Rendezvous with Destiny: Ronald Reagan and the Campaign that Changed America (160 page)

Kennedy, Joseph P.,
61
,
132
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432

Kennedy, Kara,
409

Kennedy, Patrick,
409

Kennedy, Robert F.,
60
,
125
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298
,
309
,
334
,
336
–
37
,
409
,
573
,
579
; assassination of,
433
,
441
; Corbin and,
103
,
418
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424
–
30
,
431
,
432
,
433

Kennedy, Rose,
59

Kentucky: 1976 Republican presidential nomination and,
12
; 1980 presidential election and,
574

KGB,
5

Khachigian, Ken,
99
,
453
–
54
,
528
,
567
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68
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571
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581
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592

Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah,
46
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63
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64
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115
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130
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206
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217
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268
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293
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481
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550
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594

“Killer Rabbit” incident,
50

Kilpatrick, James J.,
573

Kinder, Lorelei,
112
,
174
,
603

King, Martin Luther, Jr.,
324
,
506

Kirk, Russell,
596

Kirkland, Lane,
53
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557

Kirkpatrick, Jeane,
523
,
530
,
613

Kissinger, Henry,
56
,
220
–
21
,
305
; 1980 presidential election and,
520
; 1980 Republican convention and,
341
,
344
,
347
; Cleveland debate and,
532
; “co-presidency” and,
7
; Election Day 1980 and,
575
; Ford and,
195
–
96
; Reagan administration and,
554
; Reagan running mate selection and,
351
,
352
,
353
,
355
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357
,
360
,
362
; Republican platform and,
323
; Solzhenitsyn and,
585

Kitchen Cabinet,
15
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72
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83
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113
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308

Kitchin, Lou,
174

Klinge, Kenny,
87
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96
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174
,
276
,
388
,
404
,
521
,
568
,
604

Klutznick, Philip M.,
315

Kobrinsky, Nathan and Anna,
420

Koch, Ed,
219
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306
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505

Kondracke, Morton,
270

Kopechne, Mary Jo,
60
,
105
–
6

Koppel, Ted,
361
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551
,
572

Korean War,
5
,
233

Kraft, Tim,
88
,
468
,
611

Kristol, Irving,
292
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371

Ku Klux Klan (KKK),
388
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398
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424
,
456
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457
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457
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59
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474
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476

Laar, Mart,
585

labor,
10
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491
–
92

Labor Department, U.S.,
401

labor unions,
79
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182
,
587
; Carter and,
456
,
498
; Corbin and,
419
,
421
–
22
,
436
; Kennedy and,
284
; Reagan and,
235
,
284
–
85
,
391
,
456
,
493
–
94
,
521
; Republican Party and,
452

Laffer, Arthur,
25
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31
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69
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99
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238
,
467

Laird, Mel,
430

Lake, Jim: 1980 presidential election and,
28
; 1980 Republican presidential nomination and,
55
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67
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81
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82
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83
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96
,
112
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115
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147
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148
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149
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306
; New Hampshire and,
116
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151
; Sears and,
28
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112
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14
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135
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37
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164
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70
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174
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180
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82

Lake Placid Winter Olympics,
134
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137
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143
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145
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46

Lamb, Brian,
572

Lance, Bert,
570

Langdon, Bruce,
267
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562
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63

LaRouche, Lyndon,
163

Lasch, Christopher,
47

Laurence, John,
100

Lavin, Frank,
613

law and order,
21
,
304

Lawford, Pat,
409

Laxalt, Paul,
291
; 1980 presidential election and,
392
; 1980 Republican convention and,
3
; 1980 Republican presidential nomination and,
33
,
34
,
40
,
84
; Brock and,
27
,
296
,
314
; Election Day 1980 and,
578
; Iowa and,
95
–
96
; New Hampshire and,
150
,
151
; Reagan, Nancy, and,
74
,
251
; Reagan and,
74
; as Reagan campaign chairman,
40
; Reagan running mate selection and,
3
,
251
,
319
,
330
–
31
,
351
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358
,
361
,
368
–
69
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376
–
77
; Sears and,
34
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66
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74
,
84
,
113
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128
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136
,
165
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166
,
167
,
169
,
605

leadership,
xii
,
22
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32
,
318
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379
,
541

