I don’t have much to say about Barack Obama‘s ad calling McCain Washington’s biggest “Celebrity,” except that imitation is the sincerest form of validation. I think the ad has a strong case to make but that it mostly highlights how successful the McCain campaign’s attacks in this vein have been.

— A. Serwer

Adam Serwer is a writing fellow at The American Prospect and a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He also blogs at Jack and Jill Politics and has written for The Village Voice, The Washington Post, The Root, and the Daily News. Follow @adamserwer