by Tim Alberta
14. “President: Full Results,” CNN, http://www.cnn.com/election/2012/results/race/president/Exit Polls.
15. Rachel Weiner, “Sean Hannity: I’ve ‘Evolved’ on Immigration,” Washington Post, November 8, 2012, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2012/11/08/sean-hannity-ive-evolved-on-immigration/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.0a4a81c6f9ac.
CHAPTER SIX: DECEMBER 2012
1. Jennifer Bendery, “Allen West: I Am the Modern Day Harriet Tubman,” Huffington Post, October 18, 2011, https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/18/allen-west-harriet-tubman_n_930052.html.
2. Marie Diamond, “Allen West: Obama Supporters Are ‘a Threat to the Gene Pool,’” ThinkProgress, July 19, 2011, https://thinkprogress.org/allen-west-obama-supporters-are-a-threat-to-the-gene-pool-df4522cc3888/.
3. Janie Lorber, “Huelskamp Sounds Off on Losing Committee Spots,” Roll Call, December 13, 2012, https://www.rollcall.com/news/huelskamp_sounds_off_on_losing_committee_spots-219990-1.html.
4. Justin Sink, “Bobby Jindal: GOP Needs to ‘Stop Being the Stupid Party,’” The Hill, October 22, 2013, https://thehill.com/video/in-the-news/279243-jindal-republicans-must-stop-being-the-stupid-party.
5. Dylan Byers, “Rush Limbaugh: ‘It’s Up to Me and Fox News’ to Stop Immigration Reform,” Politico, January 28, 2013, https://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2013/01/rush-limbaugh-its-up-to-me-and-fox-news-to-stop-immigration-reform-155434.
6. Kevin Cirilli, “Rubio Wins Big Praise from Limbaugh,” Politico, January 30, 2013, https://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/rubio-wins-big-praise-from-rush-086873.
7. Ryan Lizza, “Getting to Maybe,” New Yorker, June 24, 2013.
8. Jennifer E. Manning, “Membership of the 113th Congress: A Profile,” Washington, DC: U.S. Congressional Research Service, 2014.
9. Aaron Blake and Sean Sullivan, “The Fix’s Week in Politics: Incumbents’ Edge, GOP Prioritizing Safety over Civil Liberties,” Washington Post, January 11, 2011, https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2014/09/14/4b3fa312-3c4d-11e4-9587-5dafd96295f0_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.a921e643761f.
10. Ryan Grim, “Republican Calls Obama ‘Very, Very Urban’ on House Floor,” Huffington Post, November 30, 2010, https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/30/republican-calls-obama-ve_n_789723.html.
11. John Bresnahan, “Steve King: Obama ‘Favors the Black Person,’” Politico, June 14, 2010, https://www.politico.com/blogs/on-congress/2010/06/steve-king-obama-favors-the-black-person-027564.
12. Aaron Blake, “Rep. Steve King Stands by Controversial Obama Comments,” The Hill, March 8, 2008, https://thehill.com/homenews/news/14497-rep-steve-king-stands-by-controversial-obama-comments.
13. James G. Gimpel and Karen Kaufmann, “Republican Efforts to Attract Latino Voters,” Center for Immigration Studies, August 1, 2001, https://cis.org/Report/Republican-Efforts-Attract-Latino-Voters.
14. Elspeth Reeve, “Steve King Wants to Protect the Border from Cantaloupe-Sized Calves,” The Atlantic, October 29, 2013, https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/07/steve-king-wants-protect-border-cantaloupe-sized-calves/312984/.
CHAPTER SEVEN: AUGUST 2013
1. Shane Goldmacher and Daniel Lippman. “When Ted Cruz Wanted to Be Part of the Establishment,” Politico, January 26, 2016, https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/01/ted-cruz-2016-establishment-george-bush-213561#ixzz3yMCyqjrZ.
2. Shane Goldmacher, “The Push to Defund Obamacare Is Running Out of Steam,” National Journal, August 19, 2013, https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/08/the-push-to-defund-obamacare-is-running-out-of-steam/278815/.
