Several readers have echoed this sentiment:

Jonah,
Missing from your Corner evisceration (with Steyn) of Friedman is his contention that Obama is a “centrist.” Holey smokes, Obama a centrist!!?? I nearly lapsed after reading that.

I dissent. In fairness, if you think that China’s Communist run, one-party autocracy, is preferable to our system, Obama should at least be a centrist. At least I hope that would be the case.