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The LiberalOasis Radio Show - Brokered Convention Edition - 12/17/11

Wny Newt is still on top. Why a brokered Republican convention is a real possibility. Why you can calm down about indefinite detention. With Traci Olsen and the Stabby Five.

The LiberalOasis Radio Show: GOP '12 Sad Ads Edition -- 12/10/11

Traci Olsen's special edition of the Stabby Five rates the new crop of ads from the Republican primary challengers. Why Mitt Romney is rooting for Ron Paul. And how Obama's Teddy Roosevelt homage is just a latest step in his methodical strategy to frame the choice in 2012.

The LiberalOasis Radio Show: The Incredibly Low Standards Of The GOP Primary

Why Newt Gingrich can win the GOP nomination without really trying. How the payroll tax cut debate may justify the 2010 Bush tax cut deal. Plus Traci Olsen and the Stabby Five.

The LiberalOasis Radio Show - The Race To Settle - 11/19/11

Why Republicans are giving Newt Gingrich yet another try-out in their quest to decide who to settle for. Where does Occupy go after the eviction. And why the Roberts Supreme Court may give a big win to "ObamaCare."

The LiberalOasis Radio Show - Don't Forget Mitt Edition - 11/12/11

Why Mitt Romney is just as awful as the rest of them. Why Republicans voted against building infrastructure today, when they back the "Bridge to Nowhere" five years ago. Why the Supreme Court may uphold "Obamacare." With Traci Olsen and the Stabby Five.

The LiberalOasis Radio Show: The New National Security Party

Why Obama's record of competence on national security, and the Republican Party's incoherent response, may bolster his standing on the economy. Plus, Romney trips on the social safety net, and Perry's flat tax falls flat. And, as always, Traci Olsen and the Stabby Five.

The LiberalOasis Radio Show: Obama 4 Dictators & Terrorists 0

How Obama is taking the national security mantle away from the Republicans. How Perry may swipe the GOP nomination away from Romney with the flat tax. How Cain is making sure he'll never get the nomination he's not trying to win in the first place.

The LiberalOasis Radio Show - Tax The Poor Edition - 10/14/11

How Herman Cain's rise is based on the conservative desire to tax the poor. How Republicans are preventing Congress from even discussing jobs.

The LiberalOasis Radio Show - After Occupation Edition - 10/8/11

Interview with Michael Brooks of The Elusive Obvious, on whether Occupy Wall Street will have a lasting impact.

The LiberalOasis Radio Show: President Obama Is Not Going To Assassinate You

President Obama is not going to assassinate you. Chris Christie is not going to tell you the truth. Occupy Wall Street is not going to destroy Wall Street.

The LiberalOasis Radio Show - Yikes Edition - 9/24/11

Republicans panic as Perry proves pathetic. Dems need not panic at Nader's pathetic primary pitch. Plus, contributor John Sheirer's ode to the Tea Party, and Traci Olsen gobbles up some Schweddy Balls.

The LiberalOasis Radio Show - Who Needs a Jobs Bill Anyway Edition - 9/17/11

Why are some Dems flinching from the American Jobs Act? Why it may pass, with the help of the Super Committee. Will Bachmann take Perry down with her? Why Jon Stewart is wrong about Solyndra.

The LiberalOasis Radio Show - Libya Is A BFD Edition - 8/27/11

How the successful UN-backed Libya is further proof that Obama's liberal pro-democracy foreign policy vision is succeeding. How the GOP hypocrisy on taxes is starting to show. How Cornell West somehow thought he could speak for MLK from the grave.

The LiberalOasis Radio Show - Stabby Perry Edition - 8/20/11

Can the left prioritize what to attack in Rick Perry's record? Can Jon Huntsman win the GOP nod by embracing science? Is Scott Brown ready for Elizabeth Warren? And is Obama about to shake up the jobs debate and squeeze the GOP?

The LiberalOasis Radio Show - Drew Westen Is Wrong Edition - 8/13/11

Why Drew Westen's attack on President Obama's rhetoric is wrong. And why Rick Perry is the conservatives' last chance to stop Mitt Romney.

The LiberalOasis Radio Show - Bo Knows Negotiation Edition - 8/6/11

What Obama got out of the debt limit deal. How he dismissed the right-wing to establish free contraception. And what Mike Huckabee wants to teach your kids.

The LiberalOasis Radio Show - Weak Tea Edition - 7/30/11

How the Tea Party weakened Speaker Boehner's leverage in the debt limit talks. The negotiation Obama just won. And the beer Traci Olsen will never drink.

