Reagan Democrats, 13, 239, 581, 587
Reagan Doctrine, 122
Reagan for President Committee, 66, 87
Reaganites, 52; 1976 presidential election and, 15; Anderson and, 226; Ford, contempt for of, 13; Iowa and, 104; Reagan-Bush and, 390; Sears and, 28, 36, 40, 65, 82, 83, 108, 112, 123, 128, 137, 166, 169
Reaganomics, 315
Reagan Revolution, 594, 597
recession, 45, 79, 94, 401–2, 588
Reed, Clarke, 87
Reed, Thomas C., 195, 201, 203
religion, 254–56
Religious Right, 449, 473
Religious Roundtable, 255
rendezvous with destiny, 7–8, 11, 73, 600
Republican National Commmittee (RNC), 127; 1980 presidential election and, 501; Brock and, 18, 179, 280, 296, 314; Bush and, 48; chairmanship of, 18; election of officers of, 388–89; Panama Canal treaties and, 26–27
Republican National Conservative Caucus, 58
Republican Party: 1976 presidential election and, 16; 1976 Republican presidential nomination and, 13; 1978 midterm elections and, 35–36; balanced budgets and, 2, 15; base of support of, 184–85; big business and, 25; Bush and, 95, 293–94; conservatism and, 19, 21–23, 339; economic policy and, 2; Ford and, 18; foreign policy and, 2; freedom and, 2, 597; future of, 18; government, size of and, 2; labor unions and, 452; moderates and, 2, 24, 67; modernization of, 18–19; New, 2–3, 21–23; platform of, 327–29; Reagan and, 2–3, 13, 18, 21–23, 118–19, 584, 590, 597–98; Southern Strategy of, 19; tax cuts and, 2, 15, 31; unity in, 333–34, 472–73; Watergate and, 3
Republicans for Victory, 292, 301, 329
Reston, James “Scotty,” 38, 57, 220, 477, 599, 611–12
Reuther, Walter, 422
Revell, Dennis, 582
Reynolds, Frank, 14, 358, 360, 572, 574, 579
Reynolds, Nancy, 83, 223, 247, 600
Rhodes, Jim, 499, 578
Rhodes, John, 3, 345, 347, 352
Richards, Dick, 18, 549
Richardson, Elliot, 133
Richardson, H. L., 12
Rietdorf, Ronald, 91
Right, 129; Christian, 35, 340, 473; New, 6, 23–25, 26, 191–92, 251, 304, 323; Religious, 449, 473
Right-to-Life, 283, 397
Roberts, Jim, 23, 151, 154, 292, 329
Roberts, Patti, 151, 154
Roberts, Steve, 79, 87, 104
Robertson, Pat, 473
Robinson, Max, 196, 572
Robinson, Ron, 590
Rockefeller, Nelson, 18, 24, 56, 97, 175, 194, 202, 297, 322, 333, 345
Rogers, William, 426, 445, 520
Rollins, Ed, 368
Romney, George, 80, 346, 363
Ronald Reagan Victory Fund, 308
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 257
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 2, 7–8, 10–11, 77, 141, 333, 334, 379, 386, 387, 390, 411–12, 587–88
Roosevelt, Theodore, 7, 143–44, 246, 270, 336, 577, 584, 597
Rosenbaum, David, 227
Rosenbaum, Richard “Rosey,” 347–48
Roth, William, 48, 243
Roundtable National Affairs Briefing, 449–50
Rove, Karl, 39, 584, 605
Royster, Vermont Connecticut, 349
Ruckelshaus, William, 133
Rumsfeld, Donald, 31, 33, 218, 251, 319, 340, 350–51
Runyon, Damon, 417
Russo, Paul, 49, 148, 150, 353, 374
Rusthoven, Peter, 354
Ryan, Fred, 19
Ryskind, Allan, 306, 359
Safire, Bill, 440
Sagebrush Rebellion, 320, 501
SALT II (Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty), 59, 68, 80, 99, 217, 329, 490, 510, 538–39
Salvatori, Henry, 308
Sanders, Carl, 478
Sandinistas, 186
Saturday Night Live, 141, 270, 573
Saudi Arabia, 516
Savitch, Jessica, 3, 573
Sawyer, David, 499
Schaefer, Donald, 478
Schlafly, Phyllis, 24, 304, 327, 373
Schlesinger, Arthur, 527
Schmidt, Helmut, 406, 557
Schmitt, Harrison, 308
Schram, Martin, 142, 356, 531
Schulz, Bill, 416, 419, 435–36, 607
Schuster, Bud, 260
Schweiker, Dick, 181, 260, 261, 265, 351, 358, 557
