I wanted to make sure everyone out there had a chance to see this excellent op-ed by E.J. Dionne from the Washington Post.

After reading the article, I hope you will take a moment to share with me your thoughts and reflections on the Bush Era. In the coming days and weeks we will publish many of your thoughts on our blog.

How has the Bush administration affected your day to day life? What will it mean for you to have a Democratic Congress and President? What are you doing right now to make that possibility a reality?

- Louise

Washington Post
END OF THE BUSH ERA
By E. J. Dionne Jr.

The Bush Era is over. The sooner politicians in both parties realize that, the better for them -- and the country.

Recent months, and especially the past two weeks, have brought home to a steadily growing majority of Americans the truth that President Bush's government doesn't work. His policies are failing, his approach to leadership is detached and self-indulgent, his way of politics has produced a divided, angry and dysfunctional public square. We dare not go on like this.

The Bush Era did not begin when he took office, or even with the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. It began on Sept. 14, 2001, when Bush declared at the World Trade Center site: "I can hear you. The rest of the world hears you. And the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon." Bush was, indeed, skilled in identifying enemies and rallying a nation already disposed to action. He failed to realize after Sept. 11 that it was not we who were lucky to have him as a leader, but he who was lucky to be president of a great country that understood the importance of standing together in the face of a grave foreign threat. Very nearly all of us rallied behind him.

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