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A political blogger for the International Business Times, Steve Leser is a hot national political pundit. He has appeared on MSNBC's Coundown with Keith Olbermann, Comedy Central's Daily Show with Jon Stewart and Russia Today's (RT) Crosstalk with Peter Lavelle. But, Leser is most known for his work as commentator and the progressive counterpoint on the very conservative FOX News cable network. Steve Leser has been frequently featured on Your World with Neil Cavuto, Bulls & Bears, and Cashing In against such FOX notables as Neil Cavuto and Stuart Varney. Leser gave the stirring live commentary on FOX as news broke of the resignation of Sarah Palin as Governor of Alaska.
Steve Leser is in demand in New York as keynote speaker for his authority on the power and machinations of Republican think tanks, the economy, health care reform and various other political topics.
Leser is also a political organizer and has held positions within the Democratic Party including District Chair and Public Relations Chair within county organizations.
Saturday, January 1, 2011 Reasons why Bradley Manning's alleged Crimes are Serious and deserve Harsh Punishment (145 comments)
I thought that was the point of Wikileaks, to highlight issues that need investigation. I was therefore extremely disappointed when I heard that the next thing being released was over 250,000 miscellaneous materials that are mostly diplomatic cables that suggest no wrongdoing that needs to be investigated. That was the beginning of my disillusionment with Wikileaks and as more information came out about the materials...
Friday, December 31, 2010 Recap of 2010 look forward to 2011 on Russia Today's Crosstalk (Appearance by Steve Leser) (8 comments)
In this edition of Peter Lavelle's Crosstalk he asks his guests about the highs and lows of 2010.
Guests are Steve Leser of OpEdNews.com , Jim Walsh of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Charles Beckett of the London School of Economics
Thursday, November 4, 2010 Tea Party Republicans: Time to Put Up or Shut Up (18 comments)
Republicans are no longer outside agitators, they are part of the government and responsible for coming up with solutions.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010 Election 2010 - Republicans Plan Broad Attack on Women's Rights if Elected (139 comments)
Republicans have simmered in anger for over 40 years at the progress of the women's equal rights movement. Finally, now, in 2010, they feel comfortable enough to run on a broad spectrum of policies that are blatantly anti-women's rights.
Monday, July 19, 2010 Progressives Fail because Progressivism is not Understood (19 comments)
Gallup's study shows that 54% of Americans do not know whether the term "Progressive" describes their own views. If they cannot determine that, it means to me that they do not know what Progressivism is.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 Rush Limbaugh Moves Out of New York City in Protest! "quot; I'm throwing a Party (6 comments)
Rush's final act of separating from NYC came in the form of selling his ten room, four terrace condo on Fifth avenue for $11.5 million as reported in the Wall Street Journal. The condo overlooks central park on East 86th street.
Saturday, May 29, 2010 Bizarre Fight Plays out between Joe Scarborough and Markos Moulitsas on Twitter (25 comments)
It was like a train wreck. You didn't want to keep reading but you were compelled to keep on keeping on. The Twitter fight between Joe Scarborough of MSNBC's morning Joe and Daily Kos' Markos Moulitsas was spread out over several hours in the early afternoon on Friday.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010 Palin: Drill Baby Drill, but blame Obama for the Spill! (73 comments)
What happened in the gulf is the responsibility of people who operated on exactly the same assumptions that Palin did. That is the mentality that caused us to be where we are now.
Saturday, May 22, 2010 Rand Paul -" Embattled GOP Senate Nominee Cancels Meet the Press Appearance (5 comments)
For a politician to beg out of attending means things are so bad for them that their handlers believe that they do not have the ability to handle the tough questions that might be asked on the show and thus this incredible opportunity to introduce yourself to millions of voters and potential contributors on TVs most respected political show has to be squandered.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 Teabagging 2.0 April 15, 2010 --" Lying, Ignorant Puppets who are STILL a Sham and a Fraud (9 comments)
A year ago, the same group of people that had cheered on George W. Bush's massive government spending and soaring deficits for eight years changed their mind overnight and decided that government spending and deficits were bad, at least they were bad now that they were being done by a black Democrat.
