I guess it is beyond the comprehension of the professional bitch and moan crowd that the President's emphasis on these various energy options will actually be about reducing gov't red tape and barriers. Much easier to simply default to the political myth that he is really just another socialist.
Yes, I'm sure that when you get past the AIDS money for Africa, ethanol subsidies, farm subsidies, increased education spending, the Medicare drug benefit, the Department of Homeland Security, the 2.5 trillion-dollar budgets, and the signing of EVERY spending measure that comes down the pike, you'll find that deep-down he's a small-government, libertarian kinda guy.