The LiberalOasis Radio Show - Politics For (Nobel Laureate) Dummies Edition - 7/23/11

In which we explain politics to a certain Nobel Laureate in economics. Plus, the Republican smear job on Michele Bachmann.

The LiberalOasis Radio Show - Everybody Chill Edition - 7/9/11

Bill Scher and Traci Olsen turn down the volume on the debt limit talks. Plus, Super Special Heritage Foundation Edition of the Stabby Five.

The LiberalOasis Radio Show - Republican Theme Songs Edition - 7/2/11

Why the Bachmann boomlet may keep going? Who has the edge in the Republican theme song battle? Will Obama's tax smackdown force Republicans to do the debt limit deal?

The LiberalOasis Radio Show - Matt Lewis on GOP '12 - 6/25/11

The Daily Caller's Matt Lewis, and Bill Scher's conservative counterpart on Bloggingheads.tv's "The Week In Blog," joins the show to assess the Republican presidential field and discuss his new book, "The Quotable Rogue: The Ideals of Sarah Palin in Her Own Words."

The LiberalOasis Radio Show - I'm Right, You're Wrong Edition - 6/18/11

Bill Scher and Traci Olsen square off over the campaign to force out Anthony Weiner. Also, how either former Gov. Jon Huntsman or Rep. Michelle Bachmann could actually get the Republican nomination.

The LiberalOasis Radio Show - Mitt Loves Twilight Edition - 6/4/11

Will America fall in love with the real Mitt Romney? What message does "WeinerGate" have for liberals? How is Obama not like Bush on Iran? Plus, Traci Olsen and the weekly Stabby Five.

The LiberalOasis Radio Show: Obamabot Edition

Bill Scher takes down the perseection complex of the Obama hates. Traci Olsen takes down the Dominique Strauss-Kahn defenders. And how "ObamaCare" makes the Republican Party implode.

The LiberalOasis Radio Show: 60% Edition

Has the Bin Laden mission permanently reshaped the public's view of President Obama? Why can't Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney convince conservatives to take policy seriously? How John Hunstman has already disappointed. And what did Rick Santorum do now?

The LiberalOasis Radio Show - Extra Helicopter Edition - 5/7/11

Why the successful Osama Bin Laden mission is further proof President Obama's foreign policy is nothing like President Bush's. Plus, we bask in glorious rise of Herman Cain and Rick Santorum.

The LiberalOasis Radio Show - Trumped Edition - 5/1/11

Will the President's birth certificate move strengthen his hand in the debt limit debate? Did Gov. Mitch Daniels cave to the social conservatives? Will anyone show up to the first Republican presidential debate?

The LiberalOasis Radio Show - Most Influential Edition - 4/23/10

Tea Party caucus leader Rep. Michele Bachman announces her desire to raise taxes on the poor and middle-class. House Republicans vote to run up debt, threaten to block raising the debt limit. Traci Olsen prays for Texas.

The LiberalOasis Radio Show - Abstinence Panties - 4/16/11

Bill Scher analyzes his utter wrongness over the 2011 budget deal, then proceeds to analyze the prospects for a 2012 budget deal. John Sheirer forgets what his taxes got him. Traci Olsen stabs the latest in teen fashion.

The LiberalOasis Radio Show - You Weren't Using That Medicare Were You? Edition - 4/9/11

Is the House Republican 2012 budget is making some Republicans nervous? Can Traci Olsen whittle down her stabbiness to five? How wrong can I be about what happened with the 2011 budget talks?

The LiberalOasis Radio Show - Trump The Plant Edition - 4/2/11

Donald Trump: Democratic plant? Joe Biden: Master negotiator? Obama's CIA: Doing its job? Traci Olsen's "Stabby Five": More frothy or peanutty?

The LiberalOasis Radio Show - Crazypants Edition - 3/25/11

How crazy will the GOP presidential primary get? Breaking down the Libya debate. Conservatives desperately try to resuscitate the "death panels." Which region of the country will Traci Olsen metaphorically stab en masse in the weekly Stabby Five?

The LiberalOasis Radio Show - Hungover Edition - 3/19/11

Will the Japan nuclear crisis derail American clean energy legislation? Has President Obama revitalized the UN in response to the Libya crisis? How much closer are we to government shutdown? Will we ever see a Republican jobs bill? And can we find a toilet for Sen. Rand Paul?

