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Rick Perry: No Apologies for Pleasing His Base
The American Prospect blogger Adam Serwer says that GOP presidential candidate Texas Gov. Rick Perry will change his mind on controversial matters only when urged by his political base. But he will not apologize for saying things they like. It’s 2000 all over again: A Republican governor from Texas is running for president, and the…
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Bachmann and the Denial of Gay Rights
The American Prospect‘s Adam Serwer says that GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann’s willingness to use state sovereignty to deny rights based on her personal religious views on homosexuality should cause more alarm than her judgment of gays and lesbians. I should add that “judgment” here is beside the point. It’s a free country. You can…
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A Gotcha Question and the Affordable Care Act
The American Prospect blogger Adam Serwer weighs in — via a post by Adam Winkler, a professor at UCLA School of Law — on the legal fight over whether the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that all Americans have health insurance is constitutional. Adam Winkler has an interesting post on the legal fight over the Affordable Care…
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Is Obama an Effective Politician?
Adam Serwer, in his blog at the American Prospect, tackles President Obama’s accomplishments in reaction to a blog post by Mother Jones political blogger Kevin Drum that defends his record. … Which brings me to something else — Obama’s biggest accomplishments aren’t much more “firm” as his supposed end to the “Bush torture regime.” This is the…
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U.S. Strategy: Don't Demonize Muslims
Adam Serwer, in his blog on the American Prospect, takes a look at the Obama administration’s long-awaited strategy for countering violent extremism. The White House released its strategy for countering violent extremism today, and while the use of that particular phrase may provoke howls of “political correctness” from conservatives, the strategy identifies “al-Qa’ida and its…
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Is Obama Toast?
Adam Serwer of the American Prospect says that if the nation’s economy does not improve come November 2012, President Obama may join the legions of unemployed workers across the nation. In 1984, President Ronald Reagan won re-election in a landslide, telling voters that it was “morning in America.” Unfortunately for President Barack Obama, the American…
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Extremists Threaten Egypt's Delicate Democracy
Egypt must address post-Arab Spring disillusionment to protect its fledgling democracy, Adam Serwer argues in his blog on the American Prospect. Daveed Gartenstein-Ross has a sobering analysis of al-Qaeda’s strategy for exploiting popular discontent in the wake of the Arab Spring: “We haven’t seen Islamic law implemented or a caliphate established, of course, but al…
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The Growing Racial Wealth Gap
Adam Serwer, in his blog at the American Prospect, unpacks the results of a study on the growing racial wealth gap in America. Yesterday, the Pew Research Center released its report on the racial wealth gap in American society, with some really depressing results. The economic crisis essentially wiped out the wealth gains made by people of…
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Does Rick Perry Support Gay Marriage?
While it certainly appears that Texas Gov. Rick Perry has staked out a moderate position when it comes to same-sex marriage — he apparently considers it to be a states’-rights issue and has no problem with New York’s recent legalization of gay marriage — his actions say otherwise. The American Prospect columnist Adam Serwer writes…
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