Bill Scher

Not to be confused with Bill Scherr.

Bill Scher
Born	(1972-09-26) September 26, 1972 (age 52) New York City, U.S.
Alma mater	Oberlin College
Occupation(s)	Writer, Television Host
Years active	2002—present

Bill Scher (born September 26, 1972) is an American pundit and liberal political analyst. He is the Politics Editor for the Washington Monthly. He also is a Contributing Editor to POLITICO Magazine,[1] and a contributor to RealClearPolitics.[2] He also co-hosts "The DMZ," an online TV show with conservative pundit Matt Lewis on YouTube. Scher is an alumnus of Oberlin College.

Early career

Bill Scher founded LiberalOasis.com in 2002.^[citation needed] In 2004, he became a regular commentator for Air America Radio's The Majority Report hosted by Sam Seder and Janeane Garofalo.^[citation needed] In 2006, he contributed a chapter to the book Proud To Be Liberal[3] and published his own book Wait! Don't Move To Canada!: A Stay-and-Fight Strategy to Win Back America (Rodale, 2006).[4] He later became an editor and writer for the Campaign for America's Future website OurFuture.org.[5]

Positions

Scher has been known to take positions that are controversial within liberal circles. In 2012, he published an op-ed in The New York Times titled "How Liberals Win"[6] which argued that liberals should treat "corporate power as a force to bargain with, not an enemy to vanquish". After the Edward Snowden leaks, he defended the record of the National Security Agency from a liberal perspective in essays for The Week[7] and POLITICO Magazine.[8] He defended his position in an appearance on MSNBC's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell[9] and later in a debate with Snowden's attorney Ben Wizner on MSNBC's Up with Steve Kornacki.[10] He wrote articles critical of Bernie Sanders throughout the 2016 presidential primaries.[11][12]

References

1. "Garrett Graff named editor of Politico Mag – Poynter". poynter.org. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
2. "Bill Scher | Author | RealClearPolitics". realclearpolitics.com. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
3. Clementson, Elizabeth; Lasner, Robert (2006). Proud To Be Liberal: Robert Lasner, Elizabeth Clementson: 9780975251768: Amazon.com: Books. Ig Pub. ISBN 0975251767.
4. results, search; Garofalo, Janeane; Seder, Sam (19 September 2006). Wait! Don't Move to Canada: A Stay-and-Fight Strategy to Win Back America. Rodale Books. ISBN 1594863962.
5. "Bill Scher". ourfuture.org. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
6. Scher, Bill (30 June 2012). "How Liberals Win". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
7. "The liberal case for high-tech NSA surveillance". theweek.com. 13 June 2013. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
8. "The Liberal Case for the NSA - POLITICO Magazine". politico.com. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
9. "The liberal case for NSA surveillance | MSNBC". msnbc.com. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
10. "Edward Snowden: Patriot or traitor? | MSNBC". msnbc.com. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
11. "Bernie's Failed Revolution: How Sanders Fell Short of Changing the Democratic Party - POLITICO Magazine". politico.com. 20 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
12. "Is Sanders 2016 Becoming Nader 2000? How Bernie Could Cost Hillary the Election - POLITICO Magazine". politico.com. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 2016-05-16.