The Real Romney (59 page)

Nelson, J. Fielding, 83–84

New York Times, The,
74, 145, 150, 304

Nixon, Mark and Sheryl, 99–101

Nixon, Richard M., 2, 241

and civil rights, 94

George Romney in cabinet of, 6, 93–95, 173

and political campaigns, 72, 74, 75, 76, 95

tape recordings of, 95

and “Vietnamization,” 76

Nuciforo, Andrea F., Jr., 236, 237

Nunnelly, Mark, 157, 160–61

Obama, Barack, 1, 2, 284, 313, 320, 323, 325

and health care, 262, 269, 277, 327

O’Brien, Shannon P., 154, 228, 232–35, 287

O’Donnell, Joseph J., 111, 121, 270

Olympic Games (1998), 208

Olympic Games (2002), 207–23

antidiscrimination employment policy of, 218–19

budget of, 210–14, 220, 222

commemorative pins, 217

corporate sponsorship of, 212–13

Mitt Romney recruited for, 204–6, 207

Mitt Romney’s work with, 208, 209–23, 330

and Mormon Church, 207, 209–10

scandal in, 204, 208–9, 212, 214–16, 217

and September 11 attacks, 219–20, 221

success of, 222–23, 225, 235

torch relay of, 222

and Utah police, 219

Pace, Stephen, 218

Paez-Carrillo, Eduardo, 183

Pagliuca, Stephen, 156

Palais Royal department store, 147, 148

Palin, Sarah, 325

Partners HealthCare, 269–70, 273

Patrick, Deval, 261

Peterson, Elly, 184

Phelps Dodge Corp., 142

Planned Parenthood, 183

Plawecki, David, 184

Plunkett, Jim, 53

Pollack, Milton, 147–48

Pollack, Moselle, 147

Powell, Melanie, 280

Pozen, Robert C., 237–38, 242

PPM, 149

Pratt, Parley, 46

Presidential Airways, 138

presidential campaign (2008), 281–319

advertising in, 293–94, 295–96, 304–5, 313

debates in, 312, 318

in Florida, 305, 315–18

and George Romney, 287, 291–92

and Giuliani, 5, 284, 292, 294, 297–98, 311–12

and Huckabee, 294, 295, 298–99, 301, 302, 304–6, 307–8, 310–11, 329

in Iowa, 281, 282, 286–87, 290–91, 298–306, 307–8, 313, 316, 317

lessons learned from, 326–27

and Massachusetts governorship, 251, 255–56, 259, 267, 284, 293

and McCain, 5, 205, 283–84, 288, 292, 295–98, 306–7, 311–13, 317, 318–19, 322–25

microtargeting in, 294–95, 305, 316

Mitt Romney’s candidacy announced, 291–92

and Mitt Romney’s leadership qualities, 282, 293

and Mitt Romney’s political shifts, 5, 26, 255–56, 284, 288, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295–96, 299, 306, 312

Mitt Romney’s shortcomings in, 2, 110, 282–83, 284, 293

Mitt Romney’s withdrawal from, 319, 322, 323

and Mormon faith, 31, 284–86, 299, 300, 302–4, 308, 314

and Myers, 284, 287, 288–89, 290, 295, 297, 308, 310, 312, 315–16

in New Hampshire, 289–90, 306–7, 308–13, 317

political strategies for, 259, 284, 286–87, 289–91, 294–95, 297, 309–10, 312–14, 316, 323, 326, 327

presidential campaign (2008) (
cont
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questions in preparation for, 281–82, 283, 292

“Romney World” in, 287, 315

in South Carolina, 290, 291, 296, 305, 311, 314, 315–16

and vice presidency, 322–25

presidential campaign (2012), 1–2, 3, 7–10, 133, 140, 143, 206, 312, 320–22, 325–32

Preston, Ronald, 265

Pro-Choice Coalition, 230

Rappaport, James, 227

Rasmussen, Garret G., 93

Reagan, Ronald, 55, 192, 298, 318

Reed, Rick, 172, 189, 195, 206

Rehnert, Geoffrey, 134, 138, 142–43, 153, 162

Reid, Penny, 174

Reilly, Thomas F., 245

Republican Governors Association, 251–52

Republican National Convention (1964), 6, 25, 55; (2004), 251–53

Republican Party:

as “business party,” 24

and civil rights, 94

Contract with America, 185

and health care, 271, 275, 278–79

Log Cabin Republicans, 181–83, 230–31, 258

in Massachusetts, 170, 171–72, 175, 181, 184, 185, 192, 194, 225, 229, 232, 250–51, 258

