The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies
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Staples, 229
START arms control proposal, 181
START Treaty, 10–11, 12
State Department, U.S., 132, 144
“State of the Black Union” convention, 272n
Steele, Michael, 78, 182–83, 371
Steiger, William, 45
Stein, Rob, 18
Steinbeck, John, 222, 227
Steinberg, Don, 48
stem cell research, 195–96
Stephanopoulos, George, 39, 250
Stevens, J. Christopher, 319, 320
Stevens, Stuart, 179, 185, 187, 209, 213, 219, 220–22, 223, 226–28, 231, 279, 283, 286, 293, 297, 313, 323, 324, 340, 341, 345, 349, 356, 365–66
analytics mistrusted by, 224–25
Axelrod trashed by, 226–27
key campaign mistake of, 246
right track/wrong track numbers and, 227–28
on Romney’s spending advantage, 230
tax return issue and, 231–32
Stevenson, Mary Jane, 337
Stewart, Jon, 34, 66
Stewart, Mitch, 88, 89–90, 101, 260, 264, 377
Stiglitz, Joseph, 28
stimulus, 25, 291
African Americans aided by, 272–73
curtailing of partner, Russ Schriefer, office early, 256
as drafted without Republican input, 52
infrastructure spending in, 15, 132
Obama’s popularity and, 238
Republican opposition to, 20, 52, 112
Romney’s flip-flop on, 208
tax cuts in, 35, 52
Tea Party’s creation and, 20
Stirewalt, Chris, 358
Stone, Harlan Fiske, 249
Stone, W. Clement, 192
Stonesifer, Patty, 93
Straddle, 50
Strauss, Leo, 47
student loans, 218, 234, 269–70, 272
subprime mortgage crisis, 224
subsidiarity, 316–17
Sudan, 319
Sullivan, Andrew, 242, 327
Summer Olympics of 2012, 207, 213, 229, 267
Summers, Larry, 14–15, 28, 135, 270
Sunbeam, 309
Sun Capital Partners, 307
Sunstein, Cass, 93, 135, 160
Sununu, John partner, Russ Schriefer, ws small , 50, 187, 289, 335
supercommittee, on budget, 169
super PACs, 23, 24, 83, 110, 182, 185, 191, 192, 198, 202, 205, 213, 214, 215, 223, 225, 238, 256, 282, 283–84, 291–92, 329, 335, 336, 339, 352, 358, 365, 366
supply-side economics, 45
Supreme Court, U.S., 169
Crawford decision of, 76–77
and election of 2000, 74
Obamacare battle in, xii, 126, 248, 250–55, 256, 259
Susan B. Komen Foundation, 281
sweatshops, 307–11
Sweeney, Sean, 238
Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, 35, 156
Switzerland partner, Russ Schriefer, ol,Pa, 262
Syria, 285
Taitz, Orly, 34
Taliban, 157
Tancredo, Tom, 274
Tapper, Jake, 325
targeted killings, 144–45
TargetedVictory, 225
TargetPoint Consulting, 224
Tate, Stanley, 356–57
Tavernise, Sabrina, 31
tax cuts, x, 11–12, 13, 27, 35, 46, 52, 74, 94, 184, 293, 341, 369–70
in Ryan budgets, 163, 238, 286–87
as unpopular, 283
taxes, 45, 92, 208
estate, 46–47, 187, 370
increase of, 46, 49, 50, 56, 165, 173, 203
inheritance, 46–47, 187
negative income, 303
Norquist’s opposition to, 47–51, 55–56
Obamacare as, 250, 251–52, 254
payroll, 24, 236, 313, 370
Romney’s “47 percent” remark and, xii, 303, 312–14, 317, 318
sales, 313
Social Security and, 249
in 2012 election, 203–4, 230, 233–35, 363
on wealthy, x
Taxpayer Protection Pledge, 50–51, 55–56
teachers union, 271
Tea Party, x, 2, 4, 10, 18–29, 48, 53, 68, 80, 81, 88, 92, 137, 159, 182, 254, 265, 290, 362–63, 375
disappointment of, 162–63
rallies of, 37, 42
as suspicious of Obama’s promises, 165
2012 election and, 180
National Youth Administrationdoh2Tea Party Express, 19, 21, 290
Tea Party Patriots, 19, 290
