Why the Right Went Wrong: ConservatismFrom Goldwater to the Tea Party and Beyond (106 page)

Taylor, Ben James,
500
n

Tea Party:

abortion opposed by,
259
,
360
,
361
,
362
,
369

anger and resentment of,
68
–69,
73
–74,
238
–40,
260
,
284
–85,
298
–300,
305
–6,
308
,
312
,
319
,
320
,
402
,
414
,
421
–22,
466
–67

big government opposed by,
4
–5,
28
,
29
,
30
,
38
,
221
,
227
,
259
,
315
,
338
,
341
,
360
,
419
,
420
,
462

Christian fundamentalists in,
214
,
239
,
254
,
255
–56,
348
,
349
,
361
,
362
,
380

congressional influence of,
102
,
323
–41

conservatism of,
38
–39,
64
,
224
,
234
–35,
237
,
298
–300,
338
–39,
416

constitutional views of,
53
,
426
,
462

corporate support of,
246
–54

decline of,
397
,
399
,
401
,
436

defense spending supported by,
208
–9

Democrats opposed by,
311
,
312
–16,
319
,
323
,
326
–27

economic agenda of,
38
,
92
,
224
,
225
,
226
–27,
228
,
237
–38,
246
–54,
259
,
260
,
293
,
298
,
311
–12,
317
,
327
–32,
361
,
388
,
422
,
426
,
444

electoral influence of,
102
,
234
–35,
304
–22,
323
,
341
,
343
–44,
357
,
360
,
361
,
362
,
368
–69,
371
–72,
380
,
397
,
401
–4

as far right movement,
238
–46

funding of,
51
,
250
–52,
260
,
318
,
448
–49

gay rights opposed by,
239
,
243
,
259
,
360

George W. Bush’s influence on,
35
,
38
,
208
–9,
234
–35,
236
,
238
,
240

Goldwater’s influence on,
23
–24,
37
,
39
,
42
,
49
–51,
53
,
240
,
241
,
246
,
253
,
254
,
260
,
443
–44,
448

health care reform opposed by,
194
–95,
237
,
239
,
284
–85,
317
,
318
,
395
,
419
,
420
,
426

immigration opposed by,
240
,
259
,
447

literature on,
238
–41

media outlets of,
42
–43,
240
–46,
286
,
297
–300,
310
–11,
324
,
333
,
348
,
421
–22,
448
–49,
452

as “New, New Right,”
237

Obama opposed by,
3
,
23
,
24
,
141
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236
–37,
238
,
243
,
251
–53,
257
–60,
284
–86,
289
–90,
293
,
297
,
298
,
299
–302,
305
–6,
314
,
327
,
332
–33,
340
,
368
–69,
371
–72,
395
,
399
–400,
416
,
421
–22,
426
,
452

origins of,
2
,
4
–5,
38
–39,
41
,
236
–60,
297
–300

as populist movement,
38
–39

racism of,
237
,
239
–40,
256
–60,
284
–85

Reagan’s influence on,
31
,
37
,
39
,
49
–50,
92
,
246
,
282

reform conservatives and critique of,
416
–22,
438
,
442

Republicans influenced by,
9
,
191
,
194
–95,
219
,
221
,
224
,
234
–35,
240
,
242
–43,
245
,
251
–53,
281
–82,
298
,
300
,
304
–12,
314
–22,
324
–41,
368
–69,
371
–72,
392
,
393
,
397
,
399
–404,
436
,
438
,
444
,
458

social change opposed by,
237
–38,
253
–56,
259
,
260

“socialism” opposed by,
53
,
250
–51,
260
,
285
,
300
,
303

southern support of,
258
–60

as tax protest,
141
,
239
–40,
317

at town hall meetings,
304
–12

Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism, The
(Skocpol and Williamson),
239
–40

Tea Party Summer,
304
–5,
308

Teixeira, Ruy,
108
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319
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380
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407
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408
,
493
n,
498
n

Teles, Steven M.,
158
,
165
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230
,
484
n,
488
n

Tell, David,
486
n

Tempting Faith: The Inside Story of Political Seduction
(Kuo),
229
–30

Tennessee,
258
,
282
,
321
,
380
,
465

Tenth Amendment,
53
,
176
,
353

Terkel, Amanda,
494
n

term limits,
120
,
352

terrorism,
23
,
32
,
35
–36,
188
–89,
196
,
199
–204,
207
,
208
–10,
215
,
221
,
228
,
406
–7

