{"title":"Senior Fellow E J Dionne Jr","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplore insightful political commentary and cultural analysis with books by Senior Fellow E.J. Dionne Jr. Perfect for readers seeking thoughtful perspectives on American society and politics. 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Its core contention is that American conservatism and the Republican Party took a wrong turn when they adopted Barry Goldwater's worldview during and after the 1964 campaign. The radicalism of today's conservatism is not the product of the Tea Party, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e columnist E.J. Dionne writes. The Tea Partiers are the true heirs to Goldwater ideology. The purity movement did more than drive moderates out of the Republican Party--it beat back alternative definitions of conservatism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince 1968, no conservative administration--not Nixon not Reagan not two Bushes--could live up to the rhetoric rooted in the Goldwater movement that began to reshape American politics fifty years ago. The collapse of the Nixon presidency led to the rise of Ronald Reagan, the defeat of George H.W. Bush, to Newt Gingrich's revolution. Bush initially undertook a partial modernization, preaching compassionate conservatism and a Fourth Way to Clinton's Third Way. Conservatives quickly defined him as an advocate of big government and not conservative enough on spending, immigration, education, and Medicare. A return to the true faith was the only prescription on order. The result was the Tea Party, which Dionne says, was as much a reaction to Bush as to Obama. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe state of the Republican party, controlled by the strictest base, is diminished, Dionne writes. It has become white and older in a country that is no longer that. 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In The Wrong Stuff, he lists ten futile arguments -- big versus small government, for example -- that Democrats keep having with themselves. The Right Stuff focuses on ten arguments they should start making about taxes, business, and the role of government. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDionne zeroes in on how a floundering Bush administration used September 11 to politicize national security issues for partisan advantage. Enraged but intimidated by ruthless opponents, the Democratic party failed to find its voice on security issues and was soundly beaten in 2002. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on some lessons from the 2004 primary campaigns, Dionne argues that anger and frustration have in fact awakened progressives to the need for innovation in organizing, in approaching an increasingly conservative media, and in formulating politically useful and plainly stated ideas. 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