The secondary storyline this week with respect to President Obama and his handling of the BP oil spill appears to be how many Democratic stalwarts turned coat and began to loudly criticize the President in recent days. Salon’s Joan Walsh, meanwhile, thinks the nation should stop looking for a daddy.

At 3pmET Mediaite’s own Managing Editor Colby Hall will be appearing with intrepid Washington, D.C. reporter Tommy Christopher on The Ed Morrissey Show with the noted Hot Air blogger. We will discuss the Mediaite Top 50, as well as talk about the top stories of the year, and the innovative first year of Mediaite.

Criticism of Senator Mary Landrieu is turning ugly after allegedly changing her position on health care reform after receiving $300 million in aid to her home state. The right’s two most prominent commentators – Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh – referred to Landrieu as a prostitute. Keith Olbermann has asked where was the outrage from the conservative feminists (video below). We decided to go and find it.

This year’s Western Conservative Political Action Conference may best be remembered for John Ziegler’s unceremonious ejection, but the gathering has also prompted withering criticism across the blogosphere. Can you guess which frothing Daily Kos blogger said this?

The NY Post alleged yesterday that Monday’s health care event held on the White House lawn was fraudulent and staged, specifically claiming that white lab coats were passed to attending doctors by WH staffers.

Earlier today, we tried to answer Ed Morrissey’s question “Why Was NY Post the Only Outlet to Report ‘White Coat-gate?” Initially, we thought the answer was that the story simply wasn’t newsworthy. It turns out it wasn’t even true.

Ed Morrissey at Hot Air wonders why the New York Post was the only major media organization to report this about President Obama’s Rose Garden speech to a group of physicians on Monday (what the Post calls White House’s Botched ‘op’):