Texas,
81
,
159
,
168
–78,
258
,
345
,
465

Texas Rangers,
186

Thatcher, Margaret,
112
,
341
–42,
466

Thiessen, Marc A.,
395
,
497
n

Thigpen, David E.,
487
n

think tanks,
247

Third Way,
2
,
112
,
121
,
152
–53,
337

“Third Way Meeting,”
152
–53

This Week with David Brinkley,
128

Thomas, Norman,
61

Thompson, Fred,
273
,
275
,
281

Thompson, Jill Long,
208
–9

Thunder on the Right: The “New Right” and the Politics of Resentment
(Crawford),
238

Thurmond, Strom,
47
,
50
,
71
,
446

Tillis, Thom,
402

Time,
58
,
76
,
161

Tip and the Gipper
(Matthews),
92

tobacco,
89

Tocqueville, Alexis de,
317
–18,
417

To Empower People
(Berger and Neuhaus),
162
–63

Toomey, Patrick,
250
,
389
,
391

tort reform,
120

town hall meetings,
304
–12

Treasury Department, U.S.,
256
–57

Trende, Sean,
219
,
383
–84,
488
n,
497
n

“triangulation,”
124
–25,
133
,
150
,
325
,
333

trickle-down economics,
106

Trinko, Katrina,
495
n

Tripp, Linda,
143
,
144
,
148

Truman, Harry S.,
45
,
47
,
71
,
103
,
157

Trump, Donald,
2
,
24
–25,
79
,
235
,
241
,
243
,
245
–46,
277
,
300
–301,
343
,
384
,
414
,
434
–38,
439
,
444
,
447
,
457
,
460
,
468
,
491
n

tuition credits,
423

Turner Diaries, The,
130

Turnipseed, Tom,
95

Turzai, Mike,
369
,
496
n

Tuttle, Holmes,
246
,
489
n

“TV for Goldwater-Miller” account,
59

Twitter,
376
–77

Udall, Mark,
404

Udall, Morris,
21

Uganda,
229

unemployment insurance,
17
,
325
,
386

Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry,
213

United Arab Emirates (UAE),
221

United Nations,
120
,
205
,
206
,
211

United States:

anticommunism in,
32
,
34
–35,
39
,
40
,
51
,
72
,
73
,
75
,
96
,
109
,
163
,
253
,
254
,
261
–62,
445
,
464

blue vs. red states in,
210
,
226
,
258
,
260
,
265
,
270
,
287
,
294
,
387
,
389
,
405
,
407
,
440
,
452
–53

cultural change in,
7
–9,
18
,
69
,
133
,
171
,
427

defense spending of,
17
,
32
,
73
,
82
,
89
–90,
120
,
122
–23,
125
,
208
–9,
250
,
294
,
413

democratic system of,
46
,
48
,
82
,
194
,
266
,
291
,
459
–61

demographics of,
8
–9,
10
,
18
,
68
,
318
,
380
,
382
,
449
,
455
–58,
477
n

foreign policy of,
4
,
32
–37,
51
,
79
,
80
,
82
,
99
,
103
,
107
,
250
,
302
,
325
,
398
,
399
–400,
406
,
445
–48

foreign trade of,
31
,
453

as global power,
79
,
82
,
332

gross domestic product (GDP),
89
,
338
,
391
,
464

gross national product (GNP) of,
89

interventionism vs. isolationism in,
32
–36

national debt of,
6
,
88
,
89
,
127
,
227
,
231
,
317
,
327
–32,
358
–59,
368
,
411
,
464

national security of,
32
,
34
,
203
–4,
209
–10,
211
,
221
,
228
,
265
,
406
–7,
467

nuclear weapons of,
31
,
33
,
51
,
64
,
325

political polarization in,
11
–12,
180
–81,
187
–88,
468

public opinion in,
34
,
35
–36,
54
,
332
–33

secularism in,
265
–67,
280

southern states of,
3
,
7
–8,
16
–19,
20
,
28
,
44
–49,
56
,
57
–59,
62
–63,
65
,
68
,
70
,
71
,
73
,
79
,
81
,
84
,
98
,
107
,
117
,
118
,
134
,
139
,
164
,
184
–85,
215
,
256
–60,
267
,
305
,
319
,
372
,
380
,
419
,
445
,
446
,
457
–58,
465