3. Eduardo Porter, “For G.O.P., Health Care as a Scare,” New York Times, October 2, 2013.
4. Mark Barrett, “Mark Meadows Has Taken Chances in Rapid Rise to Power,” [Asheville, NC] Citizen-Times, April 1, 2017, https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2017/04/01/mark-meadows-has-taken-chances-rapid-rise-power/99865648/.
5. Matt Fuller, “Norquist Has Leadership’s Back Against Heritage, Club for Growth,” Roll Call, September 11, 2013, https://www.rollcall.com/news/norquist-emerges-as-key-gop-leadership-ally.
6. Susan Davis, “House GOP Votes to Delay Obamacare for One Year,” USA Today, September 29, 2013, https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/09/28/house-saturday-shutdown-battle-senate-obama/2887537/.
7. “Boehner: ‘This Isn’t Some Damn Game,’” CNN, October 4, 2013, https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2013/10/04/bts-dc-boehner-shutdown-debt-ceiling-friday.cnn.
8. Susan Davis and Richard Wolf, “Mitch McConnell: Democrats Will Rue Filibuster Vote,” USA Today, November 21, 2013, https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2013/11/21/mitch-mcconnell-democrats-will-rue-filibuster-vote/3665463/.
9. Club for Growth, “Club for Growth Opposes Ryan-Murray Budget Proposal,” news release, December 11, 2013, The Club for Growth, https://www.clubforgrowth.org/club-for-growth-opposes-ryan-murray-budget-proposal/.
10. Joel B. Pollak, “Mark Levin to Paul Ryan: Budget Deal Is ‘Mickey Mouse,’” Breitbart, December 11, 2013, https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2013/12/10/mark-levin-to-ryan-budget-deal-is-mickey-mouse/.
11. Michael A. Needham, “Budget Deal a Step Backward: Opposing View,” USA Today, December 11, 2013, https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/12/10/budget-deal-heritage-action-for-america-editorials-debates/3975653/.
12. Emma Dumain, “RSC Members Reflect on Paul Teller’s Departure,” Roll Call, December 13, 2013, https://www.rollcall.com/news/rsc-members-reflect-on-paul-tellers-departure.
CHAPTER EIGHT: APRIL 2014
1. Elizabeth Titus, “McConnell Aide: ‘Holding My Nose,’” Politico, August 8, 2013, https://www.politico.com/story/2013/08/mitch-mcconnell-campaign-chief-holding-his-nose-095346.
2. Nia-Malika Henderson, “Mark Udall Has Been Dubbed ‘Mark Uterus’ on the Campaign Trail. That’s a Problem,” Washington Post, October 13, 2014, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2014/10/13/mark-udall-has-been-dubbed-mark-uterus-on-the-campaign-trail-thats-a-problem/?utm_term=.5b04e2497797.
3. Anna Wolfe, “Media Buying Firm Purchases Pro-Cochran Ads, Funded by NRSC,” Jackson Free Press, July 10, 2014, http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2014/jul/10/cochran-friendly-pac-refuses-release-donor-list-cr/.
4. Susan Ferrechio and Eric Gay, “How the Dream Act May Have Led to Eric Cantor’s Loss,” Washington Examiner, June 11, 2014, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/how-the-dream-act-may-have-led-to-eric-cantors-loss.
5. Michael Patrick Leahy, “Laura Ingraham: We Should Have Traded Cantor for Bergdahl,” Breitbart, June 4, 2014, https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2014/06/04/Laura-Ingraham-and-David-Brat-Blast-Eric-Cantor-on-Amnesty-Flip-Flops-at-Campaign-Rally/.
6. Dara Lind, “The 2014 Central American Migrant Crisis,” Vox, October 10, 2014, https://www.vox.com/2014/10/10/18088638/child-migrant-crisis-unaccompanied-alien-children-rio-grande-valley-obama-immigration.
7. Trymaine Lee, “Eyewitness to Michael Brown Shooting Recounts His Friend’s Death,” MSNBC, August 19, 2014, http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/eyewitness-michael-brown-fatal-shooting-missouri.
