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Eugene J. "E.J." Dionne, Jr. (born April 23, 1952 in Boston, Massachusetts), raised in Fall River, Massachusetts, an American journalist and political commentator, is a long-time op-ed columnist for The Washington Post. He is also a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution, a University Professor in the Foundations of Democracy and Culture at Georgetown Public Policy Institute, a Senior Research Fellow at Saint Anselm College, and an NPR Commentator.

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Hoover vs. Roosevelt?

That's why it's unfair for political bystanders to attack Obama and McCain for offering few specifics as to how they'd fix an ailing economy. And it's foolish to ask them to jettison their campaign promises in order to pay homage to the God of Balanced ...

From E. J. DIONNE JR., The Washington Post,  10 Oct 2008

Bad News, GOP: Obama Is FDR--And McCain Is Hoover

WASHINGTON--Hope versus fear, new versus old: Barack Obama and John McCain have placed their bets. These are the terms on which the 2008 presidential campaign will be decided. That's why it's unfair for political bystanders to attack Obama and McCain ...

From E.J DIONNE, JR., The New Republic,  10 Oct 2008

The Not-So-Great Debater

Tuesday night's debate, a town-hall discussion dominated by economic questions, made it clear that John McCain's effort to change the campaign's focus to the culture wars of the 1960s is not going to work. Voters want candidates to talk about problems ...

From E.J. DIONNE, JR., The New Republic,  8 Oct 2008

Who Is John McCain?

You can understand why McCain and Palin prefer to discuss the 1960s and to tie Barack Obama to events that took place when the Democratic nominee was 8 years old. Talking about what's happening right now would be lethal to McCain's candidacy. Voters ...

From E. J. DIONNE JR., E.J. Dionne (Washington Post),  8 Oct 2008

The Not-So-Great Debate

WASHINGTON--Early in last night's vice-presidential debate, Sarah Palin said that she might not answer the questions as moderator Gwen Ifill posed them. This was the Alaska governor's way of saying she was going to stick to the talking points she had ...

From E.J. DIONNE, JR., The New Republic,  3 Oct 2008

Hockey Mom on Thin Ice

When Palin described John McCain's health-care plan, she talked about his offer of a $5,000 tax credit so families could buy insurance. She failed to mention that McCain would pay for the credit by taxing existing insurance benefits. Democratic ...

From E. J. DIONNE JR., E.J. Dionne (Washington Post),  3 Oct 2008

McCain's Lost Chance

McCain is supposed to own the foreign policy issue -- and he should have owned Friday's debate. During their respective primary battles, McCain was a better debater than Obama, who could be hesitant, wordy and thrown off his stride. But the Obama who ...

From E. J. DIONNE JR., E.J. Dionne (Washington Post),  29 Sep 2008

The Bail-Out Negotiations Had Been Surprisingly Bipartisan. Then McCain Got Involved.

WASHINGTON -- John McCain's sudden intervention in Washington's deliberations over the Wall Street bailout could not have been more out of sync with what was actually happening. He lamented that "partisan divisions in Washington have prevented us ...

From E.J. DIONNE, JR., The New Republic,  26 Sep 2008

The Photo McCain Wanted

He lamented that "partisan divisions in Washington have prevented us from addressing our national challenges." But for days, bipartisanship has been the rule on both sides of this argument. Republicans and Democrats alike were highly critical of ...

From E. J. DIONNE JR., E.J. Dionne (Washington Post),  25 Sep 2008

Improving Paulson's Cure

It gets more complicated: An administration whose critics believe it abused the power it grabbed during a different kind of national emergency, after the Sept. 11 attacks, is asking for unprecedented authority over the financial system. Yet the man ...

From E. J. DIONNE JR., The Washington Post,  23 Sep 2008

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