Rendezvous with Destiny: Ronald Reagan and the Campaign that Changed America (161 page)

Media Analysis Project, The,
319

Medical World News,
140

Medicare,
414
,
499
,
540
,
556

Meese, Ed,
127
,
135
,
141
,
194
,
253
,
308
,
388
,
502
,
528
,
567
,
603
; 1980 presidential election and,
28
,
390
,
447
,
453
; 1980 Republican presidential nomination and,
55
,
84
,
112
; Brock and,
279
,
314
; Casey and,
221
; CFTR and,
19
; Cleveland debate and,
530
; Debategate and,
438
; New Hampshire and,
151
; Reagan, attacks on by,
491
; Reagan running mate selection and,
351
,
357
,
360
; Reagan transition team and,
579
; Sears and,
123
,
135
–
37
,
137
,
166
,
167
,
169
,
180
; staffing and,
173

Meet the Press,
155

Mexican-Americans,
475
,
518

Miami Herald,
142
,
186
,
193

Michigan: 1980 presidential election and,
391
,
457
,
505
–
6
,
556
–
57
,
575

Michigan State Fair,
457

Middle East,
35

military buildup,
5
,
392
,
534

Miller, William,
305
,
337

Milliken, William,
67
,
195

Mills, Ada,
198
,
229
,
262

Milwaukee Journal,
236
,
430

Milwaukee Sentinel,
230
–
31

minimum wage,
115
,
399
,
536
,
537

Minnesota: 1980 presidential election and,
579
; 1980 Republican presidential nomination and,
118

minorities,
10
,
22
,
144
,
179
,
182
,
461

Mintz, Myron,
495

misery index,
483
–
84
,
523

Mississippi: 1976 Republican presidential nomination and,
14
; 1980 Democratic presidential nomination and,
134
; 1980 presidential election and,
458
,
520
–
21
,
555
,
575
,
579

Missouri: 1980 presidential election and,
528

Mitchell, John,
65
–
66
,
515
,
529

Mitchell, Parren,
458

moderates,
2
,
24
,
67
,
74

Moe, Dick,
512

Mondale, Joan,
444

Mondale, Walter,
52
,
53
,
60
,
146
,
224
,
236
,
240
,
264
,
276
,
286
,
394
,
606
; 1980 Democratic convention and,
414
; 1980 Democratic convention and,
407
; 1980 presidential election and,
444
; Carter malaise speech and,
54
; Cleveland debate and,
532
; Election Day 1980 and,
570
,
579
; Iranian hostage crisis and,
528
; Jewish Americans and,
219
–
20
; Lucey, resignation of and,
434
–
35
; Reagan, attacks on by,
449
,
466
,
490

Montana: 1980 presidential election and,
579

Moore, Steve,
386

Moorer, Thomas H.,
462

Moral Majority,
255
,
340
,
407
,
449
,
473

Morgan, Robert,
575

Mormons,
192

Morrison, Susan,
295

Morton, Bruce,
546

Mosbacher, Bob,
196
–
97

Moscow State University,
590

Moscow Summer Olympics,
81
,
115
,
131
,
143
,
240
,
407

Mott, Stewart,
270

Moyers, Bill,
432
,
479
,
573

Moynihan, Daniel Patrick,
50
,
286
,
425

Mudd, Roger,
62
–
63

Murdoch, Rupert,
549

Murphy, John,
306

Murtha, John,
130
,
306

Muskie, Edmund,
394
,
448
,
472
–
73
,
491
,
563
,
576

Myers, Lisa,
445
,
476
,
493
,
567

Myers, Michael,
491

NAACP.
See
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

NARAL.
See
National Abortion Rights Action League

Nashua Four,
153
,
154
,
157

Nashua Telegraph,
106
,
115
,
121
,
128
,
134
–
35
,
135
,
142
,
157
,
172

Nashville Tennessean,
433

National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL),
201
,
205

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP),
133
,
315
,
348
,
394
,
529
,
590

