The Battle for America 2008

by Haynes Johnson

  382 Women still fall far behind: Recent research from Catalyst, a nonprofit membership organization, with offices in the United States, Canada, and Europe, which studies women’s experiences in business.

  385 “It’s complicated, but here it is”: Tim Graham, “WaPo’s Magazine Mocks O’Reilly, Limbaugh, Even Olbermann,” Media Research Center’s NewsBusters.org, March 25, 2008. Weingarten’s article was published in the Washington Post Magazine, March 23, 200

  Index

  ABC

  Abdullah, King

  Abedin, Huma

  abortion

  Giuliani and

  Lieberman and

  Palin and

  Abu Ghraib

  Achenbach, Joel

  Afghanistan

  Obama in

  AFL-CIO

  Africa

  African-American voters

  Clintons and

  McCain and

  Obama and

  women

  Age of Reagan, The (Wilentz)

  AIDS

  AIG (American International Group)

  Alaska

  Palin and

  Albright, Madeleine

  Alito, Samuel

  Allen, George

  al-Qaeda

  American Council on Education

  American Enterprise Institute

  American University

  Annenberg Public Policy Center

  Arizona

  Arkansas

  Armed Services Committee

  Armstrong, Lance

  Associated Press

  Atlantic

  Audacity of Hope, The (Obama)

  Axelrod, David

  background of

  Bhutto assassination and

  Obama’s foreign trip and

  Palin and

  Russert and

  Solis Doyle and

  Ayers, William

  Bai, Matt

  Baker, James A.

  Baker, Peter

  Balz, Dan

  Barnes, Fred

  Barnett, Bob

  Barnhart, Dave

  Batchelder, David

  Bayh, Evan

  Bear Stearns

  Belmont University

  Benenson, Joel

  Bennett, Robert F.

  Berlin

  Berman, Jeff

  Bernanke, Ben

  Berrier, Jonathan

  Bhutto, Benazir

  Biden, Joe

  Kennedy and

  Palin and

  Palin’s debate with

  selected as Obama’s running mate

  Biegun, Steve

  Bin Laden, Osama

  Bird, Jeremy

  Black, Charlie

  Black Entertainment Television

  Blair, Tony

  Blitzer, Wolf

  blogs

  Bloody Sunday voting rights march

  Bloomberg, Michael

  Boehner, John

  Bounds, Tucker

  Bradley, Bill

  Bradley, Jeb

  Bridge to Nowhere

  Bristol, Joey

  Brown, Campbell

  Brown, Gordon

  Brownback, Sam

  Brownstein, Ronald

  Bryan, William Jennings

  Buckley, William F., Jr.

  Building and Construction Trades

  Burson Marsteller

  Burton, Bill

  Bush, George H. W.

  approval rating of

  at Obama inauguration

  Bush, George W.

  approval ratings of

  in campaign of

  financial crisis and

  Hillary Clinton and

  Iraq War and

  McCain and

  at Obama inauguration

  Obama’s acceptance speech and

  Obama’s candidacy and

  reelection of

  tax cuts of

  Bush, Jeb

  Byrd, Robert C.

