Daniel Gross is here essentially making a political argument about the economic realities of government ownership of private corporations. Those inclined to accept the facts as he presents them will sagely nod their heads in agreement. They may dispute the wisdom of this ownership, but they won't argue about the whys and wherefors of how this came to be. But there is a small universe composed of conservative Republicans, who will not be convinced at all of what he says, since they are in thrall of an apocalyptic worldview about the Obama administration.

Last Friday, James Carville and Stan Greenberg of Democracy Corps released a study they had done about the conservative voters mindset. They discovered a huge gap between what conservative Republicans think and what conservative independent voters think about the actions and motivations of the Obama administration. While independent conservative voters may express alarm about deficits and government control of corporations and the like, they very much want the Obama administration to succeed. Not so conservative Republicans, who view the Obama administration in a sinister light and are convinced that it is plotting and carrying out a strategy to wreck the American nation in order to bring about a socialist takeover. They are convinced that what happened with GM, Chrysler, Citi and BoA is the foot in the door to an overall scheme to destroy American freedom.

If Daniel Gross thinks he may engage in a reasonable argument about this, he is in for a surprise when conservative Republican heads explode in rage.