Why the Right Went Wrong: ConservatismFrom Goldwater to the Tea Party and Beyond (95 page)

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socialism opposed by,
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,
41
,
53
,
63
,
249
,
250
–51,
260
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285
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,
303

southern support of,
7
–8,
16
–17,
28
,
44
–45,
256
–60

in Tea Party,
see
Tea Party

welfare opposed by,
17
,
51
,
53
,
72
,
73
,
102
,
165
–67,
251
,
335
,
373
–74,
423
,
430

Conservative Votes, Liberal Victories
(Buchanan),
75

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

Constitution, U.S.,
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–14,
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426
,
462

Constructive Republican Alternatives,
416
,
419

consumer protection,
88

continuing resolutions (CRs),
126
–29

contraception,
19
–20

“Contract with America,”
119
–20,
126

Contras,
32

Cook, Lindsey,
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n

Coolidge, Calvin,
83

Coons, Chris,
307

Cooper, Michael,
491
n,
492
n

Cooper, Ryan,
419
–20,
498
n

Cooperman, Alan,
488
n

Coors, Joseph P.,
246
,
490
n

Corker, Bob,
391

Corn, David,
374
,
496
n

Cornyn, John,
362
,
401

“corporate socialism,”
227

corporate taxes,
350
,
359
,
431

corruption, political,
234
,
278
,
455

Corsi, Jerome E.,
487
n

Cosgrove-Mather, Bootie,
487
n

Costa, Robert,
489
n,
497
n

cost of living,
231
,
429
,
455

Council on Foreign Relations,
42

Countdown,
149

Courage and Hesitation
(Drury),
72

“court packing” plan,
45

Cox, Daniel,
489
n,
490
n,
498
n

Craddick, Tom,
169

Craig, Larry,
390

Craighill, Peyton,
492
n

Crane, Ed,
90
,
91
,
250
–51

Cranston, Alan,
77

Craw, Ben,
488
n

Crawford, Alan,
238
,
489
n

credit markets,
190

Crespino, Joseph,
256
,
257
,
490
n

crime,
16
,
68
,
73
,
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–98,
116
,
158
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174
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437
–38,
439
,
450

Crist, Charlie,
278
,
281
,
282

Croly, Herbert David,
339
,
494
n

Cromartie, Michael,
490
n

Crosby, Rita,
130

“Crossroads for the GOP” (Rusher),
48
–49,
74

Cruz, Ted,
31
,
394
–95,
402
,
435
,
437
,
497
n

Cuba,
4
,
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,
409
,
453

Culberson, John,
227

“culture wars,”
133
,
171
,
427

Currie, Duncan,
479
n

Czechoslovakia,
163
–64

Daily Show, The,
243

Dallek, Matthew,
477
n

Dallek, Robert,
58

Dan Smoot Report, The,
241

Darman, Jonathan,
477
n

Darman, Richard,
101

Dart, Justin,
246
,
489
n

Daschle, Tom,
202
–3,
215

Davis, Tom,
201
,
217
–18,
237
–38

Day, Paula,
169

Daynes, Bryon W.,
500
n

Dean, Howard,
212
,
275

Dean, Richard,
132

Death of Outrage, The: Bill Clinton and the Assault on American Ideals
(Bennett),
146
–47

“death panels,”
304

death penalty,
97
,
104
,
174

“death tax,”
359

debates,
342
–45,
376
–79

debt ceiling,
327
–32,
358
–59,
368
,
411

“Declaration,”
73

Declaration of Independence,
388

defense spending,
17
,
32
,
73
,
82
,
89
–90,
120
,
122
–23,
125
,
208
–9,
250
,
294
,
413

deficits, budget,
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–89,
91
,
100
,
106
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110
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112
–13,
135
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142
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189
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294
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,
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–15,
324
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329
–32,
352
,
359
,
386
,
409
–10,
459

defined-benefit pension plans,
217

Delaware,
304
–8,
321

DeLay, Tom,
153
–54,
171
,
194
,
229

Democratic Leadership Council (DLC),
104
,
125

Democratic National Convention:

of 1936,
341

of 1972,
73

of 1992,
106

of 2004,
212
,
262
–65,
270
,
370

Democratic Party:

black support of,
10
,
18
,
44
–49,
68
,
70
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81
,
116
,
117
,
158
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164
,
236
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257
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266
–67,
365
,
379
,
383
,
407
–8,
454

civil rights agenda of,
44
–49,
68
,
70

Clinton as leader of,
12
,
21
–22,
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,
104
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110
,
118
–19,
124
–25,
126
,
146
–47,
150
,
152
–53

congressional majority of,
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–11,
30
–31,
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–56,
67
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83
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92
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139
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190
–91,
202
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206
–7,
221
–22,
225
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226
,
234
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236
,
293
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295
,
315
–16,
326
–27,
381
–82,
395
–96

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

demographic change and,
10
,
18
,
68

fundraising of,
138
,
139
,
246
–47

George W. Bush opposed by,
170
,
180
–81,
183
,
187
,
191
–96,
199
,
200
–207,
218
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,
226
,
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,
231

Iraq War policy of,
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–7,
212

labor support of,
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–21,
45
,
74
,
82
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88
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163
,
246
,
255
,
267
,
269
–70,
287
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409
,
410

Latino support of,
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19
,
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379
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405
,
408
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409
,
454

liberals in,
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–13,
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–21,
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–56,
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–81,
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324
–25,
338
–39,
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369
–70,
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382
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408
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428
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450
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454
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462

moderates in,
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–22,
39
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–4,
110
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112
–13,
121
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124
–25,
136
–38,
152
–53,
156
,
157
–58,
168
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170
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172
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325
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336
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339
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392
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429
,
433
,
450
–51

Nixon opposed by,
67
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74
–75,
104

Obama as leader of,
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118
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119
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212
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225
,
236
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244
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262
–65,
270
,
283
–90,
293
–96,
304
,
314
,
315
–16,
325
–27,
332
–38,
370
,
376
–77

presidency controlled by,
11
,
21
–22,
49
,
384
,
449
,
450

primaries of,
271
–72,
351

Republican opposition to,
30
–31,
44
,
46
,
361
–62,
367
,
371
,
374
–75,
381
–82,
386
,
405
–9,
449
,
462

southern support of,
18
–19,
44
–49,
68
,
81
,
84
,
98
,
117
,
118
,
267

Tea Party opposition to,
311
,
312
–16,
319
,
323
,
326
–27

women as supporters of,
19
–20,
210

working-class support for,
267
,
269
–70,
287
,
319
–20,
367
–68,
380
–84

deregulation,
88
–89,
102
–3,
120
,
123
,
158
,
230
–34,
241
,
247
,
249
,
363
,
451

détente,
73
,
80

de Toledano, Ralph,
43
–44,
49
,
50
,
55
,
65
,
256
,
445
,
479
n,
480
n

Detroit Economic Club,
358

Devine, Donald,
40
,
479
n

devolution plan,
85

Dewey, Thomas E.,
43
,
47
,
49
,
109
,
139

Diamond, Jeremy,
484
n

Dickerson, John F.,
460
,
486
n

DiIulio, John,
223

Dimmock, Michael,
478
n

Dinan, Stephen,
494
n,
498
n

Dionne, E. J., Jr.,
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n,
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n,
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n,
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