Why the Right Went Wrong: ConservatismFrom Goldwater to the Tea Party and Beyond (94 page)

Republican majority in,
6
,
9
–11,
22
,
55
–56,
67
,
78
,
83
,
92
–93,
100
–101,
111
,
115
–23,
133
,
136
–38,
139
,
142
,
157
,
159
,
181
,
188
,
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

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

Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO),
45
,
46

Connecticut,
282
,
381
,
387

Conscience of a Conservative, The
(Goldwater),
16
,
50
–55,
61
,
195
,
462

Conservative Heart, The: How to Build a Fairer, Happier and More Prosperous America
(Brooks),
427

Conservative Party (UK),
121
,
222
,
332
–33,
341
–42,
351
,
353
,
463

Conservative Party (U.S.),
211

conservative reformers (Reformicons),
6
–7,
22
–23,
24
,
414
,
415
–42,
449
,
460
–68

“conservative reform project,”
416

conservatives, conservatism:

abortion opposed by,
196
,
230
,
254
,
255
,
257
,
273
,
282
,
283
,
354
,
359
,
360
,
363
,
410
–11,
441

author’s research and views on,
14
–16,
55
,
95
,
144
–45,
168
–70,
172
,
173
–74,
178
,
185
–86,
207
,
269
,
273
,
277
,
311
,
313
,
317
,
325
–26,
332
,
334
,
348
,
353
,
424
,
455
,
457

big government opposed by,
1
,
4
–5,
17
–18,
24
,
25
,
40
,
51
,
64
,
69
,
102
–3,
120
,
122
–23,
126
–29,
167
,
230
,
248
,
313
,
330
,
338
,
341
,
344
–45,
352
,
361
,
362
,
377
,
397
–98,
411
–12,
416
,
417
,
425
,
427
–28,
430
,
440
,
444
,
462
–65

civil rights legislation opposed by,
39
,
41
,
44
–49,
52
,
73
,
254
,
256
–60

Clinton opposed by,
103
–4,
108
–9,
113
–15,
144
–55,
202

compassionate,
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
,
484
n
-85
n

compromise opposed by,
12
–13,
23
–24,
50
,
180
–81,
289
–90,
307
,
326
,
330
–31,
360
–61,
392
–400,
410
–14,
426
,
446
–47,
449
,
459
–68

conspiracy theory in,
41
–42,
63
,
300
–301,
399
–400

constitutional,
53
,
293
,
390
,
426
,
462

cultural and social,
2
–3,
7
–9,
18
,
69
,
213
–14,
219
–20,
237
–38,
253
–56,
259
,
260
,
277
,
349
–50,
363
,
444
–45,
455
–56,
467
–68

demographic change in,
8
–9,
318
,
380
,
382
,
449
,
455
–58,
477
n

disappointment and rage of,
68
–69,
73
–74,
238
–40,
260
,
284
–85,
298
–300,
305
–6,
308
,
312
,
319
,
320
,
402
,
414
,
421
–22,
466
–67

economic,
6
,
17
–18,
40
,
45
–46,
52
,
63
,
72
,
75
,
82
–83,
84
,
86
–87,
112
,
122
–23,
133
,
134
–35,
141
,
156
–57,
225
–28,
230
–34,
339
–40,
349
–50,
354
–57,
363
–64,
368
,
375
,
376
–79,
416
–17,
430
–31

foreign policy and,
79
,
80

freedom as viewed by,
40
,
51
,
54
,
61
,
63
,
64
,
81
,
335
,
443

funding of,
5
,
25
,
42
,
51
,
250
–52,
260
,
318
,
448
–49

fusionism in,
40
–41,
253
,
363
,
425
,
467

George H. W. Bush opposed by,
2
,
21
,
23
,
99
–103,
107
,
119
–20,
121
,
156
–57,
185
–86

George W. Bush supported by,
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

Goldwater’s ideology of,
2
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
16
–17,
23
–24,
39
,
49
–57,
61
,
66
,
68
,
107
,
134
,
155
–56,
161
,
195
,
224
–25,
354
,
442
,
443
–44,
445
,
448
,
451
–52,
461
,
462

health care programs opposed by,
53
,
113
–14,
192
–95,
440
–41

historical development of,
4
–7,
14
–16,
21
–25,
38
–65,
94

ideological,
9
,
12
–13,
41
–43,
49
–50,
81
,
91
,
114
,
131
–32,
157
,
230
–34,
375
,
443
–45

labor unions opposed by,
45
–46,
74
,
88
,
106

liberal opposition to,
5
,
7
,
12
–13,
16
,
40
,
41
,
64
,
68
,
70
,
103
,
105
,
131
,
155
–56,
165
–66,
175
,
185
,
253
,
254
–55,
313
,
324
–25,
347
,
363
,
439
,
440
,
442
,
447
,
450

literature on,
41
–43,
48
–49,
63
,
250
–51

manifestoes of,
16
,
45
–46,
50
–55,
61
,
195
,
462

media outlets of,
6
,
20
,
38
,
41
–43,
47
–49,
59
–62,
63
,
79
,
148
–49,
203
,
218
,
241
,
245
,
250
–51,
298
,
299
,
421
–22,
448

moral issues of,
40
,
56
–57,
86
–87,
146
–48,
181
–82,
425

neo-,
20
–21,
32
–33,
137
,
273
,
354

Nixon’s ideology of,
2
,
5
,
20
,
21
,
23
,
64
–76,
104
,
412
,
445
,
448

Obama opposed by,
3
–4,
42
,
44
,
54
,
60
,
62
,
109
,
113
–14,
118
,
149
,
226
–27,
241
,
251
–53,
257
–58,
261
–62,
270
–71,
289
–322,
343
–44,
419
,
452
–54,
459

political realignment of,
1
–2,
56
–57,
68
–69,
74
–75,
93
,
102
,
138
,
159
,
168
,
180
–81,
186
,
187
–88,
217
,
231

racism and,
7
–8,
14
,
16
–19,
29
–30,
39
,
41
,
57
–59,
256
–60

radicalization of,
4
–7,
9
,
11
–13,
23
–24,
49
–50,
63
–64,
119
,
251
–53,
321
–22,
333
,
339
,
371
–72,
443
–45,
465
,
466
–67

Reagan’s ideology of,
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

reformers of (Reformicons),
6
–7,
22
–23,
24
,
414
,
415
–42,
449
,
460
–68

religious,
8
,
28
,
58
,
69
,
79
–80,
106
,
160
–62,
167
,
169
,
171
,
173
–74,
181
–86,
196
,
213
–14,
215
,
219
–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

in Republican Party,
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