Sunday, April 4, 2010 My Presentation on the New Health Care Reform Law to Harlem4
I was asked to speak to the Harlem4 organization and help them understand the new HealthCare Reform Law and what it will mean to them. I gave a 32 minute presentation that describes the law and I videotaped it and uploaded it to youtube. Due to limits on the size/duration of Youtube videos, I had to break it up into four parts.
Sunday, March 21, 2010 Health Care Reform Passes - Democrats Get Their Act Together
In a historic Sunday night vote, 219 House Democrats voted to pass the Senate's version of Health Care Reform sending the bill to President Obama who will sign the Health Care Reform bill sometime on Monday.
Friday, February 19, 2010 Republicans Finally Caught up in Their Own Hypocrisy (4 comments)
Republicans elected officials have completely shed their principles and become purely political animals who stand for only one thing and that is hurting Barack Obama's Presidency.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 Republicans Massachusetts Victory Is a Potential Gift to Democrats (8 comments)
As embarrassing as it is to lose Ted Kennedy's Senate seat in Massachusetts of all places, it is better to lose one senate seat now rather than 12 Senate seats in November.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 Coakley Loss Massive Blow and Wakeup Call for Obama, DNC (20 comments)
President Obama and the Democrats have to get back in touch with the people of this country and rally the base. If they don't, we're looking at a real disaster this fall.
Monday, January 18, 2010 Coakley Headed to Defeat in Massachusetts Unless Democratic Base Turns Out (22 comments)
This race will be won or lost on turnout, specifically that of Democrats. If Massachusetts Democrats come out and vote on Tuesday, January 19, Brown and the Republicans don't have a chance. Most experts are banking on the idea that this will not happen.
Thursday, January 7, 2010 Conservative Boycott of "Too Liberal" CPAC is ON! (5 comments)
This year, CPAC has accepted the sponsorship of a conservative gay rights group, GOProud. According to an article on Free Republic, "GOProud advocates same-sex "marriage," a repeal of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, and "expanding access to domestic partner benefits" for "homosexuals' "
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 Dennis Rodman Gives Back and unveils Rodman Raffle (1 comments)
Dennis Rodman, arguably basketball's best defensive player in the modern era, has joined with the Mission of Saint Francis to raise money for their efforts to assist with helping people beat addiction and substance abuse.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 Joe Lieberman plays the Scorned Ex so well (8 comments)
Are there any lengths to which Joe Lieberman will not go in order to punish the Democratic Party for denying him the nomination for senate three years ago?
Friday, December 11, 2009 Steve Leser debates Eric Bolling re: Cap & Trade on Fox News' Your World (4 comments)
Steve Leser debates Eric Bolling re: Cap & Trade on Fox News' Your World. Topics include Climate Gate, Copenhagen, the EPA's ruling on Carbon and other climate change and global warming topics and impacts.
Sunday, November 29, 2009 What I want to hear from President Obama about Afghanistan (6 comments)
Would a pullout result in another terrorist attack? Would a pullout be the right thing? What is the current situation on the ground? If escalation is the right thing, is 30,000 troops enough?
Monday, September 28, 2009 Steve Leser on The Perez Notes radio show
Roberto and I discussed election 2000, Health Care Reform, Fox News, Democratic Party politics in general and a host of other topics during the 45 minute show.
Sunday, September 13, 2009 9/12/09 – Another day, Another Teabagging Failure (17 comments)
What FreedomWorks and the rest of the Teabagging architects didn't take into account was that people wouldn't care enough about the message to show up.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009 Students Biggest Lesson from Obama Speech? Republicans Lie - A LOT! (7 comments)
Students learned one important lesson from the speech and it is an unintended one as far as politicians on both side are concerned. The dissonance between what the Republicans claimed would be in the speech and the speech that was given will forever have these students questioning whether anything the Republican Party and its politicians and pundits say is true or yet another fantastic lie.
