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Burns, Alexander,
496
n
Bush, Barbara,
235
administration of,
94
–123
approval ratings of,
99
,
103
,
292
conservative opposition to,
2
,
21
,
23
,
99
–103,
107
,
119
–20,
121
,
156
–57,
185
–86
Democratic opposition to,
96
,
101
domestic policies of,
97
,
98
–100,
146
,
163
economic policies of,
96
,
99
–100,
103
,
104
–5,
106
,
109
,
110
,
140
,
141
,
186
,
189
,
446
foreign policy of,
99
,
103
,
107
,
445
–48
Gulf War policies of,
99
,
103
,
205
,
446
,
447
–48
G. W. Bush compared with,
183
,
185
,
186
,
189
,
205
,
287
,
447
–48,
485
n
as moderate,
94
–99,
102
–3,
168
,
185
,
445
–46,
485
n
presidential campaign of (1980),
84
,
93
,
94
–98
presidential campaign of (1988),
67
,
69
,
96
,
100
,
101
,
117
–18,
183
,
186
,
287
presidential campaign of (1992),
94
,
100
,
103
–9,
117
–18,
133
,
138
,
380
,
446
Reagan compared with,
97
,
98
,
100
–101,
102
as Republican leader,
183
,
185
–86,
286
,
305
,
352
,
457
tax policies of,
96
,
100
,
101
–3,
106
,
109
–10,
119
–20,
156
–57,
186
,
386
,
445
Bush, George W.,
485
n,
486
n,
487
n,
488
n
administration of,
2
,
3
,
160
–235,
352
Afghanistan invasion of,
200
–201,
205
,
222
,
227
,
238
,
447
approval ratings of,
199
–200,
211
,
212
,
223
big government opposed by,
3
,
175
–76,
181
,
188
,
216
,
224
–25,
227
–28,
230
–34,
264
,
287
,
485
n
budget policies of,
183
,
186
,
189
,
195
,
222
,
224
,
227
,
422
campaign ads of,
171
as centrist,
170
–71,
180
,
187
–88,
227
Clinton compared with,
169
,
170
,
171
,
173
,
181
,
183
–84,
186
,
202
,
227
,
231
,
232
,
233
compassionate conservatism of,
2
,
22
–23,
24
,
52
,
134
,
162
–78,
182
–83,
185
,
188
,
195
,
223
,
224
–25,
228
–29,
230
,
254
,
273
,
345
,
374
,
417
,
426
–27,
440
,
441
–42,
447
,
448
,
458
conservative support for,
2
–3,
5
,
13
,
22
–23,
42
,
54
,
149
,
159
,
161
–62,
167
–68,
170
–71,
180
,
181
–88,
195
–96,
203
–4,
213
–14,
222
–28,
251
,
255
,
287
,
363
,
412
,
447
–48,
458
death penalty supported by,
174
Democratic opposition to,
170
,
180
–81,
183
,
187
,
191
–96,
199
,
200
–207,
218
,
221
,
226
,
227
,
231
domestic policies of,
170
,
181
,
183
–84,
189
–96,
201
–2,
216
–18,
223
–35
economic policies of,
23
,
174
–75,
181
,
182
–83,
189
,
207
,
216
–18,
225
–28,
230
–34,
272
,
284
,
294
,
298
,
320
,
328
–29,
363
,
366
,
422
as evangelical Christian,
161
,
169
,
171
,
173
–74,
184
–85,
186
,
196
,
213
–14,
256
first inaugural address of,
188
–89
foreign policy of,
180
,
188
–89,
199
–200,
215
,
447
–48
G. H. W. Bush compared with,
183
,
185
,
186
,
189
,
205
,
287
,
447
–48,
485
n
as governor of Texas,
159
,
168
–78
gubernatorial campaign of (1998),
168
–70,
171
,
185
