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Adam Serwer
Me and National Review‘s Daniel Foster talk about Libya, Red Dawn, and Game of Thrones, and the GOP presidential nomination contest:
I wasn’t so articulate about the Michele Bachmann thing, but my point is that the problem with her is not so much that she drags the field to the right but that she drags the field to the stupid. Perceptions of political “moderation” are often more of a function of tone and aesthetics than one’s actual political views.
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 More by Adam Serwer