Mitt’s registration in, 170

polygamy denounced by, 35

Pro-Choice Coalition, 230

slavery denounced by, 35

Tea Party movement in, 325, 329

and traditional values, 258

in U.S. Senate, 195

Richardson, Paul, 70

Roake, Mike, 54, 58, 69

Robertson, Pat, 298

Robinson, Bruce H., 81–82, 83

Rockefeller, Nelson A., 75

Roe v. Wade,
184

Rollins, Ed, 311

Romney, Anna Amelia Pratt (grandmother), 46

Romney, Ann Davies (wife), 27–30

charitable actions of, 100

conversion to Mormonism, 70–72

and family activities, 101–5, 106–8

health problems of, 201–3, 222, 226, 254

and her father’s death, 167

marriage of Mitt and, 19, 89, 107–8

and Mitt: courtship, 28–30, 54, 57–58, 63, 86, 87–88

and Mitt’s campaigns, 171–73, 176, 183, 193, 194–95, 229, 230, 233, 253, 280, 282, 321

official portrait of, 261

and religion, 28, 70, 101

as teenager, 28–30

and Winter Olympics (2002), 204, 206, 207, 220, 222

and women’s roles, 123

Romney, Annie Maria Woodbury (Miles P.’s fourth wife), 41, 43, 44

Romney, Benjamin (son), 101, 104

Romney, Caroline Lambourne (Miles P.’s second wife), 39–41

Romney, Catharine Cottam (Miles P.’s third wife), 40–41, 43, 44, 45

Romney, Craig (son), 101, 104, 106, 202

Romney, Elizabeth (daughter of Miles P.), 39

Romney, Elizabeth (great-great-grandmother), 32

Romney, Emily Henrietta Eyring Snow (Miles P.’s fifth wife), 46

Romney, Gaskell (grandfather):

birth of, 40

and family traits, 47

marriage of Anna and, 46

Mexican compensation to, 49

in Mexico, 45, 46, 47–48

and Mormon church, 48

move to U.S., 48–49

responsibilities taken by, 45, 46, 47

Romney, George (brother of Miles P.), 43

Romney, George (English portrait painter), 32

Romney, George Wilcken (father), 11–14

and American Motors, 15–16, 24, 130, 165, 291

birth of, 12, 47

“brainwashing” comment by, 74–76, 95

and civil rights, 6, 25–26, 27, 72–73, 94

and college, 89–90

and Davies family conversions, 70–72

death of, 197–98

early years of, 12, 47–48

as family man, 19

influence on Mitt, 3, 4, 17–18, 19, 24–25, 58, 87, 130, 165, 169, 198, 222, 231, 287, 291–92

marriage of Lenore and, 13, 18–19, 87, 91, 108, 197

in Mexico, 12, 47–48

as Michigan governor, 4, 20, 23–27, 49, 57, 72, 77, 93, 165, 235

and Michigan politics, 22–27

and Mitt’s college years, 57–58

and Mitt’s Senate campaign (1994), 171–72, 173–74, 176, 180, 181, 187, 188–90, 194

and Mormon Church, 15, 17, 26, 71–72

as Mormon missionary, 64, 71, 72

in Nixon’s cabinet, 6, 93–95, 173

personal traits of, 18, 47

popularity of, 67, 71, 331

presidential campaign (1968), 2, 4, 6, 9, 72–77, 169, 282

on principle, 6, 25–26, 73, 137

as public speaker, 96

and Republican National Convention (1964), 6, 25, 55

and Vietnam War, 6, 57, 59, 73–76

and wealth, 137

and Wilkes-Barre flooding, 94–95

Romney, Hannah Hood Hill (Miles P.’s first wife), 37–42, 44, 45, 46–47, 50

Romney, Isabella (daughter of Miles P.), 38

Romney, Jane (sister):

as actor, 198

childhood of, 14

family reflections of, 19, 183, 202