Why the Right Went Wrong: ConservatismFrom Goldwater to the Tea Party and Beyond (103 page)
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Authors: E. J. Dionne Jr.
prison reform,
439
private retirement accounts,
216
–18
Procaccino, Mario,
77
Progressive Era,
167
,
350
,
461
,
485
n
“Project, The,”
112
Promise, The
(Alter),
293
Promise of American Life, The
(Croly),
339
Protestants,
255
–56
Prouty, Scott,
374
PRRI/Brookings Institution poll,
242
,
259
Pryor, Mark,
391
public employee unions,
369
Public Policy Polling,
344
Public Religion Research Institute,
408
Public Works Administration (WPA),
87
Publishers Weekly,
299
Putnam, Robert,
440
Quie, Al,
416
Raban, Jonathan,
490
n
race riots,
57
–59
racism,
7
–8,
14
,
16
–19,
29
–30,
39
,
41
,
44
,
57
–59,
97
–98,
164
–65,
184
–85,
237
,
239
–40,
256
–60,
268
,
284
–85,
437
–38,
465
“radical rich,”
260
,
300
,
376
,
467
Radicals for Capitalism
(Doherty),
250
–51
Rae, Nicol C.,
480
n
Rafferty, Max,
76
–77
Rakovich, Mary,
298
Ramer, Holly,
491
n
Rappeport, Alan,
495
n
Reactionary Mind, The
(Robin),
14
Reagan, Ronald,
477
n,
479
n,
480
n,
481
n,
485
n,
488
n,
489
n,
491
n,
497
n
anticommunism of,
32
,
34
–35,
96
,
445
approval ratings of,
292
big government opposed by,
31
,
36
–37,
60
,
66
,
85
,
88
–89,
387
,
388
budget policies of,
80
–81,
88
–90,
91
conservatism of,
2
,
5
,
8
,
14
,
16
,
20
,
21
,
23
,
24
,
27
–37,
39
,
42
,
49
–50,
64
–65,
69
,
78
–81,
90
,
100
–101,
112
,
122
,
134
,
246
,
265
,
388
,
412
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414
,
418
,
445
,
451
,
466
,
485
n
defense spending by,
32
,
82
,
89
–90,
122
,
250
,
294
Democratic voters of,
7
,
12
,
104
,
108
,
163
,
372
,
418
deregulation supported by,
88
–89,
241
economic policies of,
37
,
80
–81,
84
,
85
–93,
96
,
104
,
109
,
120
,
122
,
246
,
328
–29,
337
,
339
,
364
,
413
,
414
,
428
,
430
,
459
foreign policy of,
32
–37,
82
,
250
G. H. W. Bush compared with,
97
,
98
,
100
–101,
102
Goldwater supported by,
14
,
21
,
24
,
31
,
37
,
39
,
59
–62,
66
,
85
as governor of California,
31
,
37
,
70
,
71
,
75
,
91
,
92
influence of,
16
,
27
–37,
64
–65,
153
,
168
,
271
,
275
,
418
,
438
“kitchen cabinet” of,
246
,
489
n
-90
n
liberal opposition to,
31
,
60
,
61
,
70
Nixon compared with,
20
,
64
–65,
372
pragmatism of,
21
,
30
–37,
85
,
89
–92,
445
,
447
presidential campaign of (1968),
71
presidential campaign of (1976),
78
–81,
85
,
430
presidential campaign of (1980),
36
,
67
,
69
,
78
,
83
–85,
89
,
96
,
107
,
161
,
257
,
366
,
385
presidential campaign of (1984),
67
,
69
,
96
,
107
,
385
as Republican leader,
33
–35,
76
,
90
–93,
112
,
113
,
128
,
157
,
281
,
282
,
372
,
422
,
457
Social Security criticized by,
60
–61
southern support of,
79
,
164
,
257
speeches of,
14
,
31
,
32
,
59
–62,
85
,
89
,
246
,
257
,
263
,
265
tax policies of,
31
,
32
,
80
–81,
84
,
85
,
90
,
91
–92,
96
,
122
,
135
,
190
,
294
,
363
“A Time for Choosing” speech of (“The Speech”) (1964),
14
,
59
–62,
246
,
263
,
265
