by- Suzie-Q @ 8:20 AM MDT
Cliff Schecter
Written by Cliff Schecter at Cliff Schecter Blog
New Blogs
Ok, boys and girls. Turning off the phone and the Intertubes for the next half dozen or so hours. Book writing is hard. Or I am just not that bright. Likely both.
But, before I unceremoniously depart, I wanted to throw out a few blogs that are either new, or relatively so, and worth your time to look into.
First of all, a pal of mine the fantastic progressive historian Rick Perlstein, has just started blogging at Campaign For America’s Future. The blog is called The Big Con. Just think for a moment (or less) and it comes to you.
Check out his first post on food. Well sorta. It’s actually on food regulation and progressive politics. It is excellent.
I have also read a few new blogs lately by those that comment here, or send some folks our way. There is Senate 2008 Guru, which has great coverage of all the Senate races coming up, and Suzie Q, which has a whole lotta progressive stuff.
Now off you go (until one of our contributors posts here and you must of course come back, which by judging by recent activity, should be within 2.5 minutes).
Thanks Cliff ! 😉
Cliff Schecter Bio:
Cliff Schecter is a veteran campaign strategist and political commentator. Schecter writes a monthly column distributed by Knight Ridder and was a guest columnist for United Press International from 2002-2004. His work has been featured in a variety of publications including The Miami Herald, The American Prospect, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Fordham Urban Law Journal, The Sacramento Bee and Salon.com. He blogs for The Gadflyer and writes a weekly satirical column each Friday called “Cliff’s Corner,” summarizing the week’s most ridiculous events for AMERICAblog. Surprisingly, Tom DeLay gets mentioned a lot.
During the 2004 election cycle, Schecter worked as the “liberal” pundit for The Sinclair Broadcast Group, where he debated conservative Armstrong Williams — for significantly less cost to the White House. He has also appeared on CNN, CNBC, NPR FoxNews, The Canadian Broadcast Channel and Al Jazeera. Additionally, Schecter has provided analysis on American politics for international diplomats, journalists, students and politicians as part of The State Department Bureau of International Information Programs.
Schecter holds an MA in International Affairs from the Columbia School of International and Public Affairs and is currently receiving his Ph.D. in American History as a Dean’s Honors Fellow at American University.
Schecter was a pollster for the successful reelection of President Bill Clinton in 1996 and fundraiser for former Governor of Virginia Mark Warner in 2001. He has also consulted for the DNC, DCCC and some other candidates he won’t mention here because they lost.