  Cahill, Mary Beth

  California

  Giuliani and

  California Nurses Association

  campaign spending

  Campion, Chuck

  Carbonetti, Tony

  Carson, Jon

  Carter, Jimmy

  approval rating of

  Carville, James

  Casey, Bob

  Castellanos, Alex

  Catalyst

  caucuses

  Clintons’ attitudes toward

  in Iowa

  CBS

  Cecil, Guy

  Census Bureau

  Cheney, Dick

  at Obama inauguration

  Chicago Annenberg Challenge

  Chicago Tribune

  Childs, Edith

  Christian Coalition

  Citerone, Fay

  Civil Rights Act

  civil rights movement

  Clinton’s comments on

  Civil War

  Cleland, Max

  Clemons, Nick

  Cleveland State University

  Clinton, Bill

  acceptance speech of

  African-Americans and

  approval rating of

  as Comeback Kid

  at Democratic convention

  Grunwald and

  Iowa and

  Iraq War and

  Kennedy and

  negative campaigning and

  in New Hampshire

  at Obama inauguration

  Obama’s acceptance speech and

  and Obama’s comments about Republican policies

  Penn and

  phone calling and

  primaries and caucuses as viewed by

  Richardson and

  role in Hillary’s campaign

  scandals and impeachment

  Solis Doyle and

  in South Carolina

  Clinton, Chelsea

  Clinton, Hillary Rodham

  ads of

  African-Americans and

  on Armed Services Committee

  autograph signing of

  Baltic trip of

  Bosnian trip of

  Bush and

  campaign breakdown

  campaign withdrawal proposal and

  change issue and

  Chicago summit meeting

  on civil rights movement

  concession speech of

  consecutive losses of

  Coulter and

  in crying incident

  in debates

  decision to run for president

  at Democratic convention

  end of campaign

  evil men question and

  focus groups and

  fund-raising and spending of

  gasoline taxes and

  gender issue and

  health care and

  Henry’s memo to

  housing crisis and

  immigration issue and

  Indiana and

  Iowa and

  Iraq War and

  at Jefferson Jackson Dinner

  Kennedy and

  Lewis and

  lobbyists and

  McCain and

  Maine and

  Middle East trips of

  negative campaigning by

  Nevada and

  New Hampshire and

  Obama endorsed by

  at Obama inauguration

  Obama on

  as Obama running mate

  Obama’s acceptance speech and

  and Obama’s nomination by acclamation

  Ohio and

  Palin on

  Penn’s memo and advice to

  Pennsylvania and

  phone calling and

  political identity of

  polls and

  presidential candidacy announced by

  primaries and caucuses as viewed by

  problem-solving message of

  race issue and

  Richardson and

  on Saturday Night Live

  Senate campaigns of<
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  as senator

  Solis Doyle’s relationship with

  South Carolina and

  speeches of

  Super Tuesday and

  tensions between Obama and

  terrorism and

  Texas and

  voters’ views of

  Clyburn, James

  CNN

  Cody, Ken

  Cohen, Alan

  Coll, Steve

  Collamore, Tom

  college students

  Colombia

  Colorado

  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

  Commission on Presidential Nomination Timing and Scheduling

  Concord, N.H.

  Concord High School

  Concord Monitor

  Connecticut

  conservatism

  Contract with America

  Cook, Rhodes

  Cooper, Ann Nixon

  Coulter, Ann

  Council on Foreign Relations

  Couric, Katie

  Palin interviewed by

  CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference)

  Craig, Greg

  Crawford, Jerry

  creationism

  Crist, Charlie

  Crocker, Ryan

  Culinary Workers’ Union

  Culvahouse, A. B.

  Cummings, Jeanne

  Cuomo, Andrew

  Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The

  Daley, Richard J.

  Darfur

  Daschle, Tom

  David, Matt

  Davis, Fred

  Davis, Rick

  Palin and

  Dean, Howard

  death penalty

  debate, in democracy

  debates

  Clinton in

  Huckabee in

  McCain/Obama

  in New Hampshire

  Obama in, see Obama, Barack, in debates

  problems with

  between Republican candidates

  Romney in

  in South Carolina

  Delaware

  Delgado, Robert

  democracy

  Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

  Democratic Leadership Council (DLC)

  Democratic National Committee (DNC)

  Democratic National Convention (2004)

  Democratic National Convention (2008)

  Democratic Party

  Clinton and

  Congress controlled by

  congressional control lost by

  in Iowa

  Iraq War and

  McCain and

  in Nevada

  Obama and

  in South Carolina

  Democratic voters

  demographics of

  and Obama’s comments on Reagan

  Reagan

  Dennehy, Mike

  Dennehy, Sarra

  Denver Post

  Depression, Great

  Des Moines Register

  Diaz, Danny

  DiBartolomeo, Lisa

  Dillon, Jen O’Malley

  Dobson, James

  Dodd, Chris

  Kennedy and

  Douglas, Stephen A.

  Douglass, Frederick

  Dowd, Maureen

  Dow Jones Industrial Average

  Draper, Robert

  Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance (Obama)

  DuBois, Josh

  DuHaime, Mike

  Dukakis, Michael

  Dunham, Madelyn

  Dunn, Anita

  Durbin, Dick

  Easley, Mike

  economy

  financial bailout plan

  financial crisis

  McCain and

  Edwards, Elizabeth

  Edwards, John

  affair of

  candidacy announced by

  Iowa and

  Iraq War and

  Kennedy and

  McCain and

  New Hampshire and

  Obama endorsed by

  South Carolina and

  withdrawal from race

  Eisenhower, Dwight

  election results, predicting

  election day

  electoral map

  electoral process

  Emanuel, Rahm

  Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Bill

  energy policy

  environment

  Eskew, Carter

  Eudy, Carla

  evolution

  Exxon Valdez

  Facebook

  Fallows, James

  Falwell, Jerry

  Family Research Council

  Fannie Mae

  Farrakhan, Louis

  Favreau, Jon

  Federal Reserve

  Feingold, Russell

  Feinstein, Dianne

  Ferraro, Geraldine

  Ferry, Christian

  Fey, Tina

  Fiasco (Ricks)

  financial bailout plan

  financial crisis

  First Amendment

  Fischer, Gordon

  flag pins

  Florida

  McCain and

  Flournoy, Tina

  focus groups

  by Clinton campaign

  Focus on the Family

  Ford, Gerald

  Forrestal, USS

  Forti, Carl

  Fowler, Don

  Fowler, Mayhill

  Fox News

  France

  Freddie Mac

  Freedland, Jonathan

  free speech

  Friendly, Kelly

  Frist, Bill

  Frum, David

  Gage, Alex

  Gallup Poll

  Galston, Marygrace

  Galston, William

  Gang of

  Garin, Geoff

  Garrett, Major

  gasoline prices

  gasoline taxes

  Gates, Bill

  Gates, Robert

  gay rights

  gender barrier

  Georgia

  Gephardt, Richard A.

