. Again, like Tim Hardin, I look to find a reason to believe.