Reagan Coalition,
67
,
92
–93,
98
,
138
Reagan Conundrum,
31
–38
Reagan’s Law,
36
–37
Reagan’s Revolution: The Untold Story of the Campaign That Started It All
(Shirley),
78
–79
RealClearPolitics,
219
real estate market,
132
,
233
,
297
,
316
,
330
reconciliation rules,
316
Reconstruction,
56
“red slash counties,”
258
Reeves, Richard,
483
n
referendum elections,
365
–66
Reformicons (conservative reformers),
6
–7,
22
–23,
24
,
414
,
415
–42,
449
,
460
–68
Regnery Publishing,
213
regulation, government,
17
–18,
20
,
21
,
30
,
82
,
88
–89,
102
–3,
120
,
123
,
158
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230
–34,
241
,
247
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249
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251
,
316
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339
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349
,
352
–53,
363
,
377
,
389
–92,
413
,
419
,
451
Reichley, James,
490
n
Reid, Ogden,
77
–78
Religious Right,
8
,
28
,
58
,
69
,
79
–80,
106
,
160
–62,
167
–74,
181
–86,
196
,
213
–20,
224
,
229
–30,
239
,
254
–57,
265
–69,
273
,
274
,
278
–80,
292
,
302
–3,
348
,
349
,
354
,
359
–64,
368
,
374
,
380
,
425
,
435
,
454
,
465
,
467
Renewing American Compassion
(Olasky),
166
–67
Reno Journal-Gazette,
271
Republican Looks at His Party, A
(Larson),
462
–63
Republican National Committee (RNC),
392
Republican National Convention:
of 1968,
71
of 1992,
133
of 2004,
211
of 2008,
283
Republican Party:
black support for,
18
,
28
,
45
,
62
–63,
74
,
135
–36,
164
–65,
257
,
383
,
437
–38,
457
,
458
civil rights legislation opposed by,
29
–30,
44
–49,
62
–63,
68
Clinton opposed by,
2
,
110
,
115
–59,
202
congressional majority of,
6
,
9
–11,
22
,
55
–56,
67
,
78
,
83
,
92
–93,
100
–101,
111
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115
–23,
133
,
136
–38,
139
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142
,
157
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159
,
181
,
188
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190
–91,
202
–3,
206
–10,
215
–16,
220
,
229
,
248
,
303
,
315
,
318
–22,
327
–32,
382
,
384
,
392
–400,
405
–14,
418
,
429
,
446
,
449
,
450
,
459
–60
conservatives in,
1
–2,
12
–13,
15
–16,
23
–24,
38
,
43
–44,
46
,
48
–50,
62
,
64
–68,
70
,
73
–81,
112
–13,
121
–23,
133
–34,
138
,
156
,
184
,
190
–91,
213
–16,
220
–23,
230
–34,
272
–90,
321
–22,
333
–64,
384
,
443
–45,
466
–68
Democratic opposition to,
30
–31,
44
,
46
,
361
–62,
367
,
371
,
374
–75,
381
–82,
386
,
405
–9,
449
,
462
demographic change in,
8
–9,
10
,
68
,
318
,
380
,
382
,
449
,
455
–58,
477
n
Establishment of,
37
,
49
–50,
75
,
134
,
247
,
281
–82,
287
,
314
,
317
,
321
,
322
,
328
,
346
–47,
369
,
372
,
401
–3,
434
–35,
438
,
449
fundraising of,
6
,
25
,
50
,
59
,
246
–54,
275
,
300
,
320
–21,
401
–3,
434
George H. W. Bush as leader of,
183
,
185
–86,
286
,
305
,
352
,
457
George W. Bush as leader of,
167
–69,
171
,
184
–86,
199
,
200
–201,
221
–22,
227
,
229
–35,
236
,
272
,
352
,
418