Rising Star

by David J. Garrow

  Jones conflict with, 620, 642, 643, 656, 771

  legislative power of, 596, 597, 606, 607, 617, 649, 659, 734, 761, 776

  and Obama’s pragmatism, 731, 732, 859

  political machine of, 740

  positive view of Trotter, 660

  and presidency of lame-duck state Senate, 787

  and prison guards’ drug use, 712

  as pro-gun, 684, 685, 689

  racist speech of, 585–87

  and Republican majority, 713

  and Ryan as governor, 642, 646–47, 648, 652, 684, 685, 689, 711

  seat-belt bill opposition, 799

  and sports-referee-assault bill, 653–54

  Pierce, Samuel R., 182

  Piers, Matt, 520–21, 643, 662, 675, 734, 789

  Piggee, Nat, 637, 690, 691, 698

  Pildes, Rick, 579–80

  Pillemer, David, 529–30

  Pilsen Neighbors Community Council, 9, 22

  Pincham, R. Eugene, 256, 459, 775, 835, 892, 900

  Pinckney, Darryl, 1062

  Pittman, Steuart, 34, 35, 201

  Pitts, Leonard, Jr., 987

  Piven, Frances Fox, 184, 186

  Planned Parenthood, 601, 602–3, 806, 863, 891, 916

  Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992), 615

  Plasticity into Power (Unger), 447

  Platt, Carol, 421, 424, 442, 443, 444–45

  Pleasant Ridge Missionary Baptist Church, 851, 852

  Plesha, Steve, 2

  Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), 614

  Plouffe, David, 820, 948, 1007, 1011, 1012, 1018

  and all-Iowa strategy, 1024, 1038, 1039–40, 1051

  as Obama presidential campaign manager, 1020–23, 1025–26

  and Obama speech on race, 1043

  and Obama White House, 1058, 1060

  reaction to Rolling Stone article, 1027

  and Rezko extortion trial, 1041

  as vital factor in Obama presidential win, 1050–51

  and Wright sermon tapes, 1042

  Podesta, John, 1057

  Poethig, Dick, 6–7, 8–9, 10, 12, 13

  Poitier, Sidney, 85

  PoKempner, Mark, 548

  Poledziewski, Jan, 8, 23, 29

  police. See interrogation-videotaping bill; racial profiling

  political action committees. See PACs

  political correctness, 437

  Politico, 1063, 1066, 1069, 1070, 1071, 1073

  Pollack, Wendy, 358

  Pollock, Jef, 817–18, 865, 866, 904

  Ponce, Phil, 701–3, 793–94, 825, 887–88, 955–56, 970

  Pond, Elizabeth, 155

  Pontikes, Rachael, 719

  “Pop” (Obama), 133–34, 135

  Popper, Karl, 332

  Porter, Anthony, 644

  Posada, Julian, 490, 496

  Posedel, Jeremiah, 810, 943, 944

  Poseidon books, 431–32, 485, 490

  cancellation of Obama contract, 482–83, 510, 959

  Poshard, Glenn, 618, 623, 636, 640, 642

  Posner, Eric, 425, 426

  Posner, Richard A., 498, 566, 752

  pot smoking. See marijuana

  Powell, Colin, 543, 911, 953, 1002, 1016

  political popularity of, 1024

  Powell, Ernest, Jr., 239, 270, 309

  Powell, Lewis, 559

  Powell, Paul, 582–84, 585

  Power Broker, The (Caro), 695

  Pratt, Albert “Bob,” 50, 67

  Preckwinkle, Steve, 504, 807, 838

  Preckwinkle, Toni, 459, 469, 504, 517, 541, 624, 727

  and Obama congressional campaign, 663, 666, 669, 675, 707, 708

  and Obama state Senate bid, 521

  positive impression of Obama, 421

  and successor to Obama state Senate seat, 959

  Presbyterian churches, 6, 10, 206, 266, 309

  prescription drug pricing, 691, 694, 695, 697, 699, 700

  presidential election (1984), 172, 292, 471, 1023

  presidential election (1988), 338, 339, 348, 370, 585, 841, 913, 928

  Jackson Sr. candidacy, 1023

  Willie Horton controversy, 775

  presidential election (1992), 471, 477–78, 480–81

  presidential election (1996), 573–74, 578, 1024

  presidential election (2000), 717, 721, 722, 724, 1000

  presidential election (2004), 912–14, 910, 923, 928, 930, 954, 955, 957, 960–61

  See also Democratic National Convention

  presidential election (2008), 958, 963, 967, 970, 983, 992–94

  Obama advantages, 1014–15

  Obama vs. Hillary Clinton candidacy, 987, 1014

  presidential election (2012), 1062, 1063, 1064, 1066–67

  Price, Arthur, 948

  Price, Jacqueline, 741

  Primo, Quintin, 675, 785, 814

  Princeton Project ’55, 467

  Princeton University, 363, 364–65, 367, 382, 384, 570

  Pritzker, Penny, 505, 668, 733

  and Obama campaign funding, 785, 806, 814, 840, 904

  and Obama DNC keynote speech, 939

  and Obama U.S. Senate bid, 758, 771

  Problems, Cases, and Materials on Evidence (Nesson and Green), 382

  Problems in Professional Responsibilities (Kaufman), 435

  Proctor, Samuel D., 285

  Proft, Dan, 915, 957

  Progressive Chicago, 494

  Progressive Party, 69

  Progressive Steel Workers (PSW), 2, 6, 10–11, 18

  Project VOTE!, 250, 471–78, 480–84, 488, 489, 494, 504, 547

  1994 voter drive, 501

  Obama deputies, 525, 527, 891

