Jonathan Singer
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Jonathan Hershel Singer (born April 15, 1984 in Vancouver
, British Columbia
) is a progressive blogger. For five years, he was a writer for the progressive blog
MyDD
, which was credited by Campaigns and Elections magazine as being "the first major liberal blog".http://www.singlearticles.com/blogging-down-the-money-a4606.html
Singer is perhaps best known for his various interviews with prominent politicians, first for his own site, "Basie!", and then later for MyDD. His interviews have included former Democratic and Republican presidential nominees http://www.pomona.edu/events/news/features/101705blogger.shtml such as John Kerry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVQEaUZDjiU, Walter Mondale
, Bob Dole
http://www.pomona.edu/magazine/pcmsp08/FSblogs.shtml, Michael Dukakis
, and George McGovern
, as well as candidates for the 2008 Democratic Party presidential nomination: Barack Obama
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0707/Obama_online.html, John Edwards
http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2007/02/edwards_consult.html, Bill Richardson, Chris Dodd, Russ Feingold
and Tom Vilsack
. He has also interviewed current and former leaders like Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/06/21/pelosi-optimistic-on-immigration-bill/, and former House Speaker Tom Foley
, and dozens of senatorial, congressional and gubernatorial candidates all around the country.
In his writing, Singer primarily covers all aspects of campaigns and elections, from polling and fund-raising to opposition research and insider rumors. He has been quoted or cited in this capacity by Newsweek
http://www.newsweek.com/id/68423/output/print, The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/24/us/politics/24mccain.html?pagewanted=print, USA Today
http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2009/03/petraeus-in-201.html, The Politico
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0407/3415.html, The Chronicle of Higher Education
http://chronicle.com/cgi2-bin/printable.cgi?article=http://chronicle.com/free/v55/i28/28a01201.htm, and others.
He currently blogs at Polising.com.
He has also taken an active role supporting the confirmation of 9th Circuit Court of Appeals nominee Goodwin Liu
,http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=D527CB88-18FE-70B2-A842A3CDAE3F40CD earning him the enmity of conservatives such as Ed Whelan.http://bench.nationalreview.com/post/?q=OTZjNTQ1OTFlZDhkMTFlOTkxOWEzM2EyNzMwMGExMGE=
Singer, who grew up in Portland, Oregon
, graduated from Pomona College
in Claremont, California
in May 2006 with a degree in Politics and earned a law degree
from Boalt Hall at the University of California, Berkeley
in May 2010.
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
) is a progressive blogger. For five years, he was a writer for the progressive blog
Blog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
MyDD
MyDD
MyDD is a collaborative politically progressive American politics blog. It was established by Jerome Armstrong in 2001. Its name was originally short for "My Due Diligence." In January 2006, the name was changed to "My Direct Democracy" as part of a site redesign, with the new tagline "Direct...
, which was credited by Campaigns and Elections magazine as being "the first major liberal blog".http://www.singlearticles.com/blogging-down-the-money-a4606.html
Singer is perhaps best known for his various interviews with prominent politicians, first for his own site, "Basie!", and then later for MyDD. His interviews have included former Democratic and Republican presidential nominees http://www.pomona.edu/events/news/features/101705blogger.shtml such as John Kerry
John Kerry
John Forbes Kerry is the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts, the 10th most senior U.S. Senator and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He was the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party in the 2004 presidential election, but lost to former President George W...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVQEaUZDjiU, Walter Mondale
Walter Mondale
Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale is an American Democratic Party politician, who served as the 42nd Vice President of the United States , under President Jimmy Carter, and as a United States Senator for Minnesota...
, Bob Dole
Bob Dole
Robert Joseph "Bob" Dole is an American attorney and politician. Dole represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996, was Gerald Ford's Vice Presidential running mate in the 1976 presidential election, and was Senate Majority Leader from 1985 to 1987 and in 1995 and 1996...
http://www.pomona.edu/magazine/pcmsp08/FSblogs.shtml, Michael Dukakis
Michael Dukakis
Michael Stanley Dukakis served as the 65th and 67th Governor of Massachusetts from 1975–1979 and from 1983–1991, and was the Democratic presidential nominee in 1988. He was born to Greek immigrants in Brookline, Massachusetts, also the birthplace of John F. Kennedy, and was the longest serving...