Scranton, William, 249
Screen Actors Guild (SAG), 182, 284, 364, 401, 533
Sears, John, 32, 72, 73, 90, 195, 211, 212, 260, 316, 372, 603, 604; “$90 billion” gaffe and, 15; 1976 Republican presidential nomination and, 14, 15, 81, 108; 1980 presidential election and, 28; 1980 Republican presidential nomination and, 14, 33, 34, 36–39, 68, 81; Carmen and, 123–24; Deaver and, 36, 40, 65, 66; debates, bypassing of and, 75; firing of, 112–14, 122–24, 127, 164–70, 174, 180–82; Iowa and, 87, 96, 99, 103, 105, 111; “keep Reagan under wraps” strategy and, 37–38, 51, 56; Kemp and, 74–75; Lake and, 28; Laxalt and, 34, 66, 74, 84, 128, 605; media and, 36, 221; New Hampshire and, 108, 116, 147–48, 150, 151, 154, 157–58, 161, 172; Nofziger and, 40, 55, 108, 111; problems with, 65–68; Reagan, Nancy, and, 36, 40, 65, 69, 83, 136, 247; Reaganites and, 28, 36, 40, 65, 82, 83, 108, 112, 123, 128; SALT II and, 80; Timmons and, 34
SEC. See Securities and Exchange Commission
Secret Service, 14, 74, 124–24, 166, 205, 208, 409, 564, 590
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), 170
Seeger, Alan, 8
Seigenthaler, John, 419, 420, 425, 426, 428, 430, 433, 434, 607, 608
Sensenbrenner, James, 228
Serafin, Barry, 573
Shales, Tom, 547, 556
Shanker, Albert, 217
Sharanksy, Natan, 585
Shelby, Rick, 174, 267
Sherr, Lynn, 233, 358, 573
Shields, Mark, 407, 418, 556
Shirley, Mitchell, 385–86
Shivers, Allan, 498
Shriver, Eunice, 409
Shriver, Maria, 579
Shriver, Sargent, 175
Shrum, Bob, 229, 409, 412, 490, 499, 548, 592
Sidey, Hugh, 406, 477, 611–12
Simmons, Harold, 273
Simon, Bill, 238, 251, 330, 340, 362
Sinatra, Frank, 66, 112, 258, 313–14, 381
60 Minutes, 114, 492
Slavic-Americans, 233–34
Smick, Dave, 75, 99, 292, 388
Smith, Adam, 452–53
Smith, Howard K., 141, 206, 265, 533, 540
Smith, Jean, 409
Smith, Loren, 149, 151, 594
Smith, Mary Louise, 87
Smith, Preston, 498
Smith, Stephen E., 62, 229, 434
Snelling, Richard, 126, 195
Social Security, 4, 92, 153, 186, 200, 201, 329, 379, 414, 452, 461, 492, 497, 499, 539–40, 563, 567
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr, 44, 584–85, 594
Sorensen, Ted, 412
South: 1980 presidential election and, 391, 392, 559, 569, 574; Carter and, 13; conservatism and, 392
South Carolina: 1980 presidential election and, 392; 1980 Republican presidential nomination and, 92, 100, 115, 160, 178–79, 189–90, 197–99
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), 506, 523
Soviet Union, 22; Afghanistan, invasion of by, 5, 51, 80–81, 99, 103, 114, 186, 190, 244–45, 265, 310, 480, 488, 525; arms control and, 539; arms race and, 510; Carter and, 80, 103, 114, 117, 143, 206, 310; Communism and, 225–26, 585; Cuba and, 114, 117; détente and, 117; grain embargo on, 80, 131, 525; human rights and, 613; Iran and, 46; Nicaragua and, 117; Reagan and, 215; Reagan, election of and, 593; SALT II and, 58, 68; Solzhenitsyn and, 585; U.S. defense policy and, 32; U.S. foreign policy and, 2; U.S. military superiority over, 328, 329; Winter Olympics, Lake Placid, N.Y., and, 145–46
Sowell, Thomas, 558
Speakes, Larry, 195, 203
Spencer, Karen, 590
Spencer, Stu, 71, 167, 194, 195, 203, 280–81, 331, 353, 362, 420, 453, 4
93, 507, 509, 512, 558, 579, 590, 604
stagflation, 5
Stahl, Lesley, 367, 546, 573
Stalin, Joseph, 233, 426, 584
State Department, U.S., 395
states' rights, 403–4, 457
Staubach, Roger, 553, 556
Steinem, Gloria, 529
Stevenson, Adlai, 234, 251, 321, 486–87, 520
