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Social Security privatization plan of, 163–64, 316
tax cuts of, 11–12, 13, 27, 369–70
teleprompter used by, 114
2004 campaign of, 155, 263
Bush, Jeb, 55, 344
Bush, Laura, 38
Bush Derangement Syndrome, 30–31
Business International, 199
Butler, Stuart, 73
BuzzFeed, 344
By the People, 125
C-4, 25
Cain, Herman, 20, 176, 178, 186, 190, 220
Cairo, 320
California, 266, 337
Call Tool, 260
CALPERS, 203
Cameron, David, 44–45, 267
Cameron, William Bruce, 237n
Camp, Dave, on Simpson-Bowles, 57
campaign finance reform, 202
cancer research, 194
Cantor, Eric, 52, 54, 55, 165, 166 partner, Russ Schriefer, ol,Pa, 170, 266
cap-and-trade, 181
Cape May, N.J., 343
capital gains tax, 45
capitalism, 188
carbon emissions, 181, 193
car loans, 171
Carlson, Gretchen, 347
Carney, Dave, 186
Carney, Jay, 40
carpet bombing, 336–37
carried interest, 203–4, 212, 337, 372
Carson, Jon, 87, 89, 246, 258, 266
Carter, James, IV, 42, 310
Carter, Jimmy, x, 4, 42, 88, 94, 95, 114, 155, 158, 217, 220, 221, 310, 320, 346
and Iran hostage mission, 148
Reagan’s debate with, 91
Cartwright, James “Hoss,” 149
Carville, James, 9, 26, 96, 219White House Office of Public Engagement,cv
Castellanos, Alex, 180–81, 243
Castro, Fidel, 145
Catholic Church, 279–80, 316–17
Catholic Health Association, 280
Cato Institute, 73
Caucus for America, 37
Cave, xii, 100–110, 222, 236, 257, 264, 265, 327, 328, 355
Cayman Islands, 212, 228, 261, 262, 267
CBS, 230, 279
CBS News, 277
Cebull, Richard, 38
Centinello, Dan, 349, 354
Chamber of Commerce, 23, 72, 199, 372
Chambliss, Saxby, 166
Chandler, Ben, 55
Chaudhary, Arun, 153
Chávez, Hugo, 279, 374
Chen, Lanhee, 324
Cheney, Dick, 45, 46, 147, 240
Cheney, James, 41
Chevat, Cary, 258
Chicago, Ill., debate in, 327–29
Obama’s campaign headquarters in, see Obama, Barack, 2012 campaign of
Chicago Board of Trade, 19
Chicago Planning Commission, 136
Chicago Stock Exchange, 136
Chicago Transit Board, 136
Chicago Tribune, 16
child care tax credits, 314
child labor laws, 188
children’s health programs, 314
Child Tax Credit, 313
China, 11, 168, 307–10, 318
sweatshops in, 307–11
Christian Coalition, 23, 49
Christian right wing, 18
Christie, Chris, 179–80, 285, 286, 290, 343, 344, 345
Christie, Ron, 273n
Chrysler, 26, 210
Churchill, Winston, 4
CIA, 145–46, 148, 150, 156, 285
Benghazi attack and, 319, 377
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, partner, Russ Schriefer, office early23, 193, 202
civil rights, 208, 294
Civil War, U.S., 169
Clapper, James, 319
Clark, Ed, 194
Clark, Meghan, 317
class rhetoric, 199, 202, 213
class warfare, ix, xi, 305–7
Claster, Andrew, 100, 103
Clay, Henry, xiii
clean air rules, 337
clean energy, 233
Cleaver, Emanuel, 171
Clemente, Mike, 358
climate change, x, 177, 179, 193, 198, 297
climate change bill, 1
Clinton, Bill, x, 5–6, 9, 22, 31, 32, 35, 36, 43, 50, 109, 114, 133, 179, 219, 236, 283, 287, 305White House Office of Public Engagement,cv, 320n, 321, 345, 366, 372
adversaries considered enemies by, 144
business community’s relationship with, 135, 204
campaign of, 88
convention speech of, 294–95
Defense of Marriage Act signed by, 240
early planning for importance by, 125
first-time voters important to, 74
forgiveness of voters received by, 221
George H. W. Bush’s underestimation of, 220
government shutdown of 1995 and, 161
as governor, 125