National Association of Manufacturers,
467

National Association of Police Organizations,
507

National Christian Action Network,
255

National Conservative Political Action Committee (NCPAC),
308
,
341
,
515
,
613

National Education Association,
320

National Federation of Indpendent Businesses,
467

National Federation of Republican Women (NFRW),
68
–
69
,
328

national health insurance,
60
–
61

National Institutes of Health,
419

National Journal,
435

National Organization for Women (NOW),
342
,
491

National Press Club,
26
,
180
,
451

National Religious Broadcasters Association Convention,
489

National Republican Congressional Committee,
319
,
590

National Review,
26
,
258
,
292
,
339
–
40
,
341
,
584
,
599

National Rifle Association (NRA),
134
,
178
,
548

National Urban League,
394
,
398
–
400

National Women's Political Caucus,
503

NATO.
See
North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NBC,
1
,
3
,
16
,
72
,
151
,
219
,
221
,
252
,
392
,
484
,
531
,
571
–
74

NCPAC.
See
National Conservative Political Action Committee

Nelson, Gaylord,
581

Neshoba County Fair, Miss.,
394
,
398
,
403
–
4
,
442
,
457
,
592

Nevada: 1980 presidential election and,
579

New Deal,
2
,
54
,
411
,
444
,
589
,
605

New Hampshire: 1976 Republican presidential nomination and,
15
,
52
,
131
,
156
,
160
; 1980 Democratic presidential nomination and,
46
,
106
,
116
,
133
–
34
,
142
,
155
,
159
,
163
–
64
; 1980 presidential election and,
444
,
568
; 1980 Republican presidential nomination and,
40
,
52
,
57
,
68
,
71
,
85
,
86
,
91
,
99
,
105
–
8
,
110
,
115
–
16
,
120
–
21
,
126
–
28
,
132
–
33
,
141
–
63
,
173
,
606
; Carmen and,
126
–
28
; debating in,
115
–
16
,
127
–
28
,
141
–
42
,
146
–
55
; Iowa and,
68
; Nashua debate in,
146
–
55
,
156
–
58
,
172

New Jersey: 1976 presidential election and,
13
; 1976 Republican presidential nomination and,
14
; 1980 presidential election and,
447
,
575

New Republic, The,
270
,
479

New Right,
6
,
23
–
25
,
26
,
33
,
191
–
92
,
251
,
304
,
323

Newspaper Guild,
326

Newsweek,
13
,
196
,
253
,
291
,
316
,
404
,
428
,
462
,
463
,
511
,
546
,
610

New York: 1976 presidential election and,
13
; 1976 Republican presidential nomination and,
14
; 1980 Democratic presidential nomination and,
190
,
230
; 1980 presidential election and,
391
,
397
,
581
; 1980 Republican presidential nomination and,
219
–
24
; housing crisis in,
227
; Liberal Party in,
464
–
65

New York City,
45
,
72
,
219
–
20
,
492
,
502

New York Daily News,
399

New York Patrolmen's Benevolent Association,
507

New York Post,
549

New York Stock Exchange,
222
,
250
,
316

New York Times,
20
,
38
,
44
,
50
,
72
,
85
,
99
,
128
,
135
,
146
,
158
,
159
,
173
,
191
,
194
,
219
,
220
,
225
,
227
,
253
,
283
,
292
,
315
,
318
,
367
,
372
,
394
,
408
,
410
,
439
,
440
,
484
,
486
,
519
,
521
,
547
,
559
,
567
,
572
,
599

New York Times Magazine,
42

NFRW.
See
National Federation of Republican Women

Nicaragua,
117
,
186
,
586

Nightline,
293
,
550
–
52

1976 presidential election: debates and,
17
; Democratic Party and,
16
; Election Day and,
17
; Republican convention (Kansas City, Mo.) and,
xi
–
xii
,
12
,
323
,
339
; Republican nomination and,
xi
–
xii
,
6
,
12
–
15
,
26
,
52
,
81
,
86
,
90
,
97
–
98
,
108
,
120
,
131
,
156
,
160
,
200
,
216
; Republican Party and,
16
; Rose Garden strategy and,
17
.
See also
Carter, Jimmy; Ford, Gerald; Reagan, Ronald