John Harwood of the War Street Journal was complaining tonight on the Larry Kudlow Show on CNBC that some critics of Obama go too far; one even called his policies “economic fascism.” Tsk-tsk. America has been a corporate state since FDR, and during WWI as well. Bush stepped it up, and so has Obama, but they didn’t start it. That honor goes to the Duce Franklin and his role model, el Jefe Woodrow.

Concerning Giuliani-Huckabee (or, for that matter, Bush-Cheney), thanks to the friend who reminds me of what Sinclair Lewis said: ““When Fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.”