health care bill of, 5, 48
as ignorant of bin Laden raid, 149–50
impeachment of, 65, 205, 364
informed of death of bin Laden, 152
lack of voter trust in, 217
as “New Democrat,” 180
not considered oracle to Obama, 244–45
on Obama’s campaign trail, 295–96, 329, 331
Obama’s complicated relationship with, 13, 119–20, 122, 244
political backslapping easy for, 122, 125, 127
politics enjoyed by, 9 everyone plays by the same rulescv
on possibility of default, 169
Romney considered extreme conservative by, 244
scandals of, 220
Second Inaugural of, 374
Sister Souljah attacked by, 211
soft money raised by, 199, 203
tax increase of, 46
Tea Party opposed by, 26–27
teleprompter used by, 113–14
on voter suppression, 298
Wall Street courted by, 199
welfare reform of, 6, 284
Clinton, Hillary, 93, 102, 117, 119, 122, 128–29, 222, 239, 285, 295, 321, 322, 326, 355, 372, 379
on difficulty of deciding on bin Laden raid, 149
in election of 2008, 16, 33, 175–76, 247
embassy security concerns of, 320
mandate supported by, 73
negotiation with Iran opposed by, 185
Obama criticized for Pakistan missions by, 146
Obama’s loss in New Hampshire to, 175–76
Obama’s madrassa educ partner, Russ Schriefer, office earlyation rumor spread by, 33
resignation as secretary of state of, 376–77
Romney’s criticism of, 156
in Situation Room for bin Laden raid, 152
in 2008 campaign, 325
Clinton Global Initiative, 245
Clooney, George, 329
cloud computing, 99
Club for Growth, 23, 206
CNBC, 211
CNN, 33, 36, 55, 66, 181, 183, 185, 191, 229, 252, 261, 326–27, 345, 356
coal, 285
“Coalitions” initiative, 182
Coburn, Tom, 58–59, 166
Colbert, Stephen, 34, 335, 366–67
Colbert Report, The, 60
Cold War, 48n
Coleman, Norm, 75
collective-bargaining rights, 102
college loans, x, 314, 363
Collins, Gail, 227
Collins, Gentry, 183 not buying health insurance se24
Collins, Jim, 237
Colorado, 4, 22, 77, 85, 285, 352, 355, 359, 360, 376
colorofchange.org, 66
Columbus Dispatch, 300, 364
Commerce Clause, 249, 250, 251
Commerce Department, U.S., 132
Commodities Futures Trading Commission, 136
Common Cause, 257
Common Purpose Project, 89
“Community,” 248
compromise, 3, 6, 48, 60
ConAgra, 66
Conference of Bishops, U.S., 177, 280
Congress, U.S.:
Republican victories in 2010 in, 1
see also House of Representatives, U.S.; Senate, U.S.
Congressional Budget Office, 28, 115, 162, 254
Congressional Research Service, 46
Connecticut, 361
Connor, Bull, 342
Conrad, Kent, 56
Conrad-Gregg Commission, 56, 58 partner, Russ Schriefer, ws small
Conservative Caucus of State Legislators, 73
Conservative Political Action Convention (CPAC), 30, 59, 80, 96, 211, 371
Conservative Victory Group, 375
Consovoy, Will, 301
Constitution, U.S., 13
Commerce Clause of, 249, 250, 251
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 53, 201
Consumer Price Index, 58, 376
Continetti, Matthew, 48n
continuing resolution (CR), 161–62
contraception, 112, 161, 177, 279–81, 331, 363
Contract with America, 26
Cook, Charlie, 5
Cook, Genevieve, 129
Cool Hand Luke, 111
Coors family, 73
Coppins, McKay, 344
Cordray, Richard, 53
Corley, Judy, 40
Corn, David, 309, 310
corporate donations, 192
corporations, 23
Corsi, Jerome, 35, 39, 41, 334, 336
Corzine, Jon, 147
Coulter, Ann, 32
Council of Economic Advisers, 164, 298
Counter-Terrorism Board of Directors, 145
Craig, Larry, 62
Crane, Edward, 73
Crawford v. Marion County Election Board, 76–77
