The worm may be turning, Milbank is a commie. I googled him, he has perfect left wing credentials.
I don't look at these incidences as cases of the worm turning. Rather, I see them as BHO's base trying to warn him of his, so far, terrible campaign strategy.
At the end of the day, these people will still endorse him. Right now...they are trying to swat him on the nose with a rolled up newspaper to get his attention. They hope if he sees the left wing media being critical in this way...he will pull it together and stop drifting aimlessly. This is a sneaky way of saying "Hey dude...what ARE you doing here...come on...get it TOGETHER!!!"
But at the end of the day they will still slobber all over how great he is.