MATTHEW YGLESIAS RIPS ME for linking a Victor Davis Hanson quote charging Obama with having a socialist view of government. Well here’s Yglesias’ Atlantic co-blogger on Obama and corporations:

Gack. Now Obama is ranting about how he’s going to make the corporations give us super fuel-efficient cars, find awesome new sources of oil, make renewable energy affordable, and invent a really delicious fat-free ice cream. However did we manage to get through the first 200 years without Barack Obama to beat some progress out of the corporations that have been holding us back?

To be fair, it’s not clear if Obama is talking about “nationalization of the means of production,” or something even stupider, but if I were an Obama booster I wouldn’t be calling attention to the issue. Instead, I’d try to make sure Obama knew how many states are in America. Baby steps, baby steps . . . .