credit card fees, 200
credit cards, 201
Crist, Charlie, 123
Cronkite, Walter, 121
Crossroads GPS, 25, 195, 196, 202, 205, 283, 288, 365
Crossroads Media, 225
crowdsourcing, 99
Crowley, Candy, 331
Crowley, Monica, 336
Crown, Jim, 202
Cruz, Ted, 371
CSPAN, 118
Cuban Americans, 93, 360
Cuban Missile Crisis, 156
Cuccinelli, Ken, 249
Cuomo, Andrew, 241
Cuomo, Mario, 118
Cutter, Stephanie, 115–16, 216, 230 not buying health insurance se24, 238–39, 261, 284, 326, 340
“czars,” 63
Daddy Day Care, 94
Daily Caller, 61, 69, 183, 285
Daily Show, The, 60
Daley, Bill, 16, 93, 142–43, 153, 155, 275, 280
on possibility of default, 169
in Situation Room for bin Laden raid, 149, 150
Daley, Richard J., 10, 12–13, 16–17, 71, 84
Daley family, 87
Dalthorp, James, 222
Daniels, Mitch, 179, 340
dark money groups, 205
Darling, Alberta, 300
Darman, Richard, 50
Dart, Andrew K., 114
“Dashboard,” 108, 260
data arms race, 224
data campaign, xi
Davidsen, Carol, 110
Davis, Frank Marshall, 33, 336
D-DayNational Youth Administrationdoh2, 156
Dean, Howard, 84, 87, 99, 346
death panels, 36
“death tax,” 46–47, 187, 370
debt ceiling crisis, 13–14, 127, 158, 169, 170–71, 173, 175, 233, 325–26, 370, 378
default, on budget, 168–69
Defense of Marriage Act, 94, 240
defense spending, x, 185
cuts to, 170
deficit reduction, 293
deficits, 28, 45–46, 50, 254, 282
Norquist’s disdain for deals on, 164–65
Obama’s desire to curb, 164
Republican plans to cut, 53–54, 184
Ryan budget and, 163–64
in 2012 election, 233, 238
see also Simpson-Bowles Commission
Delaware, 4
DeLay, Tom, 48–49
Del Cecato, John, 262
White House Office of Public Engagement,cvdemocracy, 198
Democratic National Committee, 15, 88, 100, 192, 322, 327
Democratic National Convention:
of 2004, 26, 243
of 2012, 246, 294–98, 328
Democratic Party, U.S.:
Common Purpose Project of, 89
early voting and, 77
Latinos in, 274–79
liberal base of, 257
wings of, 44
see also elections, U.S.
Denver, Colo., 80
debate in, 320–27, 333, 334, 352
DeParle, Nancy-Ann, 280, 285
deregulation, 74, 306
derivatives, 194, 216
Desert One, 148, 152
Detroit News, 210
“Dialogue Monitor,” 267
Diana, Princess of Wales, 142
Diaz-Balart, Jose, 274
Digital Franking, 225
Dillard, Kirk, 44
Dillon, Jen O’Malley, 88
Dillon Reed, 135
Dimon, Jamie, 137
Dionne, E. J., xiii, 280
DISCLOSE Act, 194
Dishonorable Discharge, 156
Dobson, James, 242
Dodd-Frank financial reform, 126, 201, 216–17, 325
lobbying against, 137
Dole, Bob, 6, 44, 45, 46, 50–51, 220, 320n, 372
Domestic Policy Council, 93, 276
Donaldson, Sam, 69–70
Donilon, Tom, 150, 153, 155
Donovan, Shaun, 132, 241
Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, 11, 12, 13, 94, 184, 241, 274
Doocy, Steve, 33, 344, 347
Dorgan, Byron, 112
“doubling down,” 233
Douglass, Frederick, 272
Dow Jones Industrial Average, 171, 172
Draper, Robert, 51
DREAM Act everyone plays by the same rulescv, 13, 131, 185, 196, 218, 274, 277, 331
Dreams from My Father (Obama), 199
Dreams from My Real Father (film), 336
DreamWorks, 99
Dred Scott, 23
drones, 146, 147, 157
bin Laden raid and, 149
Drudge Report, 60, 61, 160, 285, 318
D’Souza, Dinesh, 36, 131, 176
Duberstein, Ken, 14
Dukakis, Michael, 31, 33, 48, 221, 243
Duncan, Arne, 271
Dunham, Stanley Ann, 34, 199, 336
Dunlap, Albert J., 309
Dunn, Karen, 332
du Pont, Pierre “Pete,” 50
Durbin, Dick, 119, 122, 166, 200
Dyson, Michael Eric, 272
