Believer: My Forty Years in Politics (71 page)

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), 309, 456

Senate Democratic Caucus, 337, 381, 384–85

September 11 attacks, 94, 123, 129, 269, 397, 399, 403, 404

Shaheen, Jeanne, 241

Shaheen, William “Billy,” 241–42

Sharpton, Rev. Al, 159

Sheehan, Michael, 158, 465–66

Shrum, Bob, 75, 79, 83, 104, 148, 320

Shuler, Heath, 179

Silver, Nate, 4

Silver, Sheldon, 301

Simas, David, 383

Simon, Jeanne, 60, 68

Simon, Paul:

death of, 144

and Dixon, 104

and governor’s race (1972), 28

and Obama, 121, 143–44, 145

presidential primary campaign (1988), 81–84, 183, 234

Senate campaigns of (1984), 59-61, 62-69, 75, 96; (1988), 83

as Senator, 73, 74

supporters of, 119

Simon, Sheila, 144

60 Minutes,
210, 366

Smith, Ben, 226

Smulevitz, Les, 127

Snowe, Olympia, 380–82

Social Security, 364–65

Somalia, drone strikes in, 397

Sotomayor, Sonia, 350

South Carolina:

polls in, 258–59

primary in (2008), 256–59

voters in, 224

South Dakota, 282

Specter, Arlen, 354

Sperling, Gene, 461

Spitzer, Eliot, 236

Springsteen, Bruce, 475–76

Squier, Bob, 66, 67, 75, 117, 124

Squier, Knapp, and Dunn, 124

Squires, James D., 51, 52, 53, 59

Stabenow, Debbie, 363

“Star Spangled Banner, The,” 13

Stein, Andrew, 20, 22–23

Stephanopoulos, George:

and ABC News, 160

and Clinton, 99, 100, 109

and debates, 231

and exit polls, 258–59

and Katrina, 169–70

Stevens, Christopher, 471

Stevenson, Adlai E. II, 32

Stevenson, Adlai E. III, 75, 76–77

Stewart, Jon, 348

Stewart, Mitch, 226, 245, 247

stimulus plan,
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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Stone, I. F., 16

Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), 411, 412, 428, 430, 483

Street, John F., 141–42

Streisand, Barbra, 423

Stroger, John, 137, 179, 180–81

Summers, Lawrence, 331–32, 368

and banking crisis, 356–60, 366

as economic adviser, 332

and financial crisis, 309, 333, 334, 337

and National Economic Council, 332

and stimulus plan, 334, 337

Supreme Court, U.S.:

and Affordable Health Care Act, 457–58

appointees to, 170, 350, 420

and campaign spending, 453

Swibel, Charles, 48

Syria, and ISIS, 396–97

Talev, Margaret, 422

Taliban, 392

Tanden, Neera, 116, 288

Taub, Richard, 26

Tea Party:

antigovernment absolutists in, 7, 484

consensus blocked by, 315, 438, 484

and midterm election (2010), 484

and racism, 378–79

Republican supporters of, 7, 315, 378–79, 380, 426, 427, 450, 460, 484

vitriol of, 378–79, 380

Terkel, Studs, 33

terrorism, 94, 123, 397–99, 403, 411, 471

Tewes, Paul, 226, 245, 247

Texas, 266, 267, 268, 269

Thomas, Clarence, 102, 104

Thompson, James R., 28, 75, 76, 77

Thornburgh, Dick, 96

Time,
187

Torricelli, Bob, 167

Trippi, Joe, 152

Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), 360, 362

Truman, Harry S, 32

Trump, Donald, 419

Tsunami Tuesday, 262–63

United Nations General Assembly, 423

University of Chicago, 23–24, 25–26, 28, 35, 38–39

Vietnam War, 21

Villager,
28–29

Village Voice,
28

Vilsack, Christie Bell, 111–12

Vilsack, Tom, 111–12, 127–28, 172, 182

Virginia, 264, 320

Voinovich, George, 91, 92, 93

Volcker, Paul, 309

Volcker Rule, 368

Vrdolyak, Ed, 27–28, 46, 48, 58, 78, 80

Waldman, Michael, 109

Walker, Dan, 28

Wallace-Wells, Ben, 211–12

Warner, Mark, 172

Warren, Elizabeth, 366–67, 368

Washington, D.C., 264

Washington, Harold, 30, 91, 190

and Chicago City Council, 57–58, 78

death of, 81, 85

and mayoralty race, 54–57, 87, 120, 146, 179, 209

reelection campaign, 77–81

Washington, Roy, 54

Washington Post,
28

Watergate, 28

Weingarten, Paul, 42

Whitaker, Eric, 280

White, Byron “Whizzer,” 19

White, Michael, 91–93

White House Correspondents Dinner, 436

Wiesel, Elie, 409–10

Wilhelm, David, 63–64, 67, 96, 97, 98, 99

Williams, Brian, 223

Williamson, Marianne, 423–24

Williamson, Rich, 105

Wilson, Joe, 380, 484

Winfrey, Oprah, 242

Wisconsin, 264–65, 277

Wofford, Harris, 96

Wolfe, Sheila, 40

Wolffe, Richard, 280–81

Wolfson, Howard, 116

Woodward, Bob, 28

Wordsmiths, 346–47, 431

Wright, Jeremiah, 212–13, 269–71, 272–75, 278, 279, 291

Yellin, Jessica, 244

Yemen, drone strikes in, 397

Yepsen, David, 218

“Yes We Can,” 6, 143, 144, 147, 162, 283, 293, 321

Young, Andrew, 92

Zeleny, Jeff, 224

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