Why the Right Went Wrong: ConservatismFrom Goldwater to the Tea Party and Beyond (103 page)

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prison reform,
439

private retirement accounts,
216
–18

Procaccino, Mario,
77

Progressive Era,
167
,
350
,
461
,
485
n

Progressive Party,
107
,
336

“Project, The,”
112

Promise, The
(Alter),
293

Promise of American Life, The
(Croly),
339

property taxes,
82
–83,
375

Proposition
13
,
82
–83

Proposition
187
,
457

Protestants,
255
–56

Prouty, Scott,
374

PRRI/Brookings Institution poll,
242
,
259

Pryor, Mark,
391

public employee unions,
369

Public Policy Polling,
344

Public Religion Research Institute,
408

Public Works Administration (WPA),
87

Publishers Weekly,
299

Putnam, Robert,
440

Quie, Al,
416

Raban, Jonathan,
490
n

race riots,
57
–59

racism,
7
–8,
14
,
16
–19,
29
–30,
39
,
41
,
44
,
57
–59,
97
–98,
164
–65,
184
–85,
237
,
239
–40,
256
–60,
268
,
284
–85,
437
–38,
465

“radical rich,”
260
,
300
,
376
,
467

Radicals for Capitalism
(Doherty),
250
–51

Rae, Nicol C.,
480
n

Rafferty, Max,
76
–77

Rakovich, Mary,
298

Ramer, Holly,
491
n

Rampell, Catherine,
432
,
499
n

Rand, Ayn,
40
,
373
–74,
377

rape,
361
,
362
,
381

Rappeport, Alan,
495
n

Reactionary Mind, The
(Robin),
14

Reagan, Ronald,
477
n,
479
n,
480
n,
481
n,
485
n,
488
n,
489
n,
491
n,
497
n

administration of,
2
,
27
–37

anticommunism of,
32
,
34
–35,
96
,
445

approval ratings of,
292

big government opposed by,
31
,
36
–37,
60
,
66
,
85
,
88
–89,
387
,
388

at Brandenberg Gate,
31
,
32

budget policies of,
80
–81,
88
–90,
91

conservatism of,
2
,
5
,
8
,
14
,
16
,
20
,
21
,
23
,
24
,
27
–37,
39
,
42
,
49
–50,
64
–65,
69
,
78
–81,
90
,
100
–101,
112
,
122
,
134
,
246
,
265
,
388
,
412
,
414
,
418
,
445
,
451
,
466
,
485
n

defense spending by,
32
,
82
,
89
–90,
122
,
250
,
294

Democratic voters of,
7
,
12
,
104
,
108
,
163
,
372
,
418

deregulation supported by,
88
–89,
241

economic policies of,
37
,
80
–81,
84
,
85
–93,
96
,
104
,
109
,
120
,
122
,
246
,
328
–29,
337
,
339
,
364
,
413
,
414
,
428
,
430
,
459

foreign policy of,
32
–37,
82
,
250

freedom as viewed by,
61
,
81

G. H. W. Bush compared with,
97
,
98
,
100
–101,
102

Goldwater supported by,
14
,
21
,
24
,
31
,
37
,
39
,
59
–62,
66
,
85

as governor of California,
31
,
37
,
70
,
71
,
75
,
91
,
92

influence of,
16
,
27
–37,
64
–65,
153
,
168
,
271
,
275
,
418
,
438

“kitchen cabinet” of,
246
,
489
n
-90
n

liberal opposition to,
31
,
60
,
61
,
70

Nixon compared with,
20
,
64
–65,
372

nuclear policy of,
31
,
33

pragmatism of,
21
,
30
–37,
85
,
89
–92,
445
,
447

presidential campaign of (1968),
71

presidential campaign of (1976),
78
–81,
85
,
430

presidential campaign of (1980),
36
,
67
,
69
,
78
,
83
–85,
89
,
96
,
107
,
161
,
257
,
366
,
385

presidential campaign of (1984),
67
,
69
,
96
,
107
,
385

as Republican leader,
33
–35,
76
,
90
–93,
112
,
113
,
128
,
157
,
281
,
282
,
372
,
422
,
457

