and physical fitness, 160;
by Republicans, 341;
and Tea Party movement, 306, 310
Spielberg, Steven, 24–25, 79, 84
St. John’s Episcopal Church (Washington), 182–84
Stalin, Joseph, 19, 23
START Treaty, 241, 246
State Department, U.S., 254
State of the Union address: Obama 2010, 21, 126, 130
Steele, Michael, 291, 312
stem cell research, 44, 176, 200
Stephanopoulos, George, 218, 298
stimulus plan, 47, 75, 77, 109, 110, 125–30, 302, 306
Stupak, Bart, 37, 194, 195, 198, 341, 344–45
Sullivan, Amy, 182
Summers, Lawrence, 135, 136–37, 339, 340
Summit of the Americas (April, 2009), 15
Super Bowl party, 74–75
Superville, Darlene, 97
Supreme Court, Honduran, 235
Supreme Court, U.S., 177, 189, 231, 349
survival plans/preparedness, 150–51, 152–57, 171–72
Swain, Marian, 58
Sweet, Lynn, 81
swine flu, 98
Taiwan, 243
Taliban, 254
talk radio, 76, 313–19, 323, 327. See also specific host
TalkingPointsMemo, 264
Tapper, Jake, 310–11
TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program), 130–38
tax credits, 124
Tax Day (2009), 124
taxes: for charitable giving, 200;
cuts in, 129–30;
and demonizing enemies, 303, 307, 309, 310, 324–25;
income, 129, 130;
and liberals, 128;
national sales, 129;
and Obama administration, 60–61;
and TARP, 134–35;
and Tea Party movement, 303, 305, 308–9, 310;
value-added, 129
Tea Party movement, 109–10, 231, 252, 301, 302–13, 324, 327, 333
television: and child rearing, 50, 51
Television Critics Association, 23
terrorism, 13, 151, 171–72, 216, 219, 309, 311
Tester, Jon, 332
textbooks, 17–18, 23
“thank-you tour,” Michelle’s, 97
Thatcher, Margaret, 273
Thompson, Fred, 326
Time magazine: Biden comments about, 32, 33;
and Corzine-Christie campaign, 266;
Hanks’ World War II comment in, 20;
and Michelle “thank-you tour,” 97;
Obama article about religion in, 204–5, 207–8, 209, 211–12;
Obama on cover of, 31;
and Obamas’ search for a church, 182
Tocqueville, Alexis de, 11
“too big to fail,” 131, 148
Too Much Information, 39–41, 64
town hall meetings, 111–13
travel plans: and love of America, 30
Treasury Department, U.S., 132, 133
Treptow, Martin, 329
Trinidad: Obama speech in, 13
Trinity United Church of Christ (Chicago), 174, 182, 208–9, 212
Truman, Harry S., 228–29
Turkey: Obama visit to, 174, 188–89, 222, 240
TV One: Michelle interview on, 48
Twain, Mark, 10, 29
unemployment. See jobs
unions, 61, 142, 143–44, 266, 289
United Auto Workers (UAW), 139, 142, 143–44
United Church of Christ: Obama speech at national meeting of, 199
United Kingdom, 221, 248–49
United Nations (UN): Obama speech at, 237, 240
University of Chicago Medical Center, 86
University of Missouri: Michelle speech at, 54–55
University of Pittsburgh: health-care report by, 116
vacations, Obama, 281–88, 295
Vaknin, Sam, 264, 270–71
values, 188–89
Van Susteren, Greta, 321
Vatican; Obama visit to, 191–92, 282–84, 285–86
Vaughn, Stephen, 65–66
vegetable garden, White House, 78, 85–91, 95, 100, 101, 103, 104, 153, 307, 318, 323
Veterans Administration, U.S., 97
Veterans Day, 27
veterans, military, 2, 24, 27, 288, 307
Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), 25
Vietnam War, 19
Vilsack, Tom, 167
Virginia: elections of 2009 in, 264–66;
Queen Elizabeth visit to, 274
voucher program; D.C., 61
“Wall Street reform” bill, 135
Wallsten, Peter, 276
Walsh, Ken, 319
Walters, Barbara, 107
Warren, Rick, 43, 194
Warsaw Pact, 242
Washington, George, 5, 19, 28, 29, 37, 175
Washington Parks and Recreation Commission, 125
Washington Post: and Biden comments about religion, 214;
and Bo the dog stories, 93;
Massa-Emanuel shower room story in, 276–77;
and Michelle shorts fiasco, 279–80;
nuclear weapons article in, 217;
and Obama narcissism, 258–59;
and Obamas at Allen Chapel, 206;
and Obamas in London, 285;
and Obamas’ search for a church, 180;
Page comment about fatherhood task force in, 201;
and performers at White House, 76;
physical fitness stories in, 155, 257;
and Tea Party movement, 305
Waxman, Henry, 147
We Care Outreach Ministry, 147
weapons of mass destruction (WMD), 19–20
weatherizing initiative, 127
welfare, 60, 130, 147–48, 167, 173, 231
West Bank: Israeli settlements on, 235
Whitacre, Edward, Jr., 140
White House: “beer summit” at, 290;
bipartisan mixers at, 74–75;
Christmas at, 186–87, 206, 211, 315;
crashers into events at, 100–101, 105;
Easter at, 73–74, 81, 210–11;
entertaining at, 73–79, 99, 100–101, 104–5;
Governors’ Dinner at, 78, 100, 104;
and “In Performance at the White House” series, 80–81;
Obamas’ first day in, 7–9;
as People’s House, 73, 76, 78, 79, 105, 106, 274;
and presidential dress in Oval Office, 274–75;
state dinners at, 77–79, 99, 106;
vegetable garden at, 78, 85–91, 95, 100, 101, 103, 104, 153, 307, 318, 323;
visits of heads of state to, 271–74
Will, George, 36, 143, 325–26
Williams, Brian, 94, 99, 156, 321
Wilson, Woodrow, 238
Winfrey, Oprah, 71, 94, 102, 208, 259, 292
Winthrop, John, 2
Wonder, Stevie, 71, 76, 77, 79–80, 82, 233
world leaders: manners and protocol for, 271–81;
motives of, 244–45;
Obama views about characteristics of, 254–55;
White House visits of, 271–72. See also specific person
World War I, 329, 343
World War II, 19, 20, 24–25, 26, 228–29, 343
Wright, Jeremiah, 5, 46, 49, 174, 179, 182, 183, 185, 190, 208–9, 226
youth outreach, 323, 335
YouTube, 306, 308
Zelaya, Manuel, 235
Zinn, Howard, 19–20, 22
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