Iraq War policy of,
23
,
33
,
172
,
181
,
187
,
204
–7,
208
,
211
–12,
215
,
217
,
220
–22,
224
,
227
,
228
,
229
,
230
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231
,
234
,
238
,
273
,
274
–75,
278
,
281
,
282
,
287
,
447
–48,
485
n
liberal criticism of,
200
–201
media coverage of,
149
,
161
,
162
,
168
–69,
171
,
178
,
179
–80,
184
memoir of,
198
“mission accomplished” speech of,
211
in Nebraska bunker,
197
–98
partisanship of,
201
–4,
208
–9,
223
–24,
448
as politician,
169
–70,
184
–85,
200
–201
presidential campaign of (2000),
3
,
11
,
67
,
170
,
178
,
180
,
181
–88,
212
,
214
,
215
,
227
,
230
,
235
,
274
,
280
,
383
,
418
,
447
,
448
,
485
n
presidential campaign of (2004),
19
,
21
,
49
,
180
,
212
–16,
224
,
250
,
255
,
263
,
383
,
467
public support for,
199
–200,
203
–4,
211
,
212
,
221
–22,
223
as Republican leader,
167
–69,
171
,
184
–86,
199
,
200
–201,
221
–22,
227
,
229
–35,
236
,
272
,
352
,
418
in Sarasota, Fla.,
197
Social Security privatization plan of,
60
–61
southern support for,
184
–85
Spanish spoken by,
169
speeches of,
169
,
177
,
196
,
198
–99
“strategery” pronouncement of,
179
–80,
194
tax policies of,
181
,
186
,
189
–90,
192
,
195
,
216
–17,
222
,
223
–24,
226
,
227
,
229
,
230
,
232
,
234
,
314
,
316
,
325
,
328
,
329
,
379
,
385
–87,
418
,
431
Tea Party influenced by,
35
,
38
,
208
–9,
234
–35,
236
,
238
,
240
as Texas Rangers owner,
186
“troop surge” strategy of,
278
war on terror of,
23
,
188
–89,
196
,
199
–204,
207
,
208
–10,
215
,
221
,
228
Bush, Jeb,
36
,
185
–86,
235
,
412
,
431
–32,
433
,
435
,
437
,
499
n
Business Advisory Council,
247
Business Roundtable,
248
busing,
80
Byers, Dylan,
489
n
Byrnes, James,
45
cable television,
241
–46
Caldwell, Christopher,
219
California,
31
,
37
,
69
–70,
71
,
75
,
82
–83,
91
,
92
,
282
,
336
,
457
Calvinism,
160
–61
Cambodia,
72
–73
Cameron, David,
121
,
222
,
332
,
351
,
353
Camp, Dave,
204
–5
campaign ads,
171
,
348
,
356
–57,
361
–62,
367
–68,
371
,
402
,
404
,
406
–7
campaign finance reform,
42
,
120
–21,
138
,
249
,
274
,
418
Campbell, Ben Nighthorse,
116
Campbell, Kurt M.,
487
n
Campoy, Ana,
501
n
Canada,
111
Cannon, Carl M.,
481
n,
485
n,
499
n
Cantor, Eric,
3
,
219
,
233
–34,
288
–89,
329
,
372
,
398
,
403
,
433
,
489
n,
499
n
capital gains tax,
45
–46,
92
,
100
,
106
,
189
–90,
249
,
295
,
363
,
375
,
386
,
431
capitalism,
6
,
53
,
86
–87,
186
,
216
,
247
–50,
253
–54,
297
,
336
,
355
–57,
364
,
367
–68,
427
Cappella, Joseph N.,
489
n
carbon pollution,
452
Cardin, Ben,
140
Carender, Keli,
298
caritas
(charity),
86
–87
Carlson, Margaret,
151
Carter, Jimmy,
20
–21,
37
,
50
,
67
,
79
,
81
–85,
89
,
90
,
98
,
99
,
107
,
161
,
256
–57,
286
,
292
,
366