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EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- Tuesday's elections were a rebuke to the right wing and a warning to Democrats.  They were also a timely reminder that President Obama needs to tune up his celebrated political organization and find a way to make Americans feel ...

From E.J. DIONNE JR., The New Republic,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Barack Obama,  Bill Owens,  Abraham Lincoln

E.J. Dionne Jr. on Tuesday's election lessons for Democrats

They were also a timely reminder that President Obama needs to tune up his celebrated political organization and find a way to make Americans feel hopeful again. The night's biggest loser was the national conservative political machine -- the wealthy ...

From E.J. DIONNE JR., E.J. Dionne (Washington Post),  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Barack Obama,  E.J. Dionne,  Sarah Palin

Product Roll-Out

WASHINGTON--The next health care fight has already started. It's the battle to define the bill that President Obama will eventually sign as a victory for consumers, taxpayers and the common good. You might say this view is premature. Legislation has ...

From E.J. DIONNE JR., The New Republic,  1 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Senate,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party,  John V. Lindsay

E.J. Dionne Jr. on selling a reformed health care system

You might say this view is premature. Legislation has yet to pass the House or the Senate, there are differences between the two bodies, and some moderates still have doubts. But barring astoundingly self-defeating behavior by Democrats, a decent bill ...

From E.J. DIONNE JR., E.J. Dionne (Washington Post),  1 Nov 2009

Related Topics: E.J. Dionne,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Senate,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party

The Obama Factor

WASHINGTON--Memo to Democrats: You will be defined by President Obama whether you like it or not, so you might as well embrace him for the benefits he can bring you. Memo to Republicans: Talk a right-wing game in your ideological magazines and at your ...

From E.J. DIONNE JR., The New Republic,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Bob McDonnell,  Washington Post Company

E.J. Dionne Jr. on the Va., N.J. governors' races

Memo to Republicans: Talk a right-wing game in your ideological magazines and at your tea parties if that makes you happy. But to win elections, your candidates had better look like middle-of-the-road problem-solvers. Those are the two outstanding ...

From E.J. DIONNE JR., E.J. Dionne (Washington Post),  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party,  Bob McDonnell,  U.S. Democratic Party,  E.J. Dionne

'Boring As Hell'

BOSTON -- Mayor Tom Menino looks around the elevator and reaches instinctively for the hand of the only person in the car he's never met. "Where are you from?" he asks the young man. The mayor almost recoils. "Somerville!" he exclaims with a dismissive ...

From E.J. DIONNE JR., The New Republic,  26 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Boston College,  Barack Obama,  George W. Bush,  Bill Clinton,  Boston Globe

Dionne: Boston's future running against a legend

"Where are you from?" he asks the young man. The mayor almost recoils. "Somerville!" he exclaims with a dismissive wave -- there are no votes for him in Somerville -- and then says a word that sounds like "Echhh!" It was a revealing moment for a mayor ...

From E.J. DIONNE JR., E.J. Dionne (Washington Post),  25 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Boston College,  Barack Obama,  Bill Clinton,  Boston Globe,  Sam Yoon

New York congressional race underscores deep GOP divisions

That's why the brawl in a single congressional district in far Upstate New York is drawing the eyes of the nation. Conservatives are determined to use the race to prove that there is no place in the party for heretics, dissidents or ...

From E.J. DIONNE JR., E.J. Dionne (Washington Post),  22 Oct 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Newt Gingrich,  Barack Obama,  Dick Armey,  U.S. Democratic Party

Who is Us?

WASHINGTON--Is there room in the Republican Party for genuine moderates? Truth to tell, the GOP can't decide. More precisely, it's deeply divided over whether it should allow any divisions in the party at all. That's why the brawl in a single ...

From E.J. DIONNE JR., The New Republic,  22 Oct 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Newt Gingrich,  Dick Armey,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Democratic Party

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