Why the Right Went Wrong: ConservatismFrom Goldwater to the Tea Party and Beyond (107 page)

standard of living in,
231
,
429
,
455

two-party system of,
6
,
10
–11,
30

unemployment rate in,
82
,
89
,
100
,
109
–10,
232
,
237
,
313
–14,
320
,
323
–24,
325
,
330
,
341
–42,
355
–57,
368
,
420

United States Election Project,
382

Unmaking of a Mayor, The
(Buckley),
77

Up from Liberalism
(Buckley),
47
–48,
54

USA Today
/Gallup Poll (2008),
284

U.S. News & World Report,
162

Utah,
321

ValuJet,
123

VandeHei, Jim,
192
,
483
n,
486
n,
488
n

Vander Plaats, Robert,
349

Van Susteren, Greta,
244

venture capitalists,
248
–49,
364

Vermont,
55

“Vietnamization,”
73

Vietnam War,
33
,
56
,
68
,
70
,
72
–73,
74
,
79
,
82
,
87
,
108
–9,
155
–56,
184
,
209
–10,
212
–13,
269
,
341

Viguerie, Richard,
42
,
257

Virginia,
63
,
81
,
286
,
360
,
370
–71,
379
,
380
,
381
,
465

Virtue of Selfishness, The
(Rand),
373

“voodoo economics,”
84
,
100
,
102

“voter protection,”
369
,
379
,
455

voter turnout,
244
,
379
,
408

voting rights,
29
–30,
48
,
56
,
260
,
369
,
379
,
416
,
455
,
456

Voting Rights Act (1965),
29
–30,
56
,
455
,
456

Waco, Tex. siege (1993),
130

wage-price controls,
72

Wagner, Steve,
354

Wahhabi Muslims,
286

Waldman, Michael,
131
,
390
,
483
n,
497
n

Walker, Scott,
31
,
36
,
369
,
432
,
435
,
437

Wallace, Chris,
497
n

Wallace, George,
20
,
68
,
73
,
81
,
84
,
95
,
108
,
446

Wallach, Philip,
14
,
478
n

Wall Street,
225
–28,
230
–34,
248
–50,
316
,
320
,
324
,
332
,
336
–40,
358
,
364
,
377
,
383
,
389
,
413
,
451

Wall Street Journal,
33
,
191
,
201
–2,
204
,
252
,
300
,
326
,
344
,
353
,
396
–97,
418
,
431
,
458

Wal-Mart,
350

Walton, Russ,
57
–59

War on Poverty,
70

war on terror,
23
,
188
–89,
196
,
199
–204,
207
,
208
–10,
215
,
221
,
228

Warren, Earl,
76

Warren, Elizabeth,
370
–71,
381

Warren, Rick,
292

Washington, George,
388

Washington Examiner,
372

Washington Post,
34
,
144
,
178
,
192
,
220
,
235
,
251
,
275
,
277
,
324
,
338
,
401
,
438

Washington Post
/ABC News survey,
277
,
438

Washington Post
/Pew Research Center Poll,
338

Washington State,
93

“Watergate babies,”
20
,
67

Watergate scandal,
20
,
67
,
74
–75,
80
,
87
,
400
,
445

Watson, Robert P.,
500
n

Waukesha, Wis.,
285

Wayne, John,
342

Wealth and Poverty
(Gilder),
86

wealth distribution,
320
–21,
336
–39,
341
,
355
–57,
359
,
383
,
431
–32,
434
,
438
,
439
–40,
444
,
451
,
459

weapons of mass destruction (WMDs),
212

Weather Underground,
285

Weaver, John,
275

Weber, Vin,
35
,
55
,
63
,
64
,
119
,
237

Webster, Steven,
449
,
460
,
500
n

Weekly Standard,
37
,
187
,
202
,
215
,
422
,
424

Wehner, Peter,
419
,
420
,
428
,
498
n,
499
n

Weigel, David,
493
n

Weinberger, Caspar,
34

Weiner, Greg,
465
,
500
n,
501
n

Weiner, Rachel,
495
n

Weisman, Jonathan,
488
n

Welch, Robert,
246

Welch, William M.,
487
n

welfare programs,
17
,
51
,
53
,
60
,
72
,
73
,
102
,
110
–11,
115
,
136
–38,
141
,
162
–67,
237
,
251
,
335
,
373
–74,
423
,
430

Wellstone, Paul,
206
,
207
–8,
275

Wellstone, Sheila,
207

Westin, Alan F.,
64
,
480
n

West Virginia,
258
,
404

Weyrich, Paul,
255
,
257

What They Are Doing to Your Children
(Rafferty),
76

Whigs,
416
,
420
,
424

White, F. Clifton,
57
–59

White, Michael,
482
n

White, Theodore H.,
59
,
63
,
64
,
480
n

white supremacy,
48

white voters,
382
,
383
,
454

Whitewater investigation,
144
,
483
n
-84
n

Whither Solid South? A Study of Politics and Race Relations
(Collins),
46
–47,
117

Why Americans Hate Politics
(Dionne),
14

Wickenden, Dorothy,
97

Wilentz, Sean,
91
–92,
105
,
481
n,
482
n

Will, George F.,
33
,
53
–54,
63
,
195

Williams, Brian,
281

Williamson, Vanessa,
239
–40,
246
,
259
,
311
,
489
n

Willkie, Wendell,
43
,
139

Wilson, Pete,
457

Wilson, Scott,
324
–25,
494
n

Windham, N.H.,
353

Winning Side, The: The Case for Goldwater Republicanism
(de Toledano),
43
–44,
49

Winston, David,
192
,
366
,
496
n

Wisconsin,
285
,
318
,
320
,
328
,
369
,
382
,
426

women’s rights,
7
,
14
,
87
,
239
,
254
,
262
,
361
,
362
,
381
,
404
,
441
,
450

women voters,
19
–20,
108
,
210
,
215
,
283
,
361
,
362
,
434
,
458

working class,
18
,
68
,
103
,
111
,
117
,
120
,
121
,
223
,
237
,
248
,
255
,
267
,
269
–70,
287
,
319
–20,
349
–57,
363
,
367
–68,
372
–75,
380
–84,
389
,
422
,
426
–28,
438
–40,
441
,
454
,
465
,
467
–68

workplace safety,
18
,
88
,
111

Works Progress Administration (WPA),
87

World War II,
87
,
261
,
306
,
407

Wright, Jeremiah,
268
–69,
270

Wright, Jim,
100
–101

Wyler, Grace,
496
n

Ye Hee Lee, Michelle,
491
n

York, Byron,
372
,
496
n

Young, Jeffrey,
432
,
499
n

Young Americans for Freedom (YAF),
416

Young Guns: A New Generation of Conservative Leaders
(Ryan, Cantor and McCarthy),
233
–34

Youngsmith, Barron,
479
n

young voters,
318
,
365
,
373
,
379
,
454
,
458
,
467

YouTube,
42
,
297

Zeleny, Jeff,
489
n,
494
n

Zelizer, Julian E.,
70
,
480
n,
486
n,
488
n,
490
n

Zernike, Kate,
238
,
297
–98,
488
n,
489
n,
492
n

Zogby polls,
343

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