Why the Right Went Wrong: ConservatismFrom Goldwater to the Tea Party and Beyond (92 page)

Burnham, Walter Dean,
231
,
488
n

Burns, Alexander,
496
n

Bush, Barbara,
235

Bush, George H. W.,
482
n,
485
n

administration of,
94
–123

approval ratings of,
99
,
103
,
292

conservative opposition to,
2
,
21
,
23
,
99
–103,
107
,
119
–20,
121
,
156
–57,
185
–86

Democratic opposition to,
96
,
101

domestic policies of,
97
,
98
–100,
146
,
163

economic policies of,
96
,
99
–100,
103
,
104
–5,
106
,
109
,
110
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140
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141
,
186
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189
,
446

foreign policy of,
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,
103
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107
,
445
–48

Gulf War policies of,
99
,
103
,
205
,
446
,
447
–48

G. W. Bush compared with,
183
,
185
,
186
,
189
,
205
,
287
,
447
–48,
485
n

as moderate,
94
–99,
102
–3,
168
,
185
,
445
–46,
485
n

presidential campaign of (1980),
84
,
93
,
94
–98

presidential campaign of (1988),
67
,
69
,
96
,
100
,
101
,
117
–18,
183
,
186
,
287

presidential campaign of (1992),
94
,
100
,
103
–9,
117
–18,
133
,
138
,
380
,
446

Reagan compared with,
97
,
98
,
100
–101,
102

as Republican leader,
183
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185
–86,
286
,
305
,
352
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457

tax policies of,
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,
100
,
101
–3,
106
,
109
–10,
119
–20,
156
–57,
186
,
386
,
445

Bush, George W.,
485
n,
486
n,
487
n,
488
n

administration of,
2
,
3
,
160
–235,
352

Afghanistan invasion of,
200
–201,
205
,
222
,
227
,
238
,
447

approval ratings of,
199
–200,
211
,
212
,
223

big government opposed by,
3
,
175
–76,
181
,
188
,
216
,
224
–25,
227
–28,
230
–34,
264
,
287
,
485
n

budget policies of,
183
,
186
,
189
,
195
,
222
,
224
,
227
,
422

campaign ads of,
171

as centrist,
170
–71,
180
,
187
–88,
227

Clinton compared with,
169
,
170
,
171
,
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,
181
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183
–84,
186
,
202
,
227
,
231
,
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,
233

compassionate conservatism of,
2
,
22
–23,
24
,
52
,
134
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162
–78,
182
–83,
185
,
188
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224
–25,
228
–29,
230
,
254
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273
,
345
,
374
,
417
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426
–27,
440
,
441
–42,
447
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448
,
458

conservative support for,
2
–3,
5
,
13
,
22
–23,
42
,
54
,
149
,
159
,
161
–62,
167
–68,
170
–71,
180
,
181
–88,
195
–96,
203
–4,
213
–14,
222
–28,
251
,
255
,
287
,
363
,
412
,
447
–48,
458

death penalty supported by,
174

Democratic opposition to,
170
,
180
–81,
183
,
187
,
191
–96,
199
,
200
–207,
218
,
221
,
226
,
227
,
231

domestic policies of,
170
,
181
,
183
–84,
189
–96,
201
–2,
216
–18,
223
–35

economic policies of,
23
,
174
–75,
181
,
182
–83,
189
,
207
,
216
–18,
225
–28,
230
–34,
272
,
284
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294
,
298
,
320
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328
–29,
363
,
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422

as evangelical Christian,
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,
169
,
171
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173
–74,
184
–85,
186
,
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213
–14,
256

first inaugural address of,
188
–89

foreign policy of,
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,
188
–89,
199
–200,
215
,
447
–48

G. H. W. Bush compared with,
183
,
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186
,
189
,
205
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287
,
447
–48,
485
n

as governor of Texas,
159
,
168
–78

gubernatorial campaign of (1998),
168
–70,
171
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185