8. Michelle Ye Hee Lee, “‘Hands Up, Don’t Shoot’ Did Not Happen in Ferguson,” Washington Post, March 19, 2015, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2015/03/19/hands-up-dont-shoot-did-not-happen-in-ferguson/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.ecc18dbf1a92.
9. “Sharp Racial Divisions in Reactions to Brown, Garner Decisions,” Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, December 8, 2014, http://www.people-press.org/2014/12/08/sharp-racial-divisions-in-reactions-to-brown-garner-decisions/.
10. Katie Glueck, “Poll: Race Relations Same or Worse,” Politico, September 15, 2014, https://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/politico-poll-race-relations-under-obama-110924.
CHAPTER NINE: JANUARY 2015
1. Ed O’Keefe, “Jeb Bush: Many Illegal Immigrants Come out of an ‘Act of Love,’” Washington Post, April 6, 2014.
2. “Democracy in Action Transcript of
Donald Trump Speech at Iowa Freedom Summit,” P2016.org, January 24, 2015, http://www.p2016.org/photos15/summit/trump012415spt.html.
3. Mark Sappenfield, “Why It Matters That Donald Trump Is Attacking Mitt Romney,” Christian Science Monitor, January 25, 2015, https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/DC-Decoder/2015/0125/Why-it-matters-that-Donald-Trump-is-attacking-Mitt-Romney.
4. David Lightman, “Does GOP Take Palin and Trump Seriously?” McClatchy DC, January 28, 2015, https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article24779314.html.
5. Lucy McCalmont, “Hannity, Puzzled, Quizzes Palin on Iowa Speech,” Politico, January 28, 2015, https://www.politico.com/story/2015/01/sean-hannity-sarah-palin-speech-iowa-114675.
6. “Massie Hinted That He Wouldn’t Vote for Boehner with Tweet from Drive-Thru,” River City News, January 5, 2015, http://www.rcnky.com/articles/2015/01/05/massie-hinted-he-wouldnt-vote-boehner-tweet-drive-thru.
7. Tarini Parti, “Jeb Super PAC Raises $103 Million,” Politico, July 31, 2015, https://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/jeb-bush-superpac-103-million-2016-120853.
8. Michael Kruse, “How Marco Slew His ‘Mentor,’” Politico, February 19, 2016, https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/02/marco-rubio-slew-jeb-bush-mentor-2016-213652.
9. Philip Rucker, “Rubio Pollster Calls the White House Contender ‘the Michael Jordan of American Politics,’” Washington Post, March 31, 2015, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/03/31/rubio-pollster-calls-the-white-house-contender-the-michael-jordan-of-american-politics/?utm_term=.f2548d8ffce6.
10. “2016 Republican Presidential Nomination,” RealClearPolitics, https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/2016_republican_presidential_nomination-3823.html.
11. James R, Carroll, “Poll: Rand Paul 2016 Frontrunner in IA, N.H,” Louisville Courier-Journal, July 18, 2014, https://www.courier-journal.com/story/politics-blog/2014/07/17/rand-paul-leads-2016-republican-presidential-field-poll-finds/12777025/.
12. Nicholas Confessore, “Network of ‘Super PACs’ Says That It Has Raised $31 Million for Ted Cruz Bid,” New York Times, April 8, 2015.
13. “Donald Trump’s Presidential Announcement Speech,” Time, June 16, 2015, http://time.com/3923128/donald-trump-announcement-speech/.
14. John Siciliano, “Trump Declares the ‘silent Majority’ Is Back in Business,” Washington Examiner, October 29, 2016, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-declares-the-silent-majority-is-back-in-business.
15. Jennifer Agiesta, “Poll: Majority Sees Confederate Flag as Southern Pride-CNNPolitics,” CNN, July 2, 2015, https://www.cnn.com/2015/07/02/politics/confederate-flag-poll-racism-southern-pride/index.html.
