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Authors: Eric Cantor;Paul Ryan;Kevin McCarthy
Young Guns : A New Generation of Conservative Leaders (28 page)
Nebraska: “Cornhusker Kickback” for,
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Netanyahu, Benjamin,
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New Deal,
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New Jersey: elections of 2009 in,
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–66,
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,
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,
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New York City: terrorism in,
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North Korea,
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“nuclear option,”
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Obama, Barack: advisers to,
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approval ratings of,
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and bipartisanship,
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,
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Cairo speech of,
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and cap-and-trade bill,
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as centrist,
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,
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and change,
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and debt,
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election comment of,
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and elections of 2008,
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as far-left,
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and health care,
100
and hope for change,
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,
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and House Republican retreat,
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House Republican Working Group meeting with,
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Illinois award for,
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inauguration of,
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,
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–44,
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and Iraq War,
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lack of focus on spending of,
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partisanship of,
52
popularity of,
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promise to change Washington ways of,
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and size of government,
63
and stimulus bill,
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,
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Obamacare.
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health care
oil: dependence on foreign,
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Olmert, Ehud,
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Olson, Pete,
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opportunity: and America as land of promise,
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and American Dream,
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and American exceptionalism,
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and anxiety about future of America,
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Cantor’s belief in,
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,
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and Cantor’s childhood and youth,
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and Cantor’s vision of America,
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and choices for America’s future,
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and Democrats’ views of America,
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to direct change to make America great,
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–34
and elections of 2009,
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equal,
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and goal of government,
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health-care reform as missed,
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McCarthy’s early beliefs in,
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and need for vision of change in Washington,
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and new Republican leadership,
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and pressures on congressmen,
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and principles,
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and rebuilding of Republican Party,
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and Republicans’ need for return to founding principles,
129
rhetoric of,
8
right to,
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and source of change in Washington,
20
and tipping point,
110
and Young Guns candidates for 2010 elections,
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Parade
magazine: “Bridge to Nowhere” story in,
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partisanship,
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,
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,
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–78,
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paternalism,
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–69,
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Patient’s Choice Act,
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Paulsen, Erik,
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Pelosi, Nancy: and cap-and-trade bill,
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and health-care reform,
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,
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liberalism of,
35
and need for vision of change in Washington,
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,
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overreaching by,
172
and Republicans on offensive,
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,
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and stimulus bill,
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–53,
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and vulnerable Democrats,
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and Young Guns candidates for 2010 elections,
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,
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,
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Platform Committee, Democratic,
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Platform Committee, Republican,
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–67
political machines,
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,
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,
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politicians: as “citizen legislators,”
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professional,
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,
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politics: of fear,
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importance of,
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as “local,”
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McCarthy’s views about,
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principles as major difference in today’s,
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–11
post office scandal,
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Preventive Services Task Force, U.S.,
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–2
prices, consumer,
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principles: and Cantor’s identification with Republican Party,
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center-right,
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and commonalities among Cantor, McCarthy, and Ryan,
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conservative,
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,
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core,
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and differences in American politics today,
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–11
and elections of 2009,
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–66
and foreign relations,
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and health care,
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and listening to voters,
166
nation’s founding,
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,
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,
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,
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need for new commitment to,
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and need for vision of change,
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and new generation of Republican leadership,
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and opposition to Democratic programs,
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parties’ abandonment of,
20
of Republican Party,
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,
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,
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and Republican vision of change,
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–34
Republicans’ abandonment of their,
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Republicans as betraying their,
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and Republicans as losing their way,
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Republicans’ need to reconnect with,
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,
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Republicans’ rededication to founding,
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and special interests,
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and Young Guns candidates in 2010 elections,
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and Young Guns’ commitment to Americans,
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