How Obama and Democrats Can Get Their Groove Back

Syndicated columnist E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post offers his prescription for how President Obama and congressional Democrats can regain political traction in the wake of the Massachusetts Senate election that cost the Democrats its filibuster-proof majority. He says that the Democrats get into a "useless argument" over whether to move to the left or to the center. Dionne said that Obama should mobilize progressives and win the center, using populist positions on economic issues. Dionne also explains how he thinks progressives should address voter fears about the federal deficit.

Dionne was interviewed at St. Paul's College in Washington, where he gave the 2010 Hecker Lecture.