Monday, August 24, 2009 Why Health Care Reform Failed (8 comments)
Democrats have 10-14 days to get mobilized and start working or this is over.
Saturday, August 22, 2009 Unemployment – Yes I bet 7.5% or lower by August 22, 2010 (3 comments)
Today, on the Fox News' show “Cashin' In”, I bet that in one year, unemployment will be at or below 7.5%. I backed up that bet with some serious, albeit humorous (for everyone but me, I assure you) potential consequences.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 Healthcare Reform Foes Claim US Citizens To Be Made Into Vampires (3 comments)
In the latest round of sensationalist claims coming from Healthcare reform opponents, the claim is being made that, to save money and make Healthcare reform budget neutral, the latest Democratic plan mandates that US citizens are to be made into vampires.
Monday, August 10, 2009 My Debate with Fox News' Neil Cavuto Regarding Healthcare Forum Protesters (1 comments)
Me debating Neil Cavuto on Fox News' Your World Regarding Pelosi and Hoyer "UnAmerican" comments on Healthcare townhall protesters. Speaker Pelosi and Congressman Steny Hoyer called the tactics of those people disrupting Town Hall Meetings "UnAmerican".
Tuesday, August 4, 2009 Book Review - The Conscience of a Libertarian by Wayne Allyn Root
If you are not familiar with the Libertarian belief system, you should run, not walk to your local bookstore and buy the book. It is a great introduction to Libertarianism.
Sunday, July 26, 2009 Coulter Angers Her Base, Criticizes Conspiracy about Obama's Nationality (38 comments)
I've been extremely hard on Coulter in the past (below you will see why), but in this case, I have to give credit where credit is due. Ann is right on here, and in confronting the lunatics she has actually shown some courage and integrity for a change.
Monday, July 6, 2009 Palin Resignation - She Got "Fed Up" (2 comments)
Many of us speculated as to the reason for the resignation but having seen now the reports after a few days, it is Stuart Varney who I think nailed the reason for the resignation. Stuart's first read was that Palin got "Fed Up".
Wednesday, July 1, 2009 North Korea Impending Missile Launch May Require US Military Action (56 comments)
A dangerous situation is brewing on the Korean peninsula and it has me, someone who is typically anti-war, of the opinion that we might need to act militarily to stop a potential catastrophe.
Monday, June 29, 2009 Personal Democracy Forum 2009 (1 comments)
One of the things that the Personal Democracy forum or PDF explores is the impact of technology on politics and sessions help attendees better understand the relationship and how to leverage technology in politics and civic action.
Monday, May 25, 2009 Video of my Appearance today on Fox News vs Stuart Varney and Mike Slater (14 comments)
Topic was regarding the stimulus package, specifically, the outrage among some Republicans regarding the signs being posted near stimulus infrastructure projects explaining that the projects are being funded by the Stimulus.
Thursday, April 16, 2009 Tea Parties Fail to Draw Anywhere Near Predicted Attendance (44 comments)
For the event to have so low a turnout after two weeks of non-stop promotion by Fox News and the backing of all of these heavy hitting Republican think tanks is a statement in itself. Just think about what a few minutes of time on a major nationwide cable network like Fox News costs to buy.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Tea Parties are a Sham and a Fraud Part 3 (39 comments)
Don't be fooled. These protests are nothing more than exquisitely funded Republican political theatre.
Friday, April 10, 2009 Tea Parties - Crackbrained right wing protests to occur on April 15th (30 comments)
In a few days, one of the most convoluted political spectacles in American history will unfold in all its cacophony. Some Republicans are mad they lost the election and they cannot get over it.
