Cliff Schecter

Clifford D. "Cliff" Schecter (born 1971) is an American political writer, commentator, and operative. Schecter is considered to be a political progressive and wrote a book highly critical of 2008 Republican Presidential nominee John S. McCain; he has a reputation as a proponent of progressive politics and policies. Schecter is married and lives with his wife and family in Columbus, Ohio.

Schecter was born and raised in New York City. He attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he became politically active as a progressive and worked on his first political campaigns. He graduated in 1994 with distinction with a Bachelor of Arts in American History.

Schecter then worked in the financial industry before returning to the political world as a polling analyst at the political consulting firm Penn, Schoen & Berland. He spent the 1996 campaign cycle assigned to their biggest client, Democratic President Bill Clinton.

Schecter left Penn & Schoen after Clinton's re-election, obtaining a master's degree in 1999 from Columbia University's School of International Affairs with a concentration in international journalism and public relations. In 2004, Schecter was admitted as a Graduate Fellow to the Ph.D. program in American History at American University.

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