Social Security criticized by,
60
–61

southern support of,
79
,
164
,
257

speeches of,
14
,
31
,
32
,
59
–62,
85
,
89
,
246
,
257
,
263
,
265

tax policies of,
31
,
32
,
80
–81,
84
,
85
,
90
,
91
–92,
96
,
122
,
135
,
190
,
294
,
363

“A Time for Choosing” speech of (“The Speech”) (1964),
14
,
59
–62,
246
,
263
,
265

Reagan Coalition,
67
,
92
–93,
98
,
138

Reagan Conundrum,
31
–38

Reagan’s Law,
36
–37

Reagan’s Revolution: The Untold Story of the Campaign That Started It All
(Shirley),
78
–79

RealClearPolitics,
219

real estate market,
132
,
233
,
297
,
316
,
330

reconciliation rules,
316

Reconstruction,
56

“red slash counties,”
258

Reed, Ralph,
170
,
363
–64

Reeves, Richard,
483
n

referendum elections,
365
–66

Reformicons (conservative reformers),
6
–7,
22
–23,
24
,
414
,
415
–42,
449
,
460
–68

Regnery Publishing,
213

regulation, government,
17
–18,
20
,
21
,
30
,
82
,
88
–89,
102
–3,
120
,
123
,
158
,
230
–34,
241
,
247
,
249
,
251
,
316
,
339
,
349
,
352
–53,
363
,
377
,
389
–92,
413
,
419
,
451

Reichley, James,
490
n

Reid, Harry,
321
,
404

Reid, Ogden,
77
–78

Religious Right,
8
,
28
,
58
,
69
,
79
–80,
106
,
160
–62,
167
–74,
181
–86,
196
,
213
–20,
224
,
229
–30,
239
,
254
–57,
265
–69,
273
,
274
,
278
–80,
292
,
302
–3,
348
,
349
,
354
,
359
–64,
368
,
374
,
380
,
425
,
435
,
454
,
465
,
467

Renewing American Compassion
(Olasky),
166
–67

Reno Journal-Gazette,
271

Republican Looks at His Party, A
(Larson),
462
–63

Republican National Committee (RNC),
392

Republican National Convention:

of 1964,
9
,
14
,
63
–64,
443

of 1968,
71

of 1992,
133

of 2004,
211

of 2008,
283

Republican Party:

black support for,
18
,
28
,
45
,
62
–63,
74
,
135
–36,
164
–65,
257
,
383
,
437
–38,
457
,
458

civil rights legislation opposed by,
29
–30,
44
–49,
62
–63,
68

Clinton opposed by,
2
,
110
,
115
–59,
202

congressional majority of,
6
,
9
–11,
22
,
55
–56,
67
,
78
,
83
,
92
–93,
100
–101,
111
,
115
–23,
133
,
136
–38,
139
,
142
,
157
,
159
,
181
,
188
,
190
–91,
202
–3,
206
–10,
215
–16,
220
,
229
,
248
,
303
,
315
,
318
–22,
327
–32,
382
,
384
,
392
–400,
405
–14,
418
,
429
,
446
,
449
,
450
,
459
–60

conservatives in,
1
–2,
12
–13,
15
–16,
23
–24,
38
,
43
–44,
46
,
48
–50,
62
,
64
–68,
70
,
73
–81,
112
–13,
121
–23,
133
–34,
138
,
156
,
184
,
190
–91,
213
–16,
220
–23,
230
–34,
272
–90,
321
–22,
333
–64,
384
,
443
–45,
466
–68

Democratic opposition to,
30
–31,
44
,
46
,
361
–62,
367
,
371
,
374
–75,
381
–82,
386
,
405
–9,
449
,
462

demographic change in,
8
–9,
10
,
68
,
318
,
380
,
382
,
449
,
455
–58,
477
n

Establishment of,
37
,
49
–50,
75
,
134
,
247
,
281
–82,
287
,
314
,
317
,
321
,
322
,
328
,
346
–47,
369
,
372
,
401
–3,
434
–35,
438
,
449

fundraising of,
6
,
25
,
50
,
59
,
246
–54,
275
,
300
,
320
–21,
401
–3,
434

George H. W. Bush as leader of,
183
,
185
–86,
286
,
305
,
352
,
457

George W. Bush as leader of,
167
–69,
171
,
184
–86,
199
,
200
–201,
221
–22,
227
,
229
–35,
236
,
272
,
352
,
418

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