Stewart, Jimmy, 72, 131
Stewart, Wyatt, 85
Stiles, Jack, 514
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 504, 528
Stockdale, Jim, 19, 598
Stockman, David, 292, 438, 440, 523, 529, 558, 588
stock market, 43, 594
Stone, Marvin, 533, 534
Stone, Roger, 74, 173, 388, 439, 489, 538, 604
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT II), 58, 59, 68, 80, 217, 329, 490, 538–39
Strauss, Robert, 88, 219, 285, 415, 465, 492, 505, 506, 511–12, 571, 576
Struble, Karl, 487
Sundquist, Don, 85
supply-side economics, 25, 69, 259
Supreme Court, U.S., 308
Swanson, Gloria, 131, 132
Sweat, Joseph, 419, 434
Taft, Robert A., 202, 320, 338
Taft, William Howard, 61, 144
Taiwan, 312–13, 328, 448
Talbott, Strobe, 313
Tapscott, Cindy, 19, 172, 604
Tapscott, Mark, 386, 604
tax cuts, 135; 1980 presidential election and, 392; Bush and, 475; Carter and, 221; Democratic Party and, 15; Kemp and, 15, 25, 31, 48, 214, 479; Kemp-Roth, 48, 214, 238, 274, 380–81, 395; Kennedy, John F., and, 15, 25, 252; Reagan and, 2, 25, 142, 238–39, 259, 380–81, 390, 392, 395, 466–67, 522; Republican Party and, 15, 31
Taylor, Leo, 82
Teamsters Union, 326, 452, 493–94, 517, 531
Teeley, Pete, 77, 129, 133, 141, 151, 154, 200, 259, 390, 391
Teeter, Bob, 13, 71, 121, 195, 350, 352, 474, 505
Tennessee: 1980 presidential election and, 269–70, 458, 575
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), 269, 482, 502
Tenth Amendment, 403
Tet Offensive (1968), 171
Texans for Reagan, 267
Texas: 1976 presidential election and, 16; 1976 Republican presidential nomination and, 81, 90; 1980 Democratic presidential nomination and, 274–75; 1980 presidential election and, 392, 448–49, 458, 575; 1980 Republican presidential nomination and, 271–74
Thatcher, Margaret, 257, 586, 598
Thayer, Stephen, 149
Thomas, Lafayette C. “Fate,” 434
Thomas, Tommy, 177, 335
Thompson, Frank, 306
Thompson, Jim, 209, 352
Thornburgh, Dick, 203, 244, 249, 261
Thurmond, Strom, 91, 178–79
Time magazine, 24, 36, 97, 118, 146, 234–35, 253, 254, 313, 386, 387, 403, 438, 567, 582, 587, 608, 611
Timmons, Bill, 34, 308, 315–16, 372–73, 388, 389, 438, 439, 453, 509, 551, 556, 594
Today show, 72, 193, 194, 410, 466, 546
Totten, Don, 174, 211, 216, 550, 580
Townsend, Kathleen Kennedy, 418, 429, 432, 579
Trachy, Stuart, 127
Treasury Department, U.S., 552
Trent, Darrell, 82
Trilateral Commission, 56, 97, 137–38, 145, 158, 177, 273
trucking industry, 495, 542
Trudeau, Garry, 453
Truman, Harry, 260, 288, 318, 444
Turner, Ted, 24, 523, 572. See CNN
Tuttle, Holmes, 308
Tutwiler, Margaret, 356
TVA. See Tennessee Valley Authority
TV Guide, 548–49
Twelfth Amendment, 291, 351
Twentieth-Century Fox, 397
“two-China policy,” 312–13
Tyrrell, R. Emmett, Jr., 547–48, 586
Udall, Morris, 50, 201, 256
Udall, Stew, 426
UN. See United Nations
Unauthorized Transfers of Nonpublic Information during the 1980 Presidential Election (Albosta committee), 609
unemployment, 4, 35, 103, 250, 302, 401–2, 402, 483–84
United Auto Workers, 237, 326, 422
United Nations (UN), 32, 128, 190, 282, 457
United Press International (UPI), 17, 117, 291, 292, 366, 578, 593
United States: in 1970s, 42–45; exceptionalism of, 586; military in, 5; Soviet Union and, 2; Winter Olympics, Lake Placid, N.Y., and, 134, 137, 143, 145–46
UPI. See United Press International
U. S. News & World Report, 7, 127, 269, 395, 473, 528, 533
USSR. See Soviet Union
Ustinov, Dmitry, 593
Valenti, Jack, 432
Valis, Wayne, 438
Vance, Cyrus, 143, 268
