Another day, another position: Obama administration moves to distance itself from BP on oil spill response

From The Washington Post:

Struggling to convey command of the worsening Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the Obama administration is taking steps to distance itself from BP and is dispatching Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. to the Gulf Coast to meet with federal and state prosecutors. The Holder trip could signal that the environmental calamity might become the subject of a criminal investigation.

The relationship between the federal government and the oil company has been an awkward collaboration all along . . . . but it reached a turning point Monday when the administration said it no longer wants to share a podium with BP at the daily briefing in Louisiana.