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- Jonathan Hershel Singer (born [[April 15, [[1984 in [[Vancouver, [[British Columbia) is the senior writer for the popular progressive [[blog [[MyDD, which has been credited as being "the first major liberal blog. " Singer is perhaps best known for his various interviews with prominent politicians, first for his own site, "Basie!", and then later for MyDD, where he has been an editor since November 2005. 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 current and former 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 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 fundraising 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. Singer, who grew up in [[Portland, Oregon, graduated [[cum laude from [[Pomona College in [[Claremont, California in May 2006 with a degree in Politics. He is currently pursuing a [[law degree from [[Boalt Hall at the [[University of California, Berkeley.
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- Jonathan Hershel Singer (born [[April 15, [[1984 in [[Vancouver, [[British Columbia) is the senior writer for the popular progressive [[blog [[MyDD, which has been credited as being "the first major liberal blog. " Singer is perhaps best known for his various interviews with prominent politicians, first for his own site, "Basie!", and then later for MyDD, where he has been an editor since November 2005.
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