Why the Right Went Wrong: ConservatismFrom Goldwater to the Tea Party and Beyond (93 page)

Carville, James,
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Case, Clifford,
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Castle, Mike,
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–8,
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Catholics,
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–61,
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Cato Institute,
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“Cat Scratch Fever,”
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CBS News,
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–59

Census, U.S. (2010),
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Center for American Progress,
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,
432
,
455

Center Holds, The
(Alter),
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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities,
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Central Intelligence Agency (CIA),
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Chafe, William,
482
n

Chafee, John,
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Chaffee, Lincoln,
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Chaffetz, Jason,
332

Chain Reaction
(Edsall and Edsall),
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Chait, Jonathan,
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499
n,
500
n

Challenge of Change, The
(Brooke),
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Chamber of Commerce, U.S.,
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Chambliss, Saxby,
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Change They Can’t Believe In: The Tea Party and Reactionary Politics in America
(Parker and Barreto),
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Chapman, Bruce Kerry,
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62
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480
n

Charleston, S.C. church shootings (2015),
8

charter schools,
423

Cheers,
163

chemical weapons,
398

Cheney, Dick,
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–3,
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Chicago Board of Trade,
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child care,
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child nutrition programs,
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children’s health programs,
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child support,
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Child Tax Credit,
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China,
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409
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Chinese Exclusion Act (1882),
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Chocola, Chris,
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–95,
208
–9,
224

“Choice,”
57
–59,
254

Choice Not an Echo, A
(Schlafly),
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43
,
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Christian Democratic Party,
463

Christian fundamentalism,
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79
–80,
106
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160
–62,
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–74,
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–86,
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–20,
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–30,
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–69,
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–80,
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–3,
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–64,
368
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380
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425
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435
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454
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Christie, Chris,
36

Church, Frank,
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Churchill, Winston S.,
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Cillizza, Chris,
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n

Cisneros, Henry,
137

Citizens for Tax Justice,
141

Citizens United v. FEC,
249

Civil Rights Act (1964),
18

civil rights movement,
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“civil society,”
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Civil War, U.S.,
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–4,
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313
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Clark, Ed,
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class issues,
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–81,
412

see also
middle class; working class

Clay, Henry,
372
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416
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424

Clean Air Act (1970),
99
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445

Cleland, Max,
209
–10

Clement, Scott,
500
n

climate change,
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,
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409
,
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Clinton, Bill,
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n,
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n,
484
n,
485
n,
500
n

administration of,
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–159

approval ratings of,
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–46,
158
–59

big government opposed by,
108
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120
,
125
–26,
133
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140
,
141
–42,
158
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416
,
450
–51

budget policies of,
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–13,
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–23,
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–29,
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–42,
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as centrist,
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–4,
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–13,
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–25,
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–38,
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–53,
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–58,
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433
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conservative opposition to,
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–4,
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–9,
113
–15,
144
–55,
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as Democratic leader,
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–22,
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–19,
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–25,
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–47,
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economic policies of,
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George W. Bush compared with,
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as governor of Arkansas,
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grand jury testimony of,
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health care program of,
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–15,
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–94,
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impeachment of,
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–55,
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Lewinsky scandal of,
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media coverage of,
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memoir of,
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Obama compared with,
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–88,
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perjury and obstruction of justice charges against,
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presidential campaign of (1992),
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–9,
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presidential campaign of (1996),
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–39,
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–84

Republican opposition to,
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–59,
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speeches of,
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–26,
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–33,
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State of the Union address (1995),
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–26

State of the Union address (1996),
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–33,
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tax policies of,
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–20,
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“triangulation” approach of,
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vetoes of,
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welfare reform by,
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Clinton, Hillary Rodham,
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Club for Growth,
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Clymer, Adam,
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CNBC,
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CNN,
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–43,
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–76,
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CNN/ORC poll,
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CNN/YouTube debates (2008),
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Coakley, Martha,
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–14

Coats, Dan,
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Cochran, Thad,
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–30,
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Cogan, John F.,
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Cohen, Jon,
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Cohen, William,
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Cohn, Jonathan,
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Cohn, Nate,
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478
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496
n

Cold War,
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–35,
70
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–85,
99
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107
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–46

Coleman, Norm,
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Collin County Community College,
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Collins, Charles Wallace,
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–47,
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445
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480
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Collins, Susan,
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Collision 2012
(Balz),
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Colorado,
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387
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404

Columbia University,
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Coming Apart
(Murray),
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Commentary,
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,
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Committee for Economic Development,
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“Common Core,”
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Common Sense Legal Reform Act (1995),
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communism,
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–62,
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Communist Party,
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compassionate conservatism,
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–78,
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–83,
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Compassionate Conservatism: What It Is, What It Does, and How It Can Transform America
(Olasky),
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Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) (1973),
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Confederate flag,
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Confederate groups,
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–8,
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Confessore, Nicholas,
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Congress, U.S.:

Democratic majority in,
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–11,
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–31,
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–56,
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–91,
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–7,
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–16,
326
–27,
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–82,
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