Young Guns : A New Generation of Conservative Leaders (25 page)

Dowd, Maureen,
56

Duffy, Sean,
181
–82

Dukakis, Michael,
126

earmarks,
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–4,
5
,
29
,
74
,
128
,
148
,
153
,
167

economic freedom,
20
,
33
,
37
,
79

economy: and choices for America’s future,
113

comparison of European and American,
43

and Democrats’ vision of America,
122

dissatisfaction with,
133

and elections of 2008,
40
,
159

and experience of Obama cabinet members,
34

free fall of,
118
–19

global,
110

and Keynesian economics,
46
,
47
,
50

and need for vision of change,
11

Obama as inheriting,
153

“report cards” about,
152

and Republican alternative job plan,
71
–72

and Republican platform,
167

as Republicans’ No. 1 priority,
45

and Republicans’ return to founding principles,
129

and Ryan’s Roadmap for America,
137

and stimulus bill,
54

and tipping point,
110
,
121
,
122

and Washington Way,
95

in Western Europe,
42

and Young Guns candidates for 2010 elections,
173
,
184

and Young Guns’ commitment to America,
177

education,
14
–15,
73
–74,
133

Education, U.S. Department of,
14

elections of 1994,
28

elections of 2004,
185
,
187

elections of 2006,
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,
146
–48,
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,
158

elections of 2008,
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,
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,
62
,
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,
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167
–68,
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,
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elections of 2010,
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,
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–75,
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,
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–89

elections of 2012,
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elections, special,
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–66,
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,
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,
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,
186

Emanuel, Rahm,
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,
62
,
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employers: health-care insurance from,
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Empower America,
109

energy,
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–62,
70
,
73
,
113
,
167
,
179
,
184
.
See also
cap-and-trade bill

Energy and Commerce Committee, U.S. House of Representatives,
35

entitlements: Americans’ historic views about,
119
–20

bankruptcy of,
121

and debt/deficit,
116

and Democrats mandate for far-left agenda,
62

and Democrats’ views of America,
68

expansion of,
121
,
122

need for reform of,
120
–21,
122

and need for
vision of change,
11
,
13
,
16

and Republican recommitment to principles,
134

and Ryan’s Roadmap for America,
93
,
136

spending on,
115
–16

and taxes,
72

and tipping point,
115
–16,
135

unfunded liability of,
117

in Western Europe,
42
.
See
also
Medicaid; Medicare; Social Security

entrepreneurship,
12
,
29
,
30
,
43
,
46
,
110
,
120
,
121
,
134
,
144

environment.
See
cap-and-trade bill; energy

equality,
79
,
129
,
134

Europe: dependency in,
114
–15

as model for America,
42
–43,
63

productivity in,
115

taxes in,
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unemployment in,
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as welfare state,
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,
42
–43,
63
,
111
,
115
,
130
,
132
,
133

European Union,
111
,
122

Facebook,
48
,
165

Fallin, Mary,
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family values,
20
,
28
,
33
,
37
,
112

Fannie Mae,
59

Fatah party,
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–83

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),
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financial/fiscal crisis,
136
,
138
.
See also
recession

financial institutions,
133
,
179

Financial Services Committee, U.S. House,
129

Fincher, Stephen,
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–74,
183
,
190

fiscal policies: and America as rock of stability,
43

and elections of 2008,
159
–60

McCarthy’s early thoughts about,
142
–43

and Republican platform,
167

and Republicans as losing their way,
25

and Ryan’s Roadmap for America,
138

and Young Guns candidates,
158
,
174
,
182
,
183
,
186
,
189

Florida: “Gator Aid” for,
96

force: and foreign relations,
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foreign policy,
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,
77
–86

Frank, Barney,
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,
129

Franking Commission, U.S. House,
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Freddie Mac,
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free enterprise,
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,
119
,
123
,
179

free market,
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,
12
,
28
,
57
,
69
,
126
,
129

freedom: America as greatest experiment in,
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and Cantor’s vision of America,
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individual,
20
,
36

and need for vision of change,
11
,
13

and new Republican leadership,
69

and pressures on congressmen,
128

and principles,
111

and Republican vision of America,
133

and Republicans’ reconnection with founding principles,
129
,
134

rhetoric of,
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.
See also
type of freedom

freedom of speech,
79

freedom to worship,
79

Friedman, Milton,
103

Gard, John,
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–56

Gardner, Cory,
183
–84

“Gator Aid,”
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General Motors Corporation,
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Gingrich Revolution,
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Gore, Al,
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government: and alternative strategy of Republicans,
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and America as land of promise,
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and anxiety about future of America,
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big,
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–64,
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