Think Progress (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
The Washington Post’s E.J. Dionne argues, “In electing Barack Obama, the country traded the foreign policy of the second President Bush for the foreign policy of the first President Bush.” Noting Obama’s willingness to heed the advice of Defense Secretary Robert Gates and former National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft, Dionne says Obama’s realist foreign policy [...]
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
E.J. Dionne Jr. is a syndicated columnist with the Washington Post Writers Group. President-elect Barack Obama has now made three things clear about his plans to bring the economy back: He wants his actions to be big and bold. He sees economic recovery as intimately linked with economic and social reform. And he is bringing in a gifted brain trust to get the job done. Just three weeks...
Liberal Conspiracy (Free subscription) | yesterday
... people who are moderate technocrats like himself. And then there’s the third way favoured by E.J. Dionne , whose well-sourced piece argues that the supposed ‘choice’ between the progressive and centrist policy factions is a false one, and Obama is more likely to govern using a synthesis of both. Dionne’s interpretation certainly seems true in light of yesterday’s rollout of...
The Bleeding Heart Show (Free subscription) | yesterday
... people who are moderate technocrats like himself. And then there’s the third way favoured by E.J. Dionne , whose well-sourced piece argues that the supposed ‘choice’ between the progressive and centrist policy factions is a false one, and Obama is more likely to govern using a synthesis of both. Dionne’s interpretation certainly seems true in light of yesterday’s rollout of...
Roadkill Refugee (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
538 claims that Chris Matthews will run against 80 year old Sen. Arlen Specter in 2010. His $5M contract with NBC/MSNBC is due to expire this Spring and was not expected to be renewed. E.J. Dionne reminds us that Obama is no dove, that in his famous 2002 speech he repeatedly criticized “dumb wars” like Iraq, [...]
Notes From D. R. (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
Is #44 ripping off #41? An interesting article from E. J. Dionne Jr.
ChooseTheHero.com (Free subscription) | 11/29/2008
... Exhibit A in support of Yousefzadeh’s Law Concerning the Popularity of Republican Presidents: E.J. Dionne , who now finds it possible to celebrate the foreign policy realism of George Bush the Elder, even though while George Bush the Elder was in office, he was trashed and pilloried by the likes of . . . E.J. Dionne. The mainstream media punditocracy may be inconsistent....
Cracker Squire (Free subscription) | 11/29/2008
E.J. Dionne, Jr. writes in The Washington Post : In electing Barack Obama, the country traded the foreign policy of the second President Bush for the foreign policy of the first President Bush. That is the meaning of Obama's apparent decision to keep Robert Gates on as defense secretary and also to select Hillary Clinton as secretary of state. With strong ties to the military and a carefully...
A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
Here's E.J. Dionne's take on the Obama we elected. It might not be the one we thought. I for one am withholding judgment, a little concerned that he is compared to George H.W. Bush, but relieved that he's so utterly different from George W. Bush. How bittersweet this all must be for dad. Leanderthal, Lighthouse Keeper
Grizzly Groundswell (Free subscription) | 11/29/2008
A Washington Post article by E.J. Dionne Jr. entitled “” explains that the meaning behind Obama’s “apparent” decision to keep Robert Gates on as defense secretary and to select Hillary Clinton as secretary of state can be discovered in understanding Obama’s words and his George H.W. Bush approach to foreign policy.
A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days (Free subscription) | 11/29/2008
... while George Bush the Elder was in office, he was trashed and pilloried by the likes of . . . E.J. Dionne.The mainstream media punditocracy may be inconsistent. But never let it be said that it is not predictable.
3quarksdaily (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
E. J. Dionne, Jr. in The New Republic: President-elect Barack Obama has now made three things clear about his plans to bring the economy back: He wants his actions to be big and bold. He sees economic recovery as intimately...
Ben Byerly's Blog (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
... a common temperament,” including a calm demeanor and a curiosity about the thinking of others. - E.J. Dionne Obama’s brain trust (Washington Post) Obviously, these guys are in a totally different league - very different from me, but this brief description resonated with me. There’s something about growing up abroad that gives you a certain connection and shapes you in certain ways...
The Mahablog (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
... this concern, as does the BooMan . Most of what I hear about the Obama appointees is encouraging . E.J. Dionne writes , President-elect Barack Obama has now made three things clear about his plans to bring the economy back: He wants his actions to be big and bold. He sees economic recovery as intimately linked with economic and social reform. And he is bringing in a gifted brain trust...