  and Obama political ambitions, 505, 518, 521, 548, 563, 704

  and Obama political education, 482, 495, 727

  Project Vote Smart, 633

  Promise, The (Alter), 1056

  Protestant churches, 14, 33, 296

  See also specific churches

  Protestants for the Common Good, 731

  Proxmire, William, 284

  Pruitt, Alonzo C., 253, 254, 255, 266, 284

  Public Allies Chicago, 468, 488–90, 514, 546

  Michelle Obama’s job with, 489–90, 493, 495–500, 508, 520, 544, 566–68

  Michelle Obama’s resignation from, 568, 570

  Woods Fund grant to, 501, 502

  Public Broadcasting System (PBS), 249, 258–59, 935, 1006

  Public Education Fund (proposed), 612–13

  public funding of campaigns, 888, 1005–6, 1025

  Obama presidential campaign rejection of, 1048

  Public Health and Welfare Committee (Ill. Senate), 652, 776, 781, 783

  Pucinski, Aurelia, 553

  Puck, Amanda, 741

  Pugh, Allison, 402–3

  Pugh, Stephen, 723, 769, 814, 827, 885

  Pullman, George, 24, 30

  Pullman (neighborhood), 24, 30, 201

  Pullman Christian Reformed Church (PCRC), 252, 284, 309

  Pullman Civic Organization, 27–28

  Pullman Presbyterian Church, 266, 309

  Punahou Circle Apartments, 67

  Punahou School, 47, 50, 67–68, 74–75, 82–106, 166, 171, 447

  Academy (high school), 84–85

  basketball team, 96–100, 536

  and black students, 75, 84–85, 93, 102–3

  and Choom Gang, 91–94

  creative writing course, 96

  curriculum, 74, 82, 83, 87–88, 90–91, 95, 103

  Dreams From My Father portrayals of, 529, 535–36, 537

  financial aid policy, 1115n

  graduation ceremony, 105–6

  Law and Society course, 95–96

  and marijuana use, 91–93, 94, 101, 102, 529, 536, 853

  Maya Soetoro enrollment in, 175, 181, 182, 214

  as multicultural/multiethnic, 103, 245

  Obama’s friends from, 83, 88, 91–94

  Obama’s return as U.S. Senator to, 963

  Obama’s senio
r prom date, 105

  Obama’s senior year at, 100–102

  Obama’s tribute to, 103–4

  Obama’s wedding guests from, 478, 479, 480

  Obama’s yearbook quarter page, 104

  quality of teaching, 103

  reputation of students, 89

  smoking prohibition, 93

  speech by Obama Sr. at, 80–81

  teachers, 74–75, 94, 95, 536

  tuition, 74, 95

  Purdum, Todd S., 1067

  PUSH. See Operation PUSH

  Putin, Vladimir, 1076, 1077

  Putnam, Jonathan, 424, 428, 429

  Putnam, Robert, 602

  Quinlan, Sheila, 246

  Quinn, Pat, 593, 754

  Raban, Jonathan, 537

  Rabinovitz, Dan, 341, 347–48, 415

  as guest at Obama wedding, 478

  Obama at wedding of, 647

  Raby, Al, 297, 470, 518

  and Chicago Freedom Movement, 250, 288

  death and memorial service for, 349, 350

  and Haymarket Group, 289, 303

  Obama contacts with, 252, 261, 264, 265, 271, 289, 467

  Obama law school recommendation from, 293

  and Perkins friendship, 495

  and Project VOTE!, 250, 471

  and school reform, 303, 322

  and teachers strike, 280

  and Woodstock Institute founding, 284

  race

  binary view of, 278

  and black anti-intellectualism, 951, 952, 953

  and black self-doubt, 1039

  and Chicago politics, 215–16, 220, 263, 291–92, 306, 524

  and class divide, 129–30, 280, 1058–59

  and color, 278

  and Hawaii, 67–68, 88–89, 103, 116, 278

  and Hurricane Katrina, 974, 975

  and identity, 180, 232

  and interracial children, 70, 71, 72, 212, 232, 245

  and interracial marriage, 246, 277, 278, 460

  and interracial relationships, 231, 246

  and Law Review, 383

  and mixed race, 67–68, 115, 229, 278, 859

  and Obama “A Story of Race” speech, 643–44

  as Obama-Jager issue, 271, 277, 278, 315–16, 318, 531

  Obama on legacy of slavery and, 954

  Obama on politics and, 794

  and Obama presidency, 1058–59, 1062–63, 1064

  as Obama presidential campaign factor, 1035, 1037, 1045–46, 1050–51

  Obama presidential campaign speech on, 1042–43, 1045, 1046

  Obama’s critique of The Bell Curve on, 506–7

  and Obama’s Dunham grandparents, 119, 1043, 1045, 1062

  and Obama’s political appeal, 1002

  Obama’s views on problems of, 1004–5

  and Obama’s white heritage, 1062

  and Occidental College, 114–15

  as social concept, 507

  and speech pattern, 604

  and U.S. Supreme Court cases, 487, 614, 855–56

  and voter views of Obama, 953–54

  See also Obama, Barack Hussein, identity

  “Race and Rights Theory” (Fisher and Obama), 451

  racial profiling

  as Obama congressional campaign issue, 696, 700, 701

  Obama’s personal experiences with, 340, 695, 698

  Obama’s Racism and the Law course on, 745

  Obama’s state Senate bill against, 684–85, 689, 728, 734, 796, 799, 804, 807, 811–12, 819, 825, 831, 850, 860, 867, 888, 891, 892

