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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.
(145 comments) SHARE Saturday, January 1, 2011 Reasons why Bradley Manning's alleged Crimes are Serious and deserve Harsh Punishment
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...
(18 comments) SHARE Thursday, November 4, 2010 Tea Party Republicans: Time to Put Up or Shut Up
Republicans are no longer outside agitators, they are part of the government and responsible for coming up with solutions.
(139 comments) SHARE Tuesday, October 5, 2010 Election 2010 - Republicans Plan Broad Attack on Women's Rights if Elected
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.
(19 comments) SHARE Monday, July 19, 2010 Progressives Fail because Progressivism is not Understood
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.
(6 comments) SHARE Tuesday, July 13, 2010 Rush Limbaugh Moves Out of New York City in Protest! "quot; I'm throwing a Party
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.
(25 comments) SHARE Saturday, May 29, 2010 Bizarre Fight Plays out between Joe Scarborough and Markos Moulitsas on Twitter
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.
(73 comments) SHARE Tuesday, May 25, 2010 Palin: Drill Baby Drill, but blame Obama for the Spill!
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.
(5 comments) SHARE Saturday, May 22, 2010 Rand Paul -" Embattled GOP Senate Nominee Cancels Meet the Press Appearance
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.
(9 comments) SHARE Wednesday, April 14, 2010 Teabagging 2.0 April 15, 2010 --" Lying, Ignorant Puppets who are STILL a Sham and a Fraud
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.
SHARE 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.
SHARE 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.