Iraq War policy of,
23
,
33
,
172
,
181
,
187
,
204
–7,
208
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211
–12,
215
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–75,
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,
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282
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447
–48,
485
n

Latino support for,
19
,
345
,
447

liberal criticism of,
200
–201

media coverage of,
149
,
161
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162
,
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–69,
171
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,
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–80,
184

memoir of,
198

“mission accomplished” speech of,
211

in Nebraska bunker,
197
–98

partisanship of,
201
–4,
208
–9,
223
–24,
448

as politician,
169
–70,
184
–85,
200
–201

presidential campaign of (2000),
3
,
11
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67
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170
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178
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180
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181
–88,
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214
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215
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227
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230
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235
,
274
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280
,
383
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418
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447
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448
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485
n

presidential campaign of (2004),
19
,
21
,
49
,
180
,
212
–16,
224
,
250
,
255
,
263
,
383
,
467

public support for,
199
–200,
203
–4,
211
,
212
,
221
–22,
223

as Republican leader,
167
–69,
171
,
184
–86,
199
,
200
–201,
221
–22,
227
,
229
–35,
236
,
272
,
352
,
418

in Sarasota, Fla.,
197

Social Security privatization plan of,
60
–61

southern support for,
184
–85

Spanish spoken by,
169

speeches of,
169
,
177
,
196
,
198
–99

“strategery” pronouncement of,
179
–80,
194

tax policies of,
181
,
186
,
189
–90,
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195
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216
–17,
222
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–24,
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,
314
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316
,
325
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,
379
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–87,
418
,
431

Tea Party influenced by,
35
,
38
,
208
–9,
234
–35,
236
,
238
,
240

as Texas Rangers owner,
186

“troop surge” strategy of,
278

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

Bush, Jeb,
36
,
185
–86,
235
,
412
,
431
–32,
433
,
435
,
437
,
499
n

Bush, Prescott,
102
,
156

Bush v. Gore,
227
,
447

Business Advisory Council,
247

Business Roundtable,
248

busing,
80

Byers, Dylan,
489
n

Byrnes, James,
45

cable television,
241
–46

Cain, Herman,
342
,
343
,
344
,
346

Caldwell, Christopher,
219

Calhoun, John C.,
44
,
426

California,
31
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37
,
69
–70,
71
,
75
,
82
–83,
91
,
92
,
282
,
336
,
457

Calmes, Jackie,
245
,
489
n

Calvinism,
160
–61

Cambodia,
72
–73

Cameron, David,
121
,
222
,
332
,
351
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Camp, Dave,
204
–5

campaign ads,
171
,
348
,
356
–57,
361
–62,
367
–68,
371
,
402
,
404
,
406
–7

campaign finance reform,
42
,
120
–21,
138
,
249
,
274
,
418

Campbell, Ben Nighthorse,
116

Campbell, Kurt M.,
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n

Campoy, Ana,
501
n

Canada,
111

Cannon, Carl M.,
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n,
485
n,
499
n

Cannon, Lou,
479
n,
485
n

Cantor, Eric,
3
,
219
,
233
–34,
288
–89,
329
,
372
,
398
,
403
,
433
,
489
n,
499
n

Cantril, Hadley,
122
,
127
,
128

capital gains tax,
45
–46,
92
,
100
,
106
,
189
–90,
249
,
295
,
363
,
375
,
386
,
431

capitalism,
6
,
53
,
86
–87,
186
,
216
,
247
–50,
253
–54,
297
,
336
,
355
–57,
364
,
367
–68,
427

capital punishment,
97
,
104
,
174

Cappella, Joseph N.,
489
n

carbon pollution,
452

Cardin, Ben,
140

Carender, Keli,
298

caritas
(charity),
86
–87

Carlson, Margaret,
151

Carson, Ben,
42
,
343
,
435
,
438
–39

Carter, Jimmy,
20
–21,
37
,
50
,
67
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79
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81
–85,
89
,
90
,
98
,
99
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107
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161
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256
–57,
286
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292
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366