COULD REPUBLICANS NOMINATE A FREE-MARKET POPULIST? “I suspect, though, that no Republican really wants to battle big business. Of course, Barack Obama doesn’t, either — he just wants to pretend he is.”

Yes, as I’ve noted before, it was blindingly obvious that opposition to DMCA and other Big Entertainment initiatives would have been hugely beneficial for the GOP, but apparently they can’t bring themselves to attack Big Business, even big business that hates them and serves as a major source of money for the Democrats.