E.J. Dionne is a senior fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution and a senior columnist with the Washington Post. He is the author of several books, including They Only Look Dead: Why Progressives Will Dominate the Next Political Era, Stand Up, Fight Back: Republican Toughs, Democratic Wimps, and the Politics of Revenge, Souled Out: Reclaiming Faith and Politics after the Religious Right, Our Divided Political Heart: The Battle for the America Idea in an Age of Discontent, and Why the Right Went Wrong: Conservatism — from Goldwater to the Tea Party and Beyond.
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