16. “Changing Attitudes on Gay Marriage,” Pew Research Center’s Religion and Public Life Project, June 26, 2017, http://www.pewforum.org/fact-sheet/changing-attitudes-on-gay-marriage/.
17. John Parkinson, “Boehner Warns Obama Not to ‘Burn Himself’ on Immigration Reform,” ABC News, November 6, 2014, https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2014/11/boehner-warns-obama-not-to-burn-himself-on-immigration-reform/.
18. Jake Sherman and John Bresnahan, “GOP Group Targets House Conservatives on DHS Fight,” Politico, March 2, 2015, https://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/american-action-network-targets-house-conservatives-dhs-funding-115668.
19. Lauren French and Jake Sherman, “House Conservative Seeks Boehner’s Ouster,” Politico, July 29, 2015, https://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/house-conservative-john-boehner-ouster-120742.
20. Andrew Kaczynski, “Trump Isn’t into Anal, Melania Never Poops, and Other Things He Told Howard Stern,” BuzzFeed News, February 16, 2016, https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/andrewkaczynski/trump-isnt-into-anal-melania-never-poops-and-other-things-he#.geR1xNzqpX.
CHAPTER TEN: SEPTEMBER 2015
1. Jonathan Martin and Maggie Haberman, “G.O.P. Seeks Pledges of Loyalty to Nominee,” New York Times, September 3, 2015.
2. Brett LoGiurato, “Donald Trump Just Handed the Republican Party a Major Gift,” Business Insider, September 3, 2015, https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-press-conference-independent-pledge-2015-9.
Ali Dukakis, “Rick Perry Calls Donald Trump a ‘Cancer on Conservatism,’” ABC News, July 22, 2015.
3. Jonathan Dornbush, “‘South Park’ Season 19 Premiere Recap: Stunning and Brave,” Entertainment Weekly, September 16, 2015, https://ew.com/article/2015/09/16/south-park-season-19-premiere-react/.
4. Theresa Vargas and Annys Shin, “President Obama Says, ‘I’d Think about Changing’ Name of Washington Redskins,” Washington Post, October 5, 2013.
5. Cindy Boren, “Senators Urge NFL to Act on Redskins’ Name, Citing NBA Action with Donald Sterling (updated),” Washington Post, May 22, 2014, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2014/05/22/senators-urge-nfl-to-act-on-redskins-name-citing-nba-action-with-donald-sterling/?utm_term=.7a8f367a425c.
6. Anne Steele, “Washington Redskins Racist? What Do the Navajo Really Think?” Christian Science Monitor, October 13, 2014, https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Sports/2014/1013/Washington-Redskins-racist-What-do-the-Navajo-really-think.
7. Elena Schneider, “McCarthy Rumors Follow Ellmers to North Carolina,” Politico, October 19, 2015, https://www.politico.com/story/2015/10/ellmers-house-north-carolina-republicans-214903.
8. Mike DeBonis and Robert Costa, “‘Supermajority’ of House Freedom Caucus to Back Paul Ryan’s Speaker Bid,” Washington Post, October 21, 2015.
9. Peter Sullivan and Cristina Marcos, “House Passes Boehner-Pelosi Medicare Deal in Resounding Vote,” The Hill, March 26, 2016, https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/237068-house-passes-medicare-deal-in-overwhelming-392-37-vote.
CHAPTER ELEVEN: OCTOBER 2015
1. “In Their Own Words: Obama on Reagan,” New York Times, January 21, 2008, https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/ref/us/politics/21seelye-text.html?module=inline.
2. Hans Johnson, “California’s Population,” Public Policy Institute of California, March 2017, https://www.ppic.org/publication/californias-population/.
3. “Donald Trump: We’ll Be Saying ‘Merry Christmas’ At Every Store If I’m President,” CBS DC, October 23, 2015, https://washington.cbslocal.com/2015/10/23/donald-trump-well-be-saying-merry-christmas-at-every-store-if-im-president/.
4. Eugene Scott, “Trump Believes in God, but Hasn’t Sought Forgiveness-CNNPolitics,” CNN, July 19, 2015, https://www.cnn.com/2015/07/18/politics/trump-has-never-sought-forgiveness/index.html.
