Why the Right Went Wrong: ConservatismFrom Goldwater to the Tea Party and Beyond (99 page)

income tax,
51
,
85
,
92
,
109

see also
tax cuts

Independents,
18
–19,
68
,
84
,
184
,
187
,
190
,
206
,
226
,
235
,
275
,
313
,
326
,
338
,
352

index of consumer confidence,
132

Indiana,
208
,
210
,
320
,
327
,
360
–61,
368
,
425
,
467
,
468

Industrial Workers of the World (IWW),
247

inflation,
72
,
82
–83,
84
,
87
,
315

“In God We Trust,”
465

Ingraham, Christopher,
13
,
478
n

Ingraham, Laura,
235

Inquiry,
250
–51

insurance premiums,
327

interest rates,
110
,
431

Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
256
–57,
400

Interstate Highway System,
87
,
465

Invisible Bridge, The
(Perlstein),
79
,
90
–91

Invisible Government, The
(Smoot),
41
–42

Iowa,
83
,
133
,
212
,
214
,
275
,
278
–79,
280
,
318
,
343
,
347
,
348
–50,
404

Iran,
4
,
21
,
32
,
36
,
79
,
82
,
84
,
273
,
453

Iran-Contra scandal,
32

Iranian hostage crisis,
21
,
79
,
82
,
84

Iraq War,
23
,
33
,
172
,
181
,
187
,
204
–7,
208
,
211
–12,
215
,
217
,
220
–22,
224
,
227
,
228
,
229
,
230
,
231
,
234
,
238
,
271
,
273
,
274
–75,
278
,
281
,
282
,
287
,
398
,
406
,
447
–48,
485
n

Isakson, Johnny,
391

Isidore, Chris,
488
n

Isikoff, Michael,
144

Islam,
3
,
199
,
228
,
279

Islamic Center (Washington, D.C.),
199
,
228

Islamic State (ISIS),
35
–36,
398
,
406

Israel,
82
,
273

Issa, Darrell,
400

It’s a Wonderful Life,
86
,
87

It’s Even Worse Than It Looks
(Mann and Ornstein),
13

Ivins, Molly,
356

Jackson, Henry “Scoop,”
21

Jamieson, Kathleen Hall,
489
n

Javits, Jacob,
72
,
78

Jefferson, Thomas,
388

Jefferson County, Miss.,
30

Jefferson Rule, The: Why We Think the Founding Fathers Have All the Answers
(Sehat),
426

Jeffords, James,
190
–91,
207
,
210

Jesus Christ,
230
,
279

Jews,
40
,
47
,
252
,
255
,
284
,
465

job creation,
120
,
189
–90,
325
,
355
–57,
368
,
372
,
404
–5,
416
–17,
420
,
426
–27,
434
,
440
,
450
,
468

Job Creation and Wage Enhancement Act (1995),
120

Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (2003),
189
–90

John Birch Society,
24
,
39
,
40
,
41
,
43
,
51
,
64
,
241
,
242
,
246
,
448
–49,
489
n

John Paul II, Pope,
161

Johnson, Gary,
381

Johnson, Haynes,
278
,
281
,
283
,
491
n,
492
n

Johnson, Jeremy,
486
n

Johnson, Lyndon B.,
477
n

civil rights agenda of,
18
,
44
,
68

as Democratic leader,
55
,
57
,
225

economic policies of,
103
–4,
265

Great Society programs of,
17
,
21
–22,
70
,
129
,
158
,
195
,
369
,
415
,
465

presidential campaign of (1964),
18
,
46
,
49
,
51
,
55
–62,
66
,
70
,
255
,
286
,
415

Johnson, Scott,
299
,
493
n

Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies,
258

Jones, Jeffrey M.,
492
n,
494
n

Jones, Paula,
143
–44,
155

Jones, Robert P.,
489
n,
498
n

Jorgensen, Christine,
77

Judis, John B.,
247
,
248
,
462
,
490
n,
501
n

Julian, George,
204

Justice Department, U.S.,
144

Kabaservice, Geoffrey,
70
–71,
80
,
81
,
480
n,
481
n

Kaiser, Robert G.,
316
,
493
n

Kansas,
336
,
339
–40,
369
,
388
,
407
,
451

Kansas City, Mo.,
367

Kapur, Sahil,
499
n

Kasich, John,
24
,
140

Kasten, Bob,
328

Katznelson, Ira,
44
,
45
,
479
n,
480
n

Kaufman, Ted,
307

Keating, Peter,
131
–32,
483
n

Keene, David,
79
,
390

Keeter, Scott,
478
n

Kelly, Megyn,
245
–46

Kemp, Jack,
96
–97,
134
–36,
156
,
163
,
165
,
328

Kengor, Paul,
31
,
478
n

Kennedy, Anthony,
7

Kennedy, Edward M.,
21
,
82
,
141
,
176
,
191
,
193
–94,
206
,
224
,
272
,
311
,
312
–16