  Germany

  Gerson, Michael

  Giangreco, Pete

  Gibbs, Robert

  Gibson, Charles

  Gilmore, James

  Gingrich, Newt

  Ginsberg, Ben

  Giulani, Judith Nathan

  Giuliani, Rudy

  abortion issue and

  end of campaign

  late-state strategy of

  London trip of

  McCain endorsed by

  New Hampshire and

  scandal stories and

  Goeas, Ed

  Goldwater, Barry

  Gonzalez, Alberto

  Good Morning America

  Goolsbee, Austan

  Gordon, Phil

  Gore, Al

  in election of

  at Obama inauguration

  Gosselin, Bob

  government:

  role of

  spending by

  GQ

  Graham, Lindsey

  Gramm, Phil

  Gravel, Mike

  Great Britain

  London

  Great Society

  Green, Joshua

  Grisham, John

  Grisolano, Larry

  Grunwald, Mandy

  Guardian

  guns

  Obama’s comments on

  Hagel, Chuck

  Halperin, Mark

  Hamilton, Alexander

  Hamilton, Lee

  Hannity, Sean

  Hannity & Colmes

  Hardball with Chris Matthews

  Harkin, Tom

  Harris, Todd

  Harstad, Paul

  Hart, Gary

  Hart, Peter

  Harvard Law Review

  Harvard University Institute of Politics

  Haus, Bob

  Hawaii

  Hazelbaker, Jill

  health care

  Clinton a
nd

  Kennedy and

  Obama and

  Sicko and

  Henderson, Kay

  Henninger, Daniel

  Henry, Mike

  Hicks, Karen

  Hildebrand, Steve

  Hispanics

  Hoa Lo Prison

  Hofstra University

  Holder, Eric

  Holland, Steve

  Horton, Willie

  housing and mortgages

  Huckabee, Mike

  ad of

  in debates

  end of campaign

  Iowa and

  Huffington Post

  Hull, Blair

  Hund, Nate

  Hunt, Albert R.

  Hunter, Duncan

  Hurricane Gustav

  Hurricane Katrina

  Hynes, Dan

  Ickes, Harold

  Penn and

  Idaho

  Ifill, Gwen

  Illinois

  immigration

  college scholarship program and

  driver’s license issue and

  McCain and

  Meissner on

  inauguration day

  Independent voters

  in Iowa

  Obama and

  Palin as viewed by

  Indiana

  Indian community

  International Association of Fire Fighters

  International Monetary Fund

  Internet

  blogs

  in Obama campaign

  YouTube

  Iowa

  caucuses in

  Clinton and

  Edwards and

  Giuliani and

  Huckabee and

  McCain and

  Obama and

  Republican straw poll in

  Romney and

  Thompson and

  Iowa Democratic Party

  Iowa Historical Museum

  Iowa State Fair

  Iran

  Iraq, Obama’s trip to

  Iraq Study Group

  Iraq War

  Clinton and

  Edwards and

  Kennedy and

  Kimball on

  McCain and

  Obama and

  spending bill on

  troop surge in

  troop withdrawal from

  Israel

  Ivins, Molly

  Jackson, Jesse

  James, LeBron

  Jarrett, Valerie

  Jefferson Jackson Dinner

  Jews

  Jindal, Bobby

  Joe the Plumber

  John Birch Society

  John F. Kennedy High School

  Johnson, Lyndon

  approval rating of

  Clinton’s comments on

  Johnson, Mary Kate

  Johnson, Robert

  Jones, Brian

  Jordan

  J.P. Morgan Chase

  Kansas

  Kaplowitz, Karen

  Karzai, Hamid

  Kaufman, Ron

  Keane, John

  Keating, Charles

  Keating, Frank

  Keating Five

  Keene State College

  Kennedy, Caroline

  Kennedy, Edward M. “Ted,”

  cancer of

  Clintons and

  at Democratic convention

  Obama and

  Romney and

  Kennedy, Ethel

  Kennedy, Jacqueline

  Kennedy, John F.

  acceptance speech of

  Bill Clinton and