The LiberalOasis Radio Show - Socialist Toilet Edition - 3/11/01

Can Newt Gingrich repent his way to the White House? Can NPR cave any faster? Can Traci Olsen limit her stabbiness to only five targets? And can Rand Paul ever again be the king of his throne?

The LiberalOasis Radio Show - Above The Fold Edition - 3/4/11

Why are Republicans hesitating to formally announce their presidential candidacies? Which side is blinking at the threat of government shutdown? And which fetus will top the weekly Stabby Five?

The LiberalOasis Radio Show - Republican Make Your Lives Worse Edition - 2/19/11

Chronicling the damage wrought by newly elected Republican governors, and the heightened probability of a Tea Party-provoked federal government shutdown.

The LiberalOasis Radio Show - Egypt FTW Edition - 2/12/11

Bill Scher on the five ways President Obama helped usher in Egyptian democracy and bury neoconservative foreign policy. How we may face a government shutdown if the House GOP leadership can't control its caucus. Traci Olsen stabs Atlas Shrugged: The Movie.

The LiberalOasis Radio Show | Lazy Egypt Punditry Edition | 2/5/11

The LiberalOasis Radio Show - West Wing Edition - 1/29/11

Bill Scher recounts his visit to the White House for a blogger roundtable with Senior Adviser David Axelrod, and what was learned about the President's plans on creating jobs and reforming Social Security. Plus, the prospects for Arab democracy, and Traci Olsen escapes the snow to deliver the Stabby Five.

The LiberalOasis Radio Show | SOTU Preview Edition | 1/22/11

Do the Republicans have a second act after their snoozer of a health care repeal bill? What will Obama do in the State of the Union, now that his poll numbers have strengthened?

The LiberalOasis Radio Show - She Who Must Not Be Named Edition - 1/16/11

Discussing the relevance of violent right-wing rhetoric to the Tucson tragedy, how will affect the race for president, why did the GOP feel compelled to postpone the health reform repeal vote, and how much the media can get wrong when covering mass shootings by mentally ill people.

The LiberalOasis Radio Show | Frothy Mix Edition | 1/7/11

Republicans waste no time breaking their own budget rules and bluffing about the debt ceiling. Traci Olsen rings in the new year with the Stabby Five. And we anxiously await Santorum '12.

The LiberalOasis Radio Show - Civility! Edition - 12/18/10

Listener feedback from our previous show defending the tax cut deal. Do you need Joe Liebermans and John McCains to pass Don't Ask Don't Tell repeal and the START treaty? And the final Stabby Five of 2010.

The LiberalOasis Radio Show - Unicorn Pudding In Every Pot Edition - 12/11/10

Bill Scher and Traci Olsen make the case for the Obama-GOP tax compromise, and launch the podcast war against Sam Seder.

The LiberalOasis Radio Show - David Rees Edition - 12/4/10

David Rees joins us to discuss Afghanistan and his new installment of Get Your War On for New York magazine. Plus, Bill Scher and Traci Olsen analyze Obama's negotiation strategy during the lame duck congressional session and his reaction the deficit commission's final report.

The LiberalOasis Radio Show | G-O-P Does Not Spell J-O-B Edition | 11/20/10

Traci Olsen brings back the Stabby Five. Bill Scher still waiting for one Republican jobs idea. Senate Dems refuse to point the finger at themselves. And what next for the squabbling deficit commission?

The LiberalOasis Radio Show - Masseuse Edition - 11/13/10

Where does President Obama go on the Bush tax cuts and deficit reduction? Traci leaves her stabbiness on the masseuse table. Plus, an interview with David Bollier, activist for reclaiming the commons and subject of the new documentary "This Land Is Our Land."

The LiberalOasis Radio Show - Cookies Or Stab In The Face Edition - 10/30/10

How Democrats can win Tuesday. Why you need to vote to make it happen, and how it can get you a cookie from Traci Olsen. How Jon Stewart got it wrong in his interview with President Obama. Which Democrats are succeeding by standing their ground. And the weekly Stabby Five.

The LiberalOasis Radio Show - Tea Cups Cracking Edition - 10/23/10

Tea Party candidates cracking under the pressure. Why we're better off today than two years ago. The President's unprecedented "It Gets Better" video. The future of Krystal Ball, and the weekly Stabby Five.

The LiberalOasis Radio Show - YouTubes Edition - 10/16/10

The scapegoating of public employees, Meg Whitman's double standards, President Obama's record-breaking number of town halls. Special celebrity edition of the weekly Stabby Five. And an interview with "Whisper of Light" author Jennifer DeLucy.