Friday, March 27, 2009 Does the United States Enjoy Privileged Status? (9 comments)
There is a tendency to regard America as the most righteous country in the world and because of that, they believe that America is allowed to do things that other countries are not allowed to do.
Friday, March 13, 2009 I too am a Grass Mud Horse - Cao Ni Ma! (6 comments)
The Chinese government, which has been censoring internet content available to its citizens since the world wide web came into being, has recently embarked on what it calls a "anti Smut campaign", an aggressive program designed to filter out all objectionable content.
Sunday, March 8, 2009 Republicans have no Clue what Socialism and Communism means (54 comments)
In fact, no Democrats are Socialists or Communists (at least none that understand what it means to be a Democrat). If any of us were, we would leave the Democratic Party and join one of the many Socialist or Communist parties that exist in the US. The fact that we are Democrats means that we believe in Capitalism albeit with appropriate oversight and rules.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009 Iraq War Six Year Anniversary of what Should have Prevented it (12 comments)
As of March 7, 2003 the date that will always remain in my mind for the rest of my life, it was shown to be very unlikely that Iraq continued to have any WMD or programs to produce them.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 Jindal the Joke (22 comments)
His performance was so bad it was even derided on Free Republic and right leaning news media like National Review.
Monday, February 23, 2009 Schwarzenegger vs. Jindal - Political Games vs. Constituents (3 comments)
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger quipped, "You just tell them that anyone that doesn't want to take the money: I'm ready to take their money and rebuild California."
Saturday, February 14, 2009 Israel Election Aftermath: Hope Is Lost (7 comments)
Whenever a modern state has turned to the far right, the result has almost always been catastrophe for that country and often for many of its neighbors.
Sunday, February 8, 2009 Israelis - Please Do Not Elect Netanyahu or Likud Legislators (7 comments)
I humbly beg the Israelis not to vote Netanyahu or Likud in the February 10 (Shvat 17) elections. Kadima's Tzipi Livni and Labor's Ehud Barak and other candidates from their parties are better choices.
Sunday, February 1, 2009 Holder Attorney General Non-Prosecution Assurance Controversy Part 2 (5 comments)
What we do know is that several Republican senators tried to get Holder to make as broad an assurance as possible that he would not prosecute certain offenses and that Senator Bond was probably one of those Senators.
Friday, January 9, 2009 Palin Whines in Interview about Unfair Treatment During Campaign (36 comments)
Palin churlishly attacks the blogosphere, Katie Couric, Caroline Kennedy, John McCain and McCain campaign decisions, Tina Fey, etc. Palin also makes the bizarre claim that it was her social class that caused her to be attacked and that is why Caroline Kennedy will not be attacked.
Saturday, December 27, 2008 The Real Bailout Needed is a Consumer Bailout (73 comments)
Businesses cannot survive without the consumer and yet the average household is completely broke and drowning in debt.
Monday, December 22, 2008 Limbaughs Ridiculous Recession Statement Begs for Fairness Doctrine (23 comments)
If you want to assess blame for the polarization of America and the warped views of the conservative electorate, Rush Limbaugh is one of the people that deserves a large portion of the blame.
Sunday, November 23, 2008 Enough with Sarah "Chauncey Gardiner" Palin (10 comments)
When we Democrats say that, the rest of you had better listen. We tried to warn everyone about George W. Bush's lack of cognitive abilities and look how he is about to leave the country.
Saturday, November 22, 2008 Obama's Cabinet Picks and Flawed Criticism Thereof (76 comments)
Someone who knows how to be a leader can make a big difference in how an organization and individuals in that organization perform. The leader sets the tone and expectations, inspires (or fails to inspire) and follows up to make sure their expectations are being met.
