Post-American Presidency (52 page)

Bush, George W.,
211
,
281
–82,
306

Afghani war and,
167
,
172

executive branch power under,
290

Fort Hood massacre and,
215

gun control and,
32

internationalism and,
2
–3,
5
–6

Iranian policy of,
147
–48,
152

Iraqi war and,
6
,
167
–68,
172

Israeli policy and,
95
,
100
,
124
–25

leftist criticisms of,
238
,
242

missile defense system and,
134

Obama’s Nobel Prize and,
174

Obama’s socialism and,
286

presidential campaigns of,
282

Syrian relations and,
109
,
111

terrorism and,
219
,
228
,
230

torture and,
224
–25,
230

Bybee, Jay,
225

Byrd, Robert,
291
–92

Caddell, Pat,
251

Caesar, Julius,
287
–88

Cairo, Obama’s speech in,
49
–52,
131
,
141
–42,
179
–81,
184
–86,
198
–99,
203
,
208
,
212
–14

Camp David talks,
92

Cantor, Eric,
291
–92

cap-and-trade plan,
xix
,
314
–19,
321
–24

Carnahan, Russ,
245
–46

Carpenter, Amanda,
303

Carter, Jimmy,
92
,
240
,
251

Castor, Kathy,
244
–45

Catholics,
30
,
53
–54,
188

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA),
143
,
219
,
223
–25,
310

Chang, Ben,
6

Changing Course,
196
–99

Chávez, Hugo,
xviii
,
135
–36,
238

Cheney, Dick,
xvi
–xviii,
228

on Obama’s radicalism,
xvii
–xviii

torture and,
225

on U.S. exceptionalism,
xvi

Cherlin, Reid,
26

China,
3
,
23
,
260
,
279
,
288
,
325

energy policy and,
315
–17

Iranian nuclear weapons program and,
155
,
158

Obama’s visit to,
ix
-x

Christians,
39
,
48
–58,
65
–66,
68
,
74
,
77
,
82

in Indonesia,
53
–54

Islam and,
7
,
46
,
50
,
53
–58,
77
,
187
–88,
190
–91,
202
,
205
,
231
,
263

Kenyan politics and,
70
–71

Obama on,
49
–52,
54
–55,
201
–2,
208

Obama’s grandmother and,
55
–56

right-wing,
108

Civil Rights Act,
206

climate change,
1
,
16
–22,
220

and cap-and-trade program,
314
,
316
,
318
–19,
321
–24

energy and,
296
–98,
314
,
316
,
318
–19,
323

as hoax,
22
,
25
,
319
–24

Monckton on,
20
–22,
319

Obama’s czars and,
296
–99,
322
–24

Clinton, Bill,
xvii
,
218
–19,
287

Clinton, Hillary,
47
,
62
,
89

on free speech,
261

on health care,
278
–79

on international law,
5
,
227

Islamic policy and,
180
,
210

Obama’s Israeli policy and,
116
,
126
–27

Cole, Juan,
47
–48

Columbia University,
61
,
83
,
261
–62,
265
–66

Communism,
3
,
60
–63,
178
,
279
,
294
,
309

ACORN and,
304

Afghani policy and,
182

comparisons between Islam and,
33
–34

free speech and,
237

in Kenya,
69

net neutrality and,
259
–60

Obama’s college years and,
60
–61

Obama’s czars and,
299
–300

and Obama’s family and friends,
38
–41,
61
–63,
65
,
72
,
76

Congress, U.S.,
4
,
28
,
43
,
88
,
97
,
116
,
228
,
328

ACORN and,
310
–11

executive branch power and,
290

free speech and,
235
,
257

gun control and,
2
,
32
–33

Iranian policy and,
147
,
151
–53

Islam and,
189
,
197
,
203
,
209
,
214

Obama’s czars and,
290
–91

Obama’s socialism and,
268
,
286

see also
House of Representatives, U.S.; Senate, U.S.

Constitution, U.S.,
xv
–xvi,
15
,
36
,
135
,
292
,
295
,
327

climate change and,
21

energy policy and,
319

free speech and,
xv
,
10
–11,
32
,
44
,
46
,
235
,
252
,
260
–61,
264

gun control and,
24
,
31
–33

health care and,
288

Islam and,
43
–44,
189
–90,
194
,
203
,
205

Koh’s internationalism and,
26
,
28

Obama’s socialism and,
266
–67

Sotomayor and,
22
–24

trying 9/11 masterminds and,
228

Copenhagen, Copenhagen Accord,
17
,
20
,
321
–24

Cornyn, John,
255

Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR),
43
–44,
88
,
214
,
264

Courrielche, Patrick,
283
–84

Creamer, Robert,
272
–73

Crowley, James,
216
,
241

Cunningham, Bill,
47

czar, czars:

for energy and climate change,
296
–98,
323
–24

for environmental quality,
248
,
299
–300

executive branch power and,
290
–92

for executive compensation,
300
–301

for information and regulation,
253
,
298
–99

of Obama,
248
,
253
,
290
–301,
322
–24

for science,
293
–96,
323

socialism of,
292
–300

Czechs,
13
,
133
–34,
264
,
294

Daioleslam, Hassan,
151

Darwish, Nonie,
230
,
261
–63

Davis, Frank Marshall,
40
–41,
214
,
266

Dayton, Keith,
114
–15

D-Day speeches,
viii
–ix

Deadly Obsession
(Sotomayor),
24

Dean, Howard,
328
–29

Declaration of Independence, U.S.,
36
,
46
,
205

Democracy in America
(Tocqueville),
vii

Democratic Socialists of America (DSA),
268
–69,
297

Democrats,
14
–15,
48
,
74
–75,
114
,
196
,
209
,
283
,
311
–13,
326
–28

ACORN and,
302
,
304
,
306
–8,
311

energy policy and,
312
–13,
316

free speech and,
252
,
255
,
257
,
260
–61

health care and,
235
–36,
244
–47,
270
–75,
277

international law and,
6

Obama’s czars and,
291
–92

Obama’s radicalism and,
xvii
–xviii

Obama’s senatorial campaign and,
75

Obama’s socialism and,
14
,
270
–75,
277
,
285

and Obama’s war on Fox News,
251

torture and,
224

Dharmawan, Israella,
54

Diaz, Ruben,
275

Doha Compact, The,
196
–200

Dohrn, Bernardine,
61
–63,
76
–77,
84

dotCommunist Manifesto, The
(Moglen),
259

Dowd, Maureen,
240

Downing, Michael P.,
212

Dreams from My Father
(Obama),
38
–41,
53
,
60
,
96
,
282
,
288

Drew, John C.,
60
–61

Dunham, Stanley,
40

Dunn, Anita,
250
–51,
309

Durban conferences,
7
–8,
121

economic stimulus,
xix
,
272
,
310

Ecoscience
(Ehrlich et al.),
294
–95

Edwan, Monir,
85
–87

Egypt,
9
,
46
,
91
,
97
,
161
,
222

Ehrlich, Paul and Anne,
294
–95

Eid al-Adha,
191
–92

Eid al-Fitr,
131
,
189

electricity, policy on,
315
,
318

Elham, Gholam Hossein,
139

Emanuel, Rahm,
250
–51

energy,
312
–19

and cap-and-trade program,
314
–19,
321
,
323
–24

climate change and,
19
,
296
–98,
314
,
316
,
318
–19,
323

emergency presidential powers for,
318
–19