Barack Obama is not angry about Ralph Nader's comments about him yesterday. He's actually feeling a bit sorry for him.

"Ralph Nader hadn't been paying attention to my speeches, because all the issues that he talked about — whether it be predatory lending, the housing foreclosure crisis . . . I've devoted multiple speeches," Obama said. "Ralph Nader is trying to get attention. I think it's a shame because if you look at his legacy in terms of consumer protections, its an extraordinary one."

As the Chicago Sun-Times points out, Nader received a quarter of one percent of the vote in 2004. Maybe he's just now learning how to keep himself in the news.