Bill Scher (born September 26, 1972) is an American

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and

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political analyst. He is the Politics Editor for the Washington Monthly. He also is a Contributing Editor to ''

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'' Magazine, and a contributor to RealClearPolitics. He also co-hosts "The DMZ," an online TV show with conservative pundit Matt Lewis on YouTube. Scher is an alumnus of

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Early career

Bill Scher founded LiberalOasis.com in 2002. In 2004, he became a regular commentator for

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's ''

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'' hosted by

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and Janeane Garofalo. In 2006, he contributed a chapter to the book ''Proud To Be Liberal'' and published his own book ''Wait! Don't Move To Canada!: A Stay-and-Fight Strategy to Win Back America'' (Rodale, 2006). He later became an editor and writer for the

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website OurFuture.org.

Positions

Scher has been known to take positions that are controversial within liberal circles. In 2012, he published an

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in ''

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'' titled "How Liberals Win" which argued that liberals should treat "corporate power as a force to bargain with, not an enemy to vanquish". After the

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leaks, he defended the record of the

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from a liberal perspective in essays for ''

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'' and POLITICO Magazine. He defended his position in an appearance on

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's ''

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'' and later in a debate with Snowden's attorney

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on MSNBC's '' Up with Steve Kornacki''. He wrote articles critical of

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throughout the 2016 presidential primaries.

References

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