New York Times: So far the oil and gas gushing from the well drilled nearly four miles into the seabed for BP has confounded all efforts by the company to put the genie back in its bottle. The list of options is expanding to "top hats" and "junk shots," according to the Associated Press. When does the time come for the Obama administration to exert more control over next steps? One week ago, I was getting worried that the company might be too focused on conventional means to stanch the flow. Since …