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Is global democracy in trouble?: E.J. Dionne Jr.

OregonLive.com

By E.J. Dionne Jr. We know American politics are dysfunctional. But after a week of scandal obsession during which the nation’s capital and the media virtually ignored the problems most voters care about — jobs, incomes, growth, opportunity, education — it’s worth asking if there is something especially wrong here.