E.J. Dionne on Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines http://www.truthdig.com/about/staff/98/ Truthdig, a Web magazine that provides expert in-depth coverage of current affairs as well as a variety of thoughtful, provocative content assembled from a progressive point of view. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman. en editor@truthdig.com Copyright 2009 2009-11-12T07:07:08+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/ http://www.truthdig.com/images/rss_feed_promo.gif Truthdig logo Don’t Let Abortion Destroy Health Care Reform http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091111_dont_let_abortion_destroy_health_care_reform/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091111_dont_let_abortion_destroy_health_care_reform/ abortion, bishops, catholics, choice, democrats, dionne, ej dionne, government, health, health care, house, nancy pelosi, politics, senate, Pro-choice Democrats need to accept that their House majority depends on a large cadre of anti-abortion colleagues. They can denounce that reality, or they can learn to live with it.

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]]> 2009-11-12T07:07:08+00:00 When Voters Disrupt the Tea Party http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091108_when_voters_disrupt_the_tea_party/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091108_when_voters_disrupt_the_tea_party/ big government, campaign, conservatives, democrats, dionne, ej dionne, election, government, maine, money, obama, politics, republicans, speech, taxes, washington, Here’s a story you may have missed because it flies in the face of the dreary conventional wisdom: When advocates of public programs take on the right-wing anti-government crowd directly, the government-haters lose.

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]]> 2009-11-09T06:31:44+00:00 Not Right Wing but Still Angry http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091104_not_right-wing_but_still_angry/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091104_not_right-wing_but_still_angry/ campaign, congress, democrats, ej dionne, election, gop, new jersey, new york, ny-23, obama, politics, republicans, virginia, Tuesday’s elections were a rebuke to the right wing and a warning to Democrats. President Obama has work to do, but the night’s biggest loser was the Palin-Limbaugh-Beck complex.

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]]> 2009-11-04T21:33:54+00:00 The Battle to Define the New Health Care System http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091101_the_battle_to_define_the_new_health_care_system/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091101_the_battle_to_define_the_new_health_care_system/ democrats, election, health, health care, house, obama, politics, public option, republicans, senate, white house, Barack Obama

Barring astoundingly self-defeating behavior by Democrats, a decent bill will get to Obama’s desk. Whether lawmakers are rewarded or punished for their efforts will largely be decided in the coming weeks.

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]]> 2009-11-02T07:48:56+00:00 Hug Obama, Find the Moderates http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091028_hug_obama_find_the_moderates/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091028_hug_obama_find_the_moderates/ bob mcdonnell, campaign, chris christie, congress, creigh deeds, democrats, economy, ej dionne, election, john corzine, new jersey, obama, politics, republicans, virginia, Those are the two outstanding lessons from the campaigns for next Tuesday’s governors’ races in New Jersey and Virginia. Both parties would be smart to apply them in 2010.

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]]> 2009-10-29T06:35:31+00:00 End of the Line for a Political Legend? http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091025_end_of_the_line_for_a_political_legend/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091025_end_of_the_line_for_a_political_legend/ boston, ej dionne, election, michael flaherty, politics, tom menino, A couple of dynamic upstarts are campaigning to keep Tom Menino from serving 20 years as Boston’s mayor.

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]]> 2009-10-26T06:24:19+00:00 GOP Civil War Flares in New York http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091021_gop_civil_war_comes_to_new_york/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091021_gop_civil_war_comes_to_new_york/ bush, congress, conservatives, democrats, ej dionne, gop, health, house, new york, obama, politics, republicans, senate, Judging by the race in upstate New York, conservatives are determined to keep the Republican Party as small and irrelevant as possible.

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]]> 2009-10-22T05:20:42+00:00 Obama Can’t Lose the Young http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091019_obama_cant_lose_the_young/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091019_obama_cant_lose_the_young/ 2010, 2012, barack obama, campaign, congress, conservatives, democrats, dionne, election, obama, politics, young people,

Will the young and hopeful abandon the political playing field to older voters who are angry? That is the quiet crisis confronting President Obama and the Democrats.

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]]> 2009-10-19T18:05:59+00:00 Prizing Peace on the Home Front http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091011_prizing_peace_on_the_home_front/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091011_prizing_peace_on_the_home_front/ angry white men, class, dionne, economy, elitism, history, nobel prize, obama, politics, race, republicans, talk radio, war,

President Obama should make peace with the “angry white men” who see his Nobel Prize as a token of elitism by enacting policies that address their economic grievances.

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]]> 2009-10-12T04:36:29+00:00 Stimulation Without the S-Word http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091007_stimulation_without_the_s-word/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091007_stimulation_without_the_s-word/ congress, democrats, economy, election, health, house, money, obama, politics, senate, white house, So now we know: The economic stimulus plan passed by Congress at the beginning of the year was not big enough.

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