Vander Jagt, Guy, 253, 279, 319, 344–45, 348, 351, 359, 360, 473
Vermont: 1980 Democratic presidential nomination and, 193–94; 1980 presidential election and, 444; 1980 Republican presidential nomination and, 121, 175–76, 183–84, 188–89, 192–93; Anderson and, 192–93
Veterans of Foreign Wars, 387, 445
Vietnam War, 7, 25, 42, 44, 80, 153, 171, 183–84, 216, 233, 248, 255, 447, 518, 534, 566
Viguerie, Richard, 24, 33, 51, 58, 85, 304, 306, 329, 371
Virginia: 1980 presidential election and, 574
Voice of America, 220
Von Damm, Helene, 124, 308, 384, 584
voodoo economics, 259, 522, 535
Voting Rights Act of 1965, 404, 550
Walesa, Lech, 447–48, 459
Walinsky, Adam, 422, 423, 424–25, 432, 434, 436
Wallace, George, 133, 175, 181, 246, 270, 305–6, 366, 444, 456, 573
Wallace, Mike, 366, 606
Wall Street Journal, 2, 3, 25, 28, 58, 238, 239, 244, 282, 316, 317, 349, 353, 366, 389, 393, 505, 526, 553
Walter, Francis, 429–30
Walters, Barbara, 147, 190–91, 353, 358, 492–93, 533, 537–38, 541, 572, 574
Wanniski, Jude, 25, 31, 69, 238, 467
Warner, John, 344
Warren, Joseph, 566
Washington, George, 587
Washingtonian, 258, 419
Washington Post, 13, 16, 18, 23, 31, 34, 50, 54, 55, 56, 57, 98, 129, 130, 142, 156, 161, 162, 164, 188, 194, 202, 204, 220, 229, 235, 240, 244, 253, 330, 340, 387, 468, 475, 490, 504, 531, 546, 549, 570, 590, 610
Washington Star, 47, 49, 68, 76, 105, 149, 167, 264, 301, 327, 350, 351, 390, 399, 406, 447, 476, 567, 593
Washington State: 1980 presidential election and, 444, 564, 579
Watergate, 2, 77, 101, 164, 260, 333, 376, 439
Watson, Jack, 571
Wayne, John, 26, 545, 566
Weicker, Lowell P., 50, 52, 196
Weinberger, Caspar, 40, 273, 346
Welborn, John, 67
welfare, 74, 135
West Virginia: 1980 presidential election and, 574
Weyrich, Paul, 24, 47, 304, 323
Whetstone, Frank, 174
White, Frank, 581
White, John C., 224, 282, 316, 346
White, Theodore, 2, 170, 466, 573, 601
White House Conference on Families, 304
Whitfield, Dennis, 341
Whittlesey, Faith, 260
WHO radio, 70, 87, 101–2, 319
Wicker, Tom, 72, 158, 201, 486, 573
Wilbur, Kirby, 386
Wiles, Lanny, 404
Will, George F., 24, 85, 111, 172, 523, 529, 551, 552, 573, 586, 596, 607
Williams, Edward Bennett, 56–57
Williams, Harrison, 552
Williams, Hosea, 506
Williams, John Bell, 520–21
Williams, Roy, 452
Willkie, Wendell, 24
Willson, Meredith, 78
Wilson, William, 308, 375
Wilson, Woodrow, 144
Winter, Tom, 306, 359
Winthrop, John, 73
Wirthlin, Richard: 1980 Democratic presidential nomination and, 242; 1980 presidential el
ection and, 391, 395, 397, 453, 479, 486, 520, 555, 587, 606; 1980 Republican presidential nomination and, 84, 90, 110, 111, 120, 138, 143, 161, 164, 216, 230–31, 256–57, 280, 301, 332; Cleveland debate and, 548; Election Day 1980 and, 568; Neshoba County Fair, Miss., and, 394; New York and, 397; Reagan running mate choice and, 350, 351, 352, 357, 358, 362; Sears and, 112, 113, 137, 166, 167, 169, 180
Wisconsin, 102; 1980 presidential election and, 444, 556, 575; 1980 Republican presidential nomination and, 201, 228, 233–36, 236–37, 241–42; Anderson and, 201, 241–42; Bush and, 230–31, 241–42; Carter and, 236–37, 242; Kennedy and, 236–37, 242; Reagan and, 233–36, 241–42
Wise, Phil, 435
Witcover, Jules, 37, 61, 80, 97, 122, 146, 153, 236, 368, 372, 446, 451, 477, 481, 511, 546
Wolfe, Tom, 42, 523, 597
women's rights, 503–4, 542
Woodruff, Judy, 368
Wooten, Jim, 39, 100, 360
World News Tonight, 196
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