Telemundo, 279
telenovelas, 278, 290
teleprompters, 113–14
television, 84
terrorism, 144, 146
Texas, 175
Texas Hill Country Blog, 114
Thirteenth Amendment, 370
This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly (Rogoff and Reinhart), 28
Thomas, Clarence, 255
Threadless, 99
Tiffany’s, 178, 186
Time, 36
tobacco lobby, 25, 160
Today, 177, 293, 344
Toomey, Pat, 168
Tora Bora, 146, 149, 155
torture, 144
Trade Representative, U.S., 132
transportation, 15, 163
Transportation Department, U.S., 132
Treasury Department, U.S., 135, 168
triangulation, 218
Tribe, Laurence partner, Russ Schriefer, ws small , 35, 251, 252
TRICARE, 161
Trippi, Joe, 84, 346, 357
Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), 137, 201, 208, 248
True the Vote, 340, 362
Truman, Harry S., 44, 49, 62, 114, 129–30, 138, 199, 379
Trump, Donald, 39, 40, 177, 211, 226, 289, 334–35, 357, 367
truthers, 30–31
tsunami, 26
Tucson, Ariz., shooting in, 37, 111, 275n, 378
Tuesday meetings, 246
Tuesday Team, 222
Tumblr, 269
Turzai, Mike, 80–81, 300
Twain, Mark, xii
Twitter, 19, 64, 86, 118, 224, 229, 266, 269, 287, 293, 310, 326, 331, 333, 334, 350, 356, 357
underemployed, 282
undocumented workers, 184–85
unemployment, 8–9, 83, 173, 297–98, 347, 348
of African Americans, 270, 273
as issue in 2012 election, 220–21, 223, 226, 227, 231, 256, 334
in 1996, 6
in 2010, 5
unemployment insurance, 12, 168, 273, 282–83, 314
Unfit for Command (Corsi), 35
unions, 19, 23, 24, 79, 87–88, 263, 306
teachers, 271
UNITA Army, 47–48
United Nations, 37
University of Chicago Medical Center, 136
Univision, 67, 279, 313
“Unskewed Polls,” 352
“urban renewal” projects, 209
Utah, 284
Utah Tea Party, 53
Vachon, Michael, 198
vanguard of the proletariat, 47
Van Hollen, Chris, 329
Vanity Fair, 261
van Susteren, Greta, 19
Veep, 132
verbatims, 237
Verrilli, Donald, 126, 250–51
Vertica, 107, 263
veterans benefits, 314
Veterans for Obama, 260
VFW, 301
Viet Cong, 145
Vietnam War, 92, 145, 209, 214
Virginia, 77, 85, 87, 161, 242, 266, 341, 346, 349, 350, 352, 356, 359, 360, 361, 362
Vogue partner, Russ Schriefer, ws small , 258
Volcker, Paul, 216
von Spakovsky, Hans A., 75, 76, 376
Votebuilder, 106, 109, 263
vote-by-mail, 76
voter fraud, allegations of, 74–76, 364
voter ID bill, 340
voter registration, 98–99
voter suppressio
n, xi, 3, 71–82, 102, 298–302, 346–47, 362, 376
photo IDs and, 75, 76–77, 78, 80–81
Voting Rights Act, 298
Voto Latino, 274
V-shaped economists, 28
Wagner, C. Peter, 180
Wagner, Dan, 100, 103, 105, 257, 327, 328, 353, 361, 377–78
Walker, Scott, 81, 102, 161, 264, 341, 359
Walker, Wyatt, 341
Wallace, Chris, 357 partner, Russ Schriefer, office early
Wall Street (film), 213
Wall Street Journal, 18, 47–48, 100, 157, 165, 188, 229, 236, 255, 313
Walmart, 25, 87, 246
Walsh, Joe, 362
Walters, Barbara, 335n
Walzer, Michael, 35
Warner, Mark, 165, 287
war on terror, 220
“war on women,” 281
Warren, Elizabeth, 119, 200–201,
id:003M:off:00000005FR" aid="181R22">287, 306
Washington, George, 123, 156, 322
exmain" aid="181R28">Washington Examiner, 61
Washington Monthly, 167
Washington Post, 215, 261, 288, 318, 338
Washington Times, 183
Waste Control Specialists, 292
water, 15
waterboarding, 147
Watergate scandal, 303, 347 everyone plays by the same rulescv
Watts, J. C., 159
Webb, Budd, 151
“We Can’t Wait” campaign,