Jonathan Singer

Who is Jonathan Singer?

Jonathan Hershel Singer is a progressive blogger. For five years, he was a writer for the progressive blog MyDD, which was credited by Campaigns and Elections magazine 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. His interviews have included former Democratic and Republican presidential nominees, such as John Kerry, Walter Mondale, Bob Dole, Michael Dukakis, and George McGovern, as well as candidates for the 2008 Democratic Party presidential nomination: Barack Obama, John Edwards, Bill Richardson, Chris Dodd, Russ Feingold and Tom Vilsack. He has also interviewed current and former leaders like Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 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 fund-raising to opposition research and insider rumors. He has been quoted or cited in this capacity by Newsweek, The New York Times, USA Today, The Politico, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and others.