, and George McGovern
George McGovern
George Stanley McGovern is an historian, author, and former U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, and the Democratic Party nominee in the 1972 presidential election....
, as well as candidates for the 2008 Democratic Party presidential nomination: Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0707/Obama_online.html, John Edwards
John Edwards
Johnny Reid "John" Edwards is an American politician, who served as a U.S. Senator from North Carolina. He was the Democratic nominee for Vice President in 2004, and was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004 and 2008.He defeated incumbent Republican Lauch Faircloth in...
http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2007/02/edwards_consult.html, Bill Richardson, Chris Dodd, Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
Russell Dana "Russ" Feingold is an American politician from the U.S. state of Wisconsin. He served as a Democratic party member of the U.S. Senate from 1993 to 2011. From 1983 to 1993, Feingold was a Wisconsin State Senator representing the 27th District.He is a recipient of the John F...
and Tom Vilsack
Tom Vilsack
Thomas James "Tom" Vilsack is an American politician, a member of the Democratic Party, and presently the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. He served as the 40th Governor of the state of Iowa. He was first elected in 1998 and re-elected to a second four-year term in 2002...
. He has also interviewed current and former leaders like Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
Harry Reid
Harry Mason Reid is the senior United States Senator from Nevada, serving since 1987. A member of the Democratic Party, he has been the Senate Majority Leader since January 2007, having previously served as Minority Leader and Minority and Majority Whip.Previously, Reid was a member of the U.S...
, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro Pelosi is the Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives and served as the 60th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011...
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/06/21/pelosi-optimistic-on-immigration-bill/, and former House Speaker Tom Foley
Tom Foley
Thomas Stephen Foley was the 57th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1989 to 1995. He represented Washington's 5th congressional district for 30 years as a Democratic member from 1965 to 1995....
, and dozens of senatorial, congressional and gubernatorial candidates all around the country.
In his writing, Singer primarily covers all aspects of campaigns and elections, from polling and fund-raising to opposition research and insider rumors. He has been quoted or cited in this capacity by Newsweek
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
http://www.newsweek.com/id/68423/output/print, The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/24/us/politics/24mccain.html?pagewanted=print, USA Today
USA Today
USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth. The newspaper vies with The Wall Street Journal for the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States, something it previously held since 2003...
http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2009/03/petraeus-in-201.html, The Politico
The Politico
The Politico is an American political journalism organization based in Arlington, Virginia, that distributes its content via television, the Internet, newspaper, and radio. Its coverage of Washington, D.C., includes the U.S. Congress, lobbying, media and the Presidency...
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0407/3415.html, The Chronicle of Higher Education
The Chronicle of Higher Education
The Chronicle of Higher Education is a newspaper and website that presents news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty, staff members and administrators....
http://chronicle.com/cgi2-bin/printable.cgi?article=http://chronicle.com/free/v55/i28/28a01201.htm, and others.
He currently blogs at Polising.com.
He has also taken an active role supporting the confirmation of 9th Circuit Court of Appeals nominee Goodwin Liu
Goodwin Liu
Goodwin Hon Liu is an American lawyer and educator who currently serves as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California. Before his appointment by California Governor Jerry Brown, Liu was Associate Dean and Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law...
,http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=D527CB88-18FE-70B2-A842A3CDAE3F40CD earning him the enmity of conservatives such as Ed Whelan.http://bench.nationalreview.com/post/?q=OTZjNTQ1OTFlZDhkMTFlOTkxOWEzM2EyNzMwMGExMGE=
Singer, who grew up in Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
, graduated from Pomona College
Pomona College
Pomona College is a private, residential, liberal arts college in Claremont, California. Founded in 1887 in Pomona, California by a group of Congregationalists, the college moved to Claremont in 1889 to the site of a hotel, retaining its name. The school enrolls 1,548 students.The founding member...
in Claremont, California
Claremont, California
Claremont is a small affluent college town in eastern Los Angeles County, California, United States, about east of downtown Los Angeles at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains. The population as of the 2010 census is 34,926. Claremont is known for its seven higher-education institutions, its...
in May 2006 with a degree in Politics and earned a law degree
Law degree
A Law degree is an academic degree conferred for studies in law. Such degrees are generally preparation for legal careers; but while their curricula may be reviewed by legal authority, they do not themselves confer a license...
from Boalt Hall at the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
in May 2010.