5. “Trump Appears to Mock Reporter’s Disability,” Los Angeles Times, https://www.latimes.com/85160455-157.html.
6. Sabrina Siddiqui and Ben Jacobs, “Trump Faces Backlash from Both Parties after Call to Bar Muslims Entering US,” Guardian, December 8, 2015, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/07/donald-trump-muslim-ban-backlash-jeb-bush-chris-christie.
7. Avi Selk, “Pence Once Called Trump’s Muslim Ban ‘Unconstitutional.’ He Now Applauds the Ban on Refugees,” Washington Post, January 28, 2017, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/01/28/mike-pence-once-called-trumps-muslim-ban-unconstitutional-he-just-applauded-the-order/?utm_term=.4c6f1142d134.
8. Tim Hains, “Trump on Defeating ISIS: We Have to Take Out Their Families,” RealClearPolitics, December 2, 2015, https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2015/12/02/trump_isis_is_our_1_threat_—_we_cant_be_fighting_everybody_at_the_same_time.html.
9. Eric Bradner, “Donald Trump Praises Alex Jones’ ‘Amazing’ Reputation,” CNNPolitics, December 2, 2015, https://www.cnn.com/2015/12/02/politics/donald-trump-praises-9-11-truther-alex-jones/index.html.
10. “Speaking Time for Each Candidate,” New York Times, October 28, 2015, https://www.nytimes.com/live/republican-debate-cnbc-boulder/speaking-time-for-each-candidate.
11. Matt Flegenheimer, “Ted Cruz Adds Two More Endorsements from Social Conservatives,” New York Times, December 9, 2015, https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/12/09/ted-cruz-adds-two-more-e
ndorsements-from-social-conservatives/.
12. “Donald Trump on the Day He Took the Pledge,” Transcript, The Hugh Hewitt Show, September 3, 2015.
13. Eric Bradner, “Donald Trump: I’d ‘Get Along Very Well with’ Putin,” CNNPolitics, October 11, 2015, https://www.cnn.com/2015/10/11/politics/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-2016/index.html.
14. David Jackson, “Putin: Trump Is ‘Absolute Leader’ of U.S. Presidential Race,” Atlanta Journal Constitution, September 4, 2016, https://www.ajc.com/news/national-govt—politics/putin-trump-absolute-leader-presidential-race/rHxZ27Joxp4S1XnrPeyGDJ/.
15. Callum Borchers, “Timeline of Trump’s Praise for Putin While Trump Tower Moscow Was in the Works,” Washington Post, August 28, 2017, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/08/28/timeline-of-trumps-praise-for-putin-while-trump-tower-moscow-was-in-the-works/.
16. Jeremy Diamond and Greg Botelho, “Putin Praises ‘Bright and Talented’ Donald Trump,” CNNPolitics, December 18, 2015, https://www.cnn.com/2015/12/17/politics/russia-putin-trump/index.html.
17. Marin Cogan, “The Secret American Subculture of Putin-Worshippers,” National Journal, September 19, 2013, https://www.nationaljournal.com/s/70126/secret-american-subculture-putin-worshippers.
18. Victor Davis Hanson, “The Value of Putin,” National Review, February 11, 2014, https://www.nationalreview.com/2014/02/value-putin-victor-davis-hanson/.
19. Tim Hains, “Trump vs. Stephanopoulos: Has Anybody Proven Putin Has Killed Anybody?” RealClearPolitics, December 20, 2015, https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2015/12/20/trump_vs_stephanopoulos_has_anybody_proven_putin_has_killed_anybody.html.
CHAPTER TWELVE: JANUARY 2016
1. “Ted Cruz Trounces Marco Rubio in Third Quarter Fundraising,” CBS News, October 9, 2015, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ted-cruz-trounces-marco-rubio-in-third-quarter-fundraising/.
2. Editorial Board, “Marco Rubio Should Resign, Not Rip Us Off,” Sun Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida), October 29, 2015.