Earned Income Tax Credit, 12, 273 partner, Russ Schriefer, office early, 313
Eastwood, Clint, 292–93, 296
Eban, Abba, 324
Ebert, Roger, 293
economic crisis, 2008, 171, 200, 220, 234
Economus, Peter, 301–2
education, 238, 325
Education Department, U.S., 132
education reform, 271
Edwards, George, 111
Edwards, John, 62
Egypt, 319, 320
Einhorn, Steve, 341
Einstein, Albert, 237
Eisenberg, Lewis, 242
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 32, 34, 45, 113, 125, 164, 220, 366
elderly, 24, 363
elections, Massachusetts, of 1994, 214
elections, U.S.:
of 1800, 32
of 1896, 193
of 1932, 192
of 1936, 306
of 1960, 71, 325n
of 1964, 83, 208, 220
of 1968, 209
of 1972, 192, 303
of 1976, 88, 224
of 1980, 91, 94, 95, 208, 217, 269, 346
of 1984, 28, 234
of 1988, 33, 50, 221, 243
of 1994, 5, 70, 92
of 1996, 119, 1
84, 266, 320n
of 2000, 46, 74, 80, 219, 263, 332, 359
of 2006, 2, 183, 197
of 2014, 376, 378
of 2016, 379
elections, U.S., of 1992, 50, 88, 180, 211, 219, 220, 236, 244
theme of, 217
white vote in, 269
elections, U.S., of 2004, 74 everyone plays by the same rulescv, 92, 99, 155, 183, 192, 205, 216, 220, 223, 243, 263, 283
Obama’s Senate campaign in, 158
elections, U.S., of 2008, x, 2, 3, 16, 19, 23, 26, 68, 77, 79, 83, 84, 93, 94, 122, 131, 133, 156, 185, 187, 195, 197–98, 200, 202, 207, 236, 239, 242, 247, 263, 264, 275, 321, 322, 346, 349, 354, 355–56
debates in, 325n
independents in, 345–46
Obama’s difficulties in, 102
race in, 31White House Office of Public Engagement,cv, 40, 42, 93, 120, 270, 347
voter age in, 10
white vote in, 269
elections, U.S., of 2010, 11, 21, 23, 26–28, 53, 77, 80, 159, 164, 175, 183, 264
activists elected in, 2–3
Obama’s campaign in, 4–5, 6
OFA and, 89
Republican victories in, 1–3, 4
voter age in, 10
elections, U.S., of 2012, 3, 10, 15, 370
battleground states in, 245, 263–65, 357, 359, 360
as “change” election, 217
Charles Koch’s fear over, 194
class in, ix, 198, 201–2, 213, 305–7, 347–48
as covered by Fox, 63–64
Democratic primary in, 248
election day of, 352–67
Electoral College count in, 359
exit polls in, 243–44, 355, 356, 360n, 361, 363
“gifts” as explanation for Obama victory in, 363–64
importance of, ix–x
independents in, 234, 248, 346
lack of Democratic challengers in, 83
long lines in, 354
number of voters in, 60
Obamacare and, 250
Obama projected winner in, 355–56, 358, 359
Obama-Romney debates in, 260, 295, 320–33, 352
Obama’s strategy in, 83–97, 284–85
polls of, 96, 225, 244, 270, 297, 328–29, 338–39, 342, 346, 349, 352, 361–62, 364
as “post-crash” election, 220
predictions of Democratic defeat in, 4–5
as referendum on Obama, 91
Republican advertising in, 219–32
Republican debates in, 177, 181–82, 184–85, 186, 188–89, 190, 207, 228
Republican Party candidates in, 176–90, 215, 218
Romney’s early lead in, 158, 191
Romney’s strategy in, xi, 207–18, 283
Silver’s prediction of, 174
stable numbers in, 282
swing voters in, 210–11, 296
taxes in, 203–4, 230, 233
as “trust” election, 217
unemployment and economy as issue in, 220–21, 223, 226, 227, 228, 229, 231, 234–35, 239, 256, 334
see also Obama, Barack, 2012 campaign of; Romney, Mitt, 2012 campaign of
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, 250
Email List, 87, 89, 106, 110, 258–59, 260
Emanuel, Ezekiel, 114
Emanuel, Rahm, 13, 14–15, 22, 27, 85, 90, 114, 115, 139, 140, 150, 202, 275, 350–51