  and police officer’s perception, 812

  racism, 258, 451, 452, 728, 1051

  Radding, Jennifer, 331, 335, 341, 347, 371, 382

  “Radical Roots of Barack Obama, The” (Wallace-Wells article), 1026–27

  Radogno, Christine, 577, 648, 654, 730, 1077

  Radovick, Sally, 965–66

  Ragen, Mike, 627, 629

  Rage of a Privileged Class, The (Cose), 497

  Rainbow Coalition, 526, 550, 677, 770

  Rainbow/PUSH, 526, 550, 578, 665, 677

  See also Operation PUSH

  Rakoff, Todd, 425, 426

  Ramírez, Jorge, 389, 408, 409

  Ramos, Connie, 103

  Ramos, Greg, 93, 97, 98, 106, 107

  Ramos, Mike, 88–93, 97, 103, 112, 153

  as guest at Obama wedding, 478, 480

  New York visit by, 178

  and Schofield Barracks party, 88, 89, 543

  Ramsey, Jane, 250

  Randle, Linda, 224, 263, 282, 310

  Random House, 494, 574

  Ranney, David, 213

  Ransby, Barbara, 159, 160

  Rao, Radhika, 386, 389, 400, 401–2, 414, 415

  Raoul, Kwame, 959–60

  rap culture, 828

  Rapoport, Miles, 740–41

  Rask, Rob, 92

  Rather, Dan, 172

  Ratner, Morris, 335, 410

  Rauschenberger, Steve, 648, 649, 839, 840

  appraisal of Obama, 950

  and Fab Five designation, 538, 592

  and KidCare, 627

  minority leader bid, 787

  on Obama and Trotter’s congressional primary bid, 683

  and Obama campaign donation, 713

  Palmer support by, 538–39

  as possible U.S. Senate candidate, 819, 844, 857, 926–27, 929–30, 932

  as Republican budget expert, 660

  state Senate authority of, 538, 586

  Rawlings, Chuck, 6, 7–8, 10

  Raymond, Michael (aka Michael Burnett), 215

  Rea, Jim, 610–11, 645, 686, 761

  Reaching Beyond Race (Carmines and Sniderman), 614

  Reagan, Ronald, 11, 12, 21, 186, 413, 424, 448–49, 1022

  Real, Mark, 750–51, 752

  RealNetworks, 949

  REAL USA Corporations, 948

  Real World, The (MTV series), 496

  Reath, Richard F., 110

  Redfield, Kent, 584–85, 588, 612, 631, 712–13

  redistricting, 216, 733–34, 735, 741

  and gerrymandering, 1013, 1025

  new legislative map, 744–45, 746, 748, 754

  Obama “nonpartisan maps” proposal, 996

  and “racial packing,” 739

  and safe seats, 734

  and winner-take all, 741–42

  redlining, 27, 513, 642, 646

  Reed, Adolph, 553, 560–61, 562–63

  Reed, Ralph, 632

  Reed, Tom, 361, 363, 478, 483

  Reformation Lutheran Church, 20, 252–53, 268, 290, 304, 318

  Reformed Church of America (RCA), 25, 26, 252, 255

  Regional Employment Network (REN), 207, 236, 265

  Rehnquist, William H., 419, 615, 975

  Reid, Harry, 983, 987, 992, 993, 1032, 1071

  Reilly, Dawn, 171–72

  Reilly, William, 2

  Reljic, Boro, 621, 652

  Remnick, David, 143, 157–58, 842–43, 1037, 1068

  Obama biography, 1055–56

  reparations, 714, 719

  Republican National Committee, 942

  Republican Party

  2004 election wins, 957

  2008 candidates, 967, 1049

  2014 midterm election wins, 1071

  Republic Steel. See LTV (Ling-Temco-Vought) steel mill

  Resisting Ideology (Davis), 154

  Revival (Wolffe), 1056