Kennedy, John F.,
42
,
49
,
68
,
75
,
100
,
255
,
262
,
280
,
292
,
341
,
383
,
428
,
454

Kennedy, Robert F.,
76
–77

Kentucky,
117
,
258
,
404

Kenya,
301
–2

Kerik, Bernard,
278

Kerry, John,
49
,
205
–6,
208
,
211
–14,
258
,
262
–63,
286
,
287
,
487
n

Kessler, Glenn,
486
n

Kettle, Martin,
484
n

Keyes, Alan,
266

Keynesian economics,
82
,
90
,
232
–33,
246
,
420
,
453

Kiernan, John,
478
n

Kilroy, Mary Jo,
311
,
320

King, Martin Luther, Jr.,
48
,
262
,
267
,
269
,
388
,
491
n

King, Peter,
395

Kirk, Mark,
391

Kirk, Russell,
254
,
490
n

Kirkpatrick, Melanie,
300
,
493
n

Kissinger, Henry,
75
,
79
,
80

Know Nothing movement,
276

Koch, Charles and David,
90
,
250
–52,
405
,
448
–49

Koch, Fred,
51
,
90
,
246
,
250

Kohut, Andrew,
478
n

Kolbert, Elizabeth,
493
n

Konczal, Mike,
440
,
500
n

Kornblut, Anne E.,
275
,
491
n

Krauthammer, Charles,
31
,
36
–37,
202
,
244
,
342
,
424
,
487
n

Kristol, William,
37
,
69
,
113
–15,
154
,
156
–57,
163
,
482
n

Krugman, Paul,
189
,
486
n

Kruse, Kevin,
224
,
488
n

Kuchel, Thomas,
76
,
77

Kuo, David,
165
–66,
167
,
174
,
177
,
223
,
229
–30,
484
n,
488
n

Kurds,
211
–12

Kurtz, Howard,
484
n,
486
n,
492
n

Kuttner, Robert,
83
,
453
,
481
n,
500
n

Kuwait,
99
,
205
,
446

labor movement,
20
–21,
32
,
45
–46,
74
,
82
,
88
,
106
,
163
,
246
,
255
,
267
,
269
–70,
287
,
336
,
337
,
341
,
350
–51,
364
,
369
,
409
,
410
,
428

Labour Party,
112
,
121
,
222
,
341
–42

Labrador, Raúl,
35

Laird, Melvin,
416

laissez-faire economics,
88

Landon, Alf,
108

Landrieu, Mary,
391

Landy, Benjamin,
498
n

Langone, Kenneth,
253

Lansford, Tom,
486
n,
500
n

Larry King Live,
115

Larson, Arthur,
67
–68,
103
,
462
–63,
480
n,
501
n

Latinos,
10
,
19
,
25
,
135
–36,
182
,
218
,
219
,
222
,
223
,
225
,
235
,
237
,
267
,
345
–46,
379
,
392
–93,
405
,
408
,
409
,
437
,
447
,
454
,
457
,
458

LaTourette, Steve,
231
–32

law and order issues,
16
,
68
,
73
,
97
–98,
116
,
158
,
174
,
437
–38,
439
,
450

Lawrence, Jill,
492
n

Lawson, Melinda,
203
–4,
487
n

Leach, Jim,
78

Leave It to Beaver,
255

Lederman, Josh,
495
n

Lee, Mike,
321
,
417
,
431

Lehman Brothers,
284

Lenin, V. I.,
435

Levin, Carl,
206

Levin, Yuval,
417
–18,
424
–25,
429
,
431
,
432
,
440
,
498
n,
499
n

Lew, Jack,
329
–30

Lewinsky, Monica,
142
–55,
158
,
181
–82,
484
n

Lewis, Neil A.,
483
n

liberalism, liberals:

centrist,
12
,
21
–22,
39
,
103
–4,
110
,
112
–13,
121
,
124
–25,
136
–38,
152
–53,
156
,
157
–58,
168
,
170
,
172
,
325
,
336
,
339
,
392
,
429
,
433
,
450
–51