Takeover (50 page)

Pelosi, Nancy,
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Percy, Charles H.,
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Perkins, Tony,
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Perot, Ross,
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Perry, Rick,
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Phillips, Howard,
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Pitts, Joe,
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planning, importance of,
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–77

“Pledge to America,”
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–91,
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position,
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–67

Pratt, Larry,
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precinct committeemen,
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–263

Priebus, Reince,
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Progressive Party (Bull Moose Party),
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Pulliam, Eugene C.,
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Quayle, Dan,
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–92,
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Raddatz, Martha,
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Rafferty, Max,
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Rand, Ayn,
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Rather, Dan,
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Reagan, Maureen,
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Reagan, Nancy,
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Reagan, Ronald

1976 nomination and,
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approval rating of,
161

Bush and,
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campaigns and,
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–71,
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–85

campaigns of,
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–39,
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–63,
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character of,
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Communism and,
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–51,
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Contract with America and,
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discretionary domestic spending and,
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,
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earmarks and,
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–35

election of,
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fundraising and,
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Goldwater defeat and,
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as governor,
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lack of establishment support for,
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on need for new leaders,
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Nixon and,
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–28,
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–32,
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opposition to,
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–76,
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–78,
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–83

optimism of,
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Panama Canal and,
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personnel and,
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quoted,
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recruitment of,
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rise of,
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SDI and,
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social conservatives and,
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speech (“A Time for Choosing”),
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tax cuts and,
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–78

third party and,
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–52,
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Real Conservatives National Committee,
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–58,
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Reed, Clarke,
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Reed, Ralph,
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Rehberg, Denny,
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Reid, Harry,
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Religious Right,
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Republicans for Progress,
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Richards, Dick,
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Richardson, Bill,
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Richardson, H. L. “Bill,”
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Ridge, Tom,
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RINO hunting,
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Ripon Society,
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Roberts, Pat,
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Robertson, Absalom Willis,
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Robertson, Pat,
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Robison, James,
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Rockefeller, Nelson,
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–21,
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Rockefeller, Winthrop,
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Roe v. Wade
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Rogers, Hal,
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Rogers, Janice,
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Romney, George,
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Romney, Mitt

2008 primaries and,
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–72,
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2012 campaign and,
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compared to Bush,
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compared to Dole,
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Contract with America and,
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debates and,
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–12,
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defeat of,
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Mourdock and,
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Schieffer and,
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support for,
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Tea Party and,
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voters and,
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Roosevelt, Franklin Delano,
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–3,
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Roosevelt, Theodore (Teddy),
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–2,
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Rostenkowski, Dan,
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Rothfus, Keith,
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Rove, Karl,
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Rowland, John,
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Rubel, A. C. (Cy),
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Rubio, Marco,
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Rumsfeld, Donald,
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Rusher, William (Bill),
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Ruth, Babe,
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Ryan, Paul,
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Salvatori, Henry,
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Sandinistas,
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Santelli, Rick,
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Santorum, Rick,
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Saul, Andrea,
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Saunders, Larry,
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Sawyer, Diane,
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Schieffer, Robert,
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Schlafly, Phyllis,
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Schultz, Daniel J.,
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Schweiker, Richard,
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Scott, Tim,
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Scozzafava, Dede,
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Scranton, William,
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Shaftoe, Don,
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Shalala, Donna,
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Sharon Statement, The,
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Shimkus, John,
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Silver, Nate,
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Simpson, Alan,
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Smith, Brad,
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Smith, Nick,
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social conservatives,
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Social Security,
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Souter, David,
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Speakes, Larry,
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Specter, Arlen,
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Sperling, Godfrey,
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Stearns, Cliff,
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Stephanopoulos, George,
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Stewart, Wyatt,
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Stockman, David,
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Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI),
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strategy,
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Students for Life (SFL),
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Sununu, John,
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Surowiecki, James,
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Symms, Steve,
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Synhorst, Tom,
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tactics,
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Taft, Robert A.,
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Taft, William Howard,
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“Taking Back Your Government” (Schultz),
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Tancredo, Tom,
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tea bag campaign,
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Tea Party Movement

2010 elections and,
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2012 elections and,
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call for third party and,
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criticism of,
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debt ceiling and,
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delegates of,
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focus for,
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foundation of,
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as fourth leg,
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goals of,
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growth of,
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rise of,
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roots of,
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Thatcher, Margaret,
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third force groups,
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third party,
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Thompson, Frank,
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Thompson, Fred,
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Thompson, Tommy,
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Thurmond, Strom,
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“Time for Choosing, A” (Reagan),
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Tower, John,
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Transportation bill (2005),
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Truman, Harry S.,
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Tuttle, Robert,
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Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS),
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United Seniors Association,
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Upton, Fred,
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Usery, George,
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Victor Publishing,
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Viguerie’s plan

basic steps of,
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outline of,
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vision,
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Voter Vault,
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Walker, Robert Smith (Bob),
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Wallop, Malcolm,
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“war on women,”
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–13,
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–33,
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Wasserman Shultz, Debbie,
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Watergate,
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Watt, Jim,
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Wayne, John,
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Weaver, Richard M.,
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Weber, Vin,
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Weicker, Lowell,
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Weyrich, Paul,
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White, F. Clifton (Cliff),
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Whitman, Christine Todd,
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Wilkie, Wendell L.,
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Will, George F.,
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–17,
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Wilmouth, Brad,
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Wilson, Heather,
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Wilson, Woodrow,
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Winchell, Steve,
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Winter, Tom,
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Wisdom of Crowds, The
(Surowiecki),
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Wren, Carter,
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Wylie, Chalmers,
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Young, Don,
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Young Americans for Freedom (YAF),
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