League of Women Voters,
115
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265
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446
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452
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463
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465
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478
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483
,
509
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530
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31
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533
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542

LeBlanc, Dennis,
20

Levin, Mark,
386

Lewis, Drew,
9
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260
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265
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314
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389
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453
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557

liberalism,
60
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116
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306
,
413
,
500
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605
; Carter and,
49
; collapse of,
31
–
32
; conservatism vs.,
21
; Reagan and,
590
,
595

Liberal Party,
283

libertarianism,
6
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24
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54
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94
,
114
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129
,
595

Libya,
398
,
464

Lincoln, Abraham,
10
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141
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379
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582
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587
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590
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597

Lodge, Henry Cabot,
133
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183

Loeb, William,
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47
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104
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128
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131
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138
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158
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Long, Mike,
283

Longworth, Alice Roosevelt,
143
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44

Longworth, Nicholas,
144

Los Angeles Times,
51
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66
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98
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112
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118
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119
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204
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240
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253
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254
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335
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393
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456
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468
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473
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484
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504
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582

Lott, Trent,
292

Louisiana: 1976 presidential election and,
16
; 1980 Democratic presidential nomination and,
243
; 1980 presidential election and,
458
; 1980 Republican presidential nomination and,
243

Lowery, Joseph,
523

Luce, Clare Boothe,
308

Lucey, David,
6

Lucey, Jean,
446

Lucey, Laurie,
420
,
435
,
608

Lucey, Pat,
102
–
3
,
237
,
420
,
608
; 1980 presidential election and,
6
; as Anderson running mate,
6
,
436
–
37
,
446
,
451
; Carter, undermining of and,
412
–
13
; Corbin and,
425
,
433
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434
–
35
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436
–
37
,
446

Lugar, Richard,
227
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251
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319
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330
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340

Luntz, Frank,
386
Lyons, Jimmy,
359

MacNelly, Jeff,
134
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387
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504

Magnuson, Warren,
581

Mahe, Eddie,
90
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118
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126
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198
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603

Maine: 1980 Democratic presidential nomination and,
134
; 1980 presidential election and,
444
,
575
; 1980 Republican presidential nomination and,
71
–
72

malaise,
5
,
10

Manafort, Paul,
174
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531

Manchester Union-Leader,
38
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47
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93
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104
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128
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133
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138
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149
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158
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597

Marks, Justine,
608
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9

Marsh, John,
71
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353

Marx, Karl,
331
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521

Maryland,
191
; Baker and,
191

Mason, Morgan,
132

Massachusetts: 1980 Democratic presidential nomination and,
193
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94
; 1980 presidential election and,
391
–
92
,
575
,
581
; 1980 Republican presidential nomination and,
121
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183
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84
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188
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89
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192
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93

Matthews, Chris,
454

Maxwell, John,
96

McCarthy, Eugene,
93
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252
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501
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520

McCarthy, Joe,
144
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422
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23
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430
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436

McCloskey, Pete,
483

McConnell, John,
589

McGovern, George,
171
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212
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234
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391
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452
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581

McGrory, Mary,
301
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351
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447
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481
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547

McKinley, William,
336
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584

McKinzie, Ralph,
512

McLaughlin, John,
386

McNamara, Robert,
580

McPherson, Peter,
87
,
96

McShane, Michael,
61
,
225

Meany, George,
106

media: 1976 Republican presidential nomination and,
13
; 1980 presidential election and,
1
; 1980 Republican convention and,
3
–
4
; Anderson and,
92
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93
,
200
,
319
; Bush and,
164
; Carter and,
17
; conservatism and,
24
; hostility of,
6
; Keene and,
77
; Kemp and,
74
; Kennedy and,
61
,
88
; liberal,
24
,
131
; Nofziger and,
484
; power of,
77
; Reagan and,
164
; Reagan running mate choice and,
3
–
4
; Reagan-Bush and,
403
; Sears and,
36
,
221