  Reynolds, Jeanne, 179, 536

  Reynolds, Jim, Jr., 638, 648, 664, 665, 667, 675, 695, 709

  and ISBI, 726, 736

  and minority-owned firms, 736

  and Obama campaign funding, 747, 770, 814, 892, 904

  and Obama campaign tensions, 877

  Obama friendship with, 622–23

  and Obama’s inauguration, 1051

  and Obama’s presidency, 1058

  and Obama statewide candidacy, 721, 723

  and Obama U.S. Senate campaign, 769–70, 771, 820

  Reynolds, Melvin J. “Mel,” 275, 305
, 306, 406–7, 704

  and campaign finance scandal, 505, 541

  colleague resentments of, 600

  congressional resignation of, 539

  criminal trial of, 521, 525, 538

  and guilty verdict, 538

  Rhodes Scholarship of, 515, 518

  and sex scandal, 505, 506, 507, 516–17, 518, 525, 529, 538

  special election to fill congressional seat of, 525–26, 538, 539, 541, 544

  Reynolds, Sandra, 667

  Rezko, Antoin “Tony,” 517, 522, 590, 656, 851

  background of, 418–19

  and Blagojevich administration, 802–3, 912, 931, 1003

  FEC violations, 869–70, 886

  financial irregularities, 813, 931, 966, 969, 970–71

  indictment for extortion, 1003, 1041

  negative press on, 931, 969

  Obama campaign funding, 526, 527, 546, 610, 618, 625, 667, 704, 785, 813, 814, 819, 828, 831, 840, 849, 885–86, 899, 912, 970, 1003, 1021

  as Obama presidency issue, 1039, 1041, 1042

  Obama relations with, 803, 912, 966, 970, 899, 1003–4, 1030

  and “pay-to-play” scheme, 1003

  political influence-peddling charges against, 504, 931

  promotion of Obama political prospects, 504, 505, 517, 521, 522

  promotion of Palmer congressional campaign, 517

  and Obama purchase of new home, 966, 982–83, 1010, 1012, 1019, 1041, 1043

  real estate projects of, 625, 639, 657

  Rezko, Rita, 517, 667

  Rezmar Inc., 418–19, 504, 590, 610, 625

  Rhodes, Steve, 715

  Rice, André, 814

  Rice, Condoleezza, 911, 967, 976–77, 1023

  Rice, Susan, 1066

  Rich, Frank, 172, 1005

  Rich, Huey, 677–78

  Richard, Tynia, 394, 403, 409, 410, 411

  Richards, Maury, 38, 207, 211, 303

  and Dislocated Workers Program, 251

  Dreams From My Father portrayal of, 530

  and LTV bankruptcy, 233–34

  and LTV layoffs, 206, 213, 216–17, 221

  Richardson, Julieanna, 727–28

  Richman, Jeff, 321

  RICO Act (1970), 354, 355

  Ridder, Rick, 749, 757, 760, 834

  as Hull campaign consultant, 818, 819, 832, 842–43, 858, 879

  and Sexton’s divorce affidavit, 882, 884

  Rideout, Vicky, 928, 931, 932, 934

  on Obama’s delivery of DNC speech, 937–38, 939, 941

  and Obama’s presidential election, 1050

  Riggins, Debbie, 823

  Riggins, Kevin, 810, 823

  Riggins, Sean, 810, 823

  Righter, Dale, 807, 809, 916, 917

  Riley, L. C., 200

  Ring, Diane, 369, 388

  Riordan, Michael, 737, 969

  Risch, Michael, 615

  Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, The (Kennedy), 448

  Risen, James, 1069–70, 1072

  Rivera, Rebecca, 128, 129, 136

  Rivkin, Bob, 785

  Rizzuto, Don, 1017