Why the Right Went Wrong: ConservatismFrom Goldwater to the Tea Party and Beyond (102 page)

foreign policy of,
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–36,
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–400,
406

gay rights supported by,
292

government as viewed by,
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–64,
387
–89,
427
–28

Grant Park speech of (2008),
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as
Harvard Law Review
president,
270
–71

health care program of,
see
Affordable Care Act (ACA) (2010)

as Illinois state senator,
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,
271

Iraq War policy of,
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,
207
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271
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398
,
406

Kenyan heritage of,
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–2

liberal support of,
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261
–62,
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452
–54

“madrassa education” charge against,
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,
243

media coverage of,
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–70,
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,
409

Muslim background attributed to,
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228
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285
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286
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–3,
325
,
372

National Constitution Center speech of (2008),
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oath of office taken by,
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–93

Osawatomie, Kans. speech of,
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339
–40,
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388
,
451

presidential campaign of (2008),
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–72,
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–90,
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presidential campaign of (2012),
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–84,
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–28

press conferences of,
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progressive offensive of,
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339
–41,
365
–84,
387
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388
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409
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452
–54

racist opposition to,
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–17,
44
,
257
–60,
268

Republican opposition to,
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–4,
22
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80
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180
,
211
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251
–52,
261
–62,
263
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272
–333,
335
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–44,
371
–72,
385
–86,
392
–400,
408
–14,
452
–54,
459
–60

in San Francisco,
269
–70

second inaugural address of,
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–89,
399

“socialism” charge against,
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61
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227
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260
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265
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300
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303
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371
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speeches of,
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–67,
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270
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292
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338
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370
,
387
–89,
399
,
409
–13,
456

State of the Union address of (2015),
409
–13

stimulus plan of,
289
,
293
–97,
298
,
308
,
312
,
313
–14,
426

tax policies of,
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–96,
314
–15,
327
–32,
338
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385
–87,
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unification of political views attempted by,
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–62,
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270
–72,
285
–90,
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–94,
339
–40,
387
,
392
,
409
–10,
456
,
459

“you didn’t build that” quote of,
370
–71,
428

“Obamacare,”
see
Affordable Care Act (ACA) (2010)

“ObamaCore,”
431

“Obamatrade,”
453

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA),
72

Occupy Wall Street,
106
,
336
–39,
341
,
355
,
369

O’Donnell, Christine,
306
,
307
,
321

Off Center,
13

O’Hanlon, Michael E.,
487
n

Ohio,
98
,
214
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267
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286
,
318
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320
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358
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369
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372
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379
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380
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381
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382
,
426

oil industry,
201
,
251
,
413

O’Keefe, Ed,
489
n,
497
n

Oklahoma,
117
,
258
,
282

Oklahoma City bombing (1995),
129
–32,
446

Olasky, Marvin,
166
–67,
175
–76,
223
,
484
n
-85
n

Olbermann, Keith,
148
–49

Oleaga, Michael,
501
n

Olsen, Henry,
427
–28,
468
,
499
n

O’Neill, John E.,
487
n

O’Neill, Thomas P. “Tip,”
37
,
92

One Nation
(Carson),
42

“One Percent,”
338

Oppel, Richard A., Jr.,
495
n

“Opportunity, Responsibility, Community,”
450

O’Reilly, Bill,
244
,
317

Orin, Deborah,
486
n

Ornstein, Norman,
6
,
13
,
477
n,
478
n

Osawatomie, Kans.,
336
,
339
–40,
369
,
388
,
451

Osborn, Shane,
402

Ottinger, Richard,
77

Ottumwa, Iowa,
348

Our Divided Political Heart
(Dionne),
14

Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis
(Putnam),
440

Outrage Industry: Public Opinion Media and the New Incivility, The
(Berry and Sobieraj),
310
–11

outsourcing,
368

Pace, Julie,
399

Palin, Sarah,
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272
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283
–84,
285
,
299
–301,
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334
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341
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373
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421

Panama Canal,
37
,
50
,
79
,
82

Paradox of American Democracy, The
(Judis),
247

Parker, Christopher S.,
239
,
489
n,
490
n

Parks, Rosa,
262

Parrott, Sharon,
430
,
499
n

“Party of Sam’s Club, The” (Douthat and Salam),
422

Party That Lost Its Head, The
(Gilder and Chapman),
56

Patriot Fires
(Lawson),
203
–4

Patterson, James T.,
45
,
479
n

Paul, Rand,
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–35,
122
–23,
321
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353
–54,
435
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437
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439
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441
,
479
n

Paul, Ron,
251
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273
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298
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344
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347
–48,
357
,
360

Pawlenty, Tim,
350
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351
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354
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422

payroll taxes,
423

PBS,
270

Pear, Robert,
488
n

Pearl beer,
58

Pella, Iowa,
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–49

Pell grants,
324

Pelosi, Nancy,
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–95,
312
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316
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492
n

Pence, Mike,
327
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425

Penn, Mark,
124

Pennsylvania,
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369
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372
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380
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426

Pennsylvania Republican State Committee,
369

pension plans,
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217
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267
,
336
,
423

per-child tax credit,
141

Percy, Charles,
76

perestroika,
33

Perkins, Tom,
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–53,
490
n

Perlstein, Rick,
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42
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79
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90
–91,
479
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n,
481
n

Perot, Ross,
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–16,
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482
n

Perr, Jon,
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478
n

Perry, Bob J.,
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Perry, Rick,
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–35,
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–45,
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–56,
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435
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437
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479
n

Pershing missiles,
32

Peterborough, N.H.,
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Pet Goat, The,
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Petri, Thomas,
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Petruno, Tom,
482
n

Pew Research Center,
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–9,
12
–13,
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226
,
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Pfeiffer, Dan,
452

pharmaceuticals industry,
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–93

Phillips, Kevin,
67
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68

Phillips-Fein, Kim,
38
,
477
n,
479
n

Pianin, Eric,
483
n

Pickens, T. Boone, Jr.,
213

Pierce, William Luther,
130

Pierson, Paul,
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,
13
,
478
n,
489
n

“Plan B,”
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Pledge of Allegiance, The,
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,
97
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306
,
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Plumer, Brad,
497
n

Podhoretz, Norman,
32
–33

Poland,
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164
,
253

police brutality,
437
–38

political action committees (PACs),
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,
120
–21,
345
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,
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358
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,
368
,
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Politico,
34
,
404

PolitiFact,
304

Ponnuru, Ramesh,
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423
–24,
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,
431
,
478
n,
480
n,
495
n,
497
n,
499
n

Poole, Kenneth,
13

Poor Support
(Ellwood),
104

Pope, Charles,
482
n

Popular Front,
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popular vote,
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populism,
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–39,
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–5,
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341
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383
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pornography,
120
,
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Portsmouth, N.H.,
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–18

poverty level,
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–83,
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–75,
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Powell, Colin,
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Powell, Lewis F.,
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–48,
490
n

prescription drug benefit,
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–95,
224
,
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President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR),
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Press, Bill,
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,
489
n

Price, David,
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Price, Ray,
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Princeton University Press,
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Priorities USA,
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prison furlough programs,
97
–98