Thursday, November 13, 2008 Pelosi Team Hints at Progressive Shift (65 comments)
The Obama team isn't the only National political leadership team undergoing a transition. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is reorganizing the House Leadership team to include almost exclusively progressive members.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 Obama's Economic Challenge Underestimated (70 comments)
What is almost universal is the lack of understanding of how bad this economic downturn is likely to get and what impact that will have on Obama's first term and whether that first term is seen as a success or failure.
Monday, November 3, 2008 Election 2008 - Predictions and What to Expect Tuesday Night (3 comments)
We have a race where Barack Obama is clearly ahead and increasing his lead in the last few days of national polling and where we have tightening polls in some battleground states. Making this more complicated this year is that some 32 states allow early voting including some of the states whose polls are tightening.
Sunday, November 2, 2008 Chambliss - Georgians Can Rid Themselves and the Senate of this Anti-Veteran Outrage (7 comments)
If a non-veteran is going to attack the patriotism of a veteran, particularly a combat-wounded veteran, they better have audio tapes and video of the veteran committing treason, not the trumped up nonsense spouted by Chambliss and his campaign in 2002
Thursday, October 30, 2008 McCain funded Rashid Khalidi and now criticizes Obama for meeting with him (21 comments)
When historians look back at the McCain campaign, I am certain they will decide that the defining aspect of the McCain Campaign is the lies, contradictions and missteps concerning everything they do.
Monday, October 27, 2008 McCain continues Failed Bush Logic on Taxes & Economy
McCain is arguing for the same failed Republican policies that bankrupted the federal AND state governments, put a lot of money into the hands of the wealthy and hurt the middle class and this resulted in an overall much weaker economy.
Thursday, October 23, 2008 Desperate McCain Campaign to Accuse Obama of being Jack the Ripper and a Martian (11 comments)
According to McCain campaign Operations Chief Steve Schmidt, McCain and Palin are getting ready to unveil a narrative that accuses Obama of being a time traveling Martian that made stops in 1880's London to commit crimes as 'Jack the Ripper'
Wednesday, October 22, 2008 Palin Responds to the $150000 Clothes Controversy
The McCain campaign spent $150,000 on clothes to dress up Sarah Palin for her role as his Vice Presidential running mate. Here is her take on the controversy.
Sunday, October 19, 2008 McCain and Republican Lies about Acorn are attempts to hide GOP Election Fraud (6 comments)
What Republicans do not want the American public to know is that they are conducting a coordinated, widespread and very sophisticated election fraud effort to try to ensure that Republican Party candidates win regardless of the will of the voters.
Thursday, October 16, 2008 McCain vs Obama Final Debate Deconstructed (16 comments)
Since McCain has been for the typical Republican economic platform, he had to prove to people that he would chart a new direction different from what he has done in his past.
Friday, October 10, 2008 Palin Guilty - Troopergate Witnesses & McCain Campaign Obstructed Justice (28 comments)
In all, the commissioner and his aides were contacted about Mr. Wooten three dozen times over 19 months by the governor, her husband and seven administration officials, interviews and documents show.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008 McCain vs. Obama - Debate Preview (11 comments)
People are hurting, those who participate in the financial markets are terrified, and John McCain wants to talk about something that has already been discussed and has absolutely no bearing on what is going on in this country.
Sunday, October 5, 2008 Palin Debate Performance Deconstructed (12 comments)
This is the kind of preparation and performance that you would expect given someone who doesnt know very much and isn't prepared to be Vice President.
Sunday, October 5, 2008 McCain - Coming are his Desperate Attacks (3 comments)
Most normal people in John McCain's position would fight harder to try to convince the people of this country that his positions on the issue were better and that he was the better candidate. I call this the "Try to get people to like me more" strategy. Republicans don't think that way. They employ the "Try to get people to like the other guy less" strategy.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008 Palin vs. Biden - A Debate Preview (9 comments)
Anyone is capable of being taken in by a snake oil salesman if they aren't paying attention and the expectations for her are so low that if she doesn't dribble on the microphone or start speaking in tongues, she could be seen as exceeding those expectations.
