Adam Serwer

John McCain identifies areas of America that are Fake America: Well, in our nation’s capital and New York City. I’ve seen it. I’ve lived there. I know the town. I know– I know what a lot of these elitists are. The ones that she never went to a cocktail party with in Georgetown. I’ll be […]

Campbell Brown looks at the Palin clothing controversy and sees a double-standard: “My Issue?” Brown said. “There is an incredible double standard here, and we are ignoring a very simple reality: women are judged based on their appearance far far more than men. That is a statement of fact. There has been plenty written about […]

I think Michael Demmons at Balloon Juice asks a fair question about Obama‘s silence on Prop 8: If Obama won’t stand up now, why is there any reason to believe he would be any more receptive to marriage equality if he gets in office or that he would stick his neck out on any other […]

The McCain campaign has a new robocall starring Rudy Giuliani that basically asserts Barack Obama is against the idea of putting anyone in prison: Hi, this is Rudy Giuliani, and I’m calling for John McCain and the Republican National Committee because you need to know that Barack Obama opposes mandatory prison sentences for sex offenders, […]

I’ve never been a big fan of patterning U.S. foreign policy on what terrorists may or may not think of us. Still, this AP report on who some Al Qaeda supporters would like to see in the White House is consistent with the idea that in order to function properly, terrorist groups need an effective […]

Warrior for Freedom Michelle Bachmann bravely went on Hardball last week, insisted that the media do an “investigation” into liberal members of congress to discern whether or not they have “anti-American” views, and accused Obama of having “anti-American” views. After her opponent raised mad money — nearly a millon dollars — Bachmann claimed she never […]

We’ve seen a lot of McCain calling Obama a “socialist” recently, but it’s worth noting that McCain doesn’t exactly have an idea of what “socialism” is. Or rather, socialism is something that other people do. When Chris Wallace asked him this Sunday to explain “socialism,” McCain struggled. WALLACE: But you did it indirectly, so let […]

Jim Geraghty was very unhappy with a post I wrote last week questioning his focus on voter fraud and his relative lack of concern over states purging voters from the rolls. I argued that Geraghty couldn’t point out a single instance of organized voter fraud. When Geraghty tried to, he ran into some trouble, before […]

A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit filed by the Obama campaign against the Michigan GOP after a reporter from the Michigan Messenger quoted a local Republican chairman saying they would use foreclosure lists to challenge voters at the polls: In the statement, Democrats say they alleged that Republicans were planning to use foreclosure […]

It’s been interesting to watch the Right attack Colin Powell for endorsing Barack Obama; it reveals in what low esteem they actually held Powell even as the Republican Party used him as a shield against accusations of extremism. Last night on Hardball, Pat Buchanan expressed confusion at the idea that Powell would be opposed to […]