by Tim Alberta
debates vs. Trump and, 362–63, 365, 370, 375–77, 382–83
Democratic convention of 2016 and, 355, 405
Democratic primaries of 2008 and, 14–15, 20, 278, 330
Democratic primaries of 2016 and, 224, 299, 329–31
“deplorables” and, 362, 376
Don Jr. meeting with Russians and, 459
elections of 2016 and, 189–90, 237, 260–61, 265, 330–31, 338, 340–41, 344, 347, 356, 358–62, 368–70, 378–80, 382, 386, 389–96, 529, 534, 598, 606–7
elections of 2018 and, 532
Electoral College vs. popular vote and, 324, 358–59, 394, 397–98, 429
email server and, 330, 358, 363–64, 370, 376, 445
GOP convention of 2016 and, 354
GOP primaries of 2016 and, 215, 224, 278
“lock her up” chant vs., 354, 376, 521
race and, 361–62
Russia and, 269, 511
Sanders supporters and, 356
as secretary of state, 330
Steele dossier and, 421–22
Trump attacks on, 278, 320, 356–57, 483
Trump calls on Russia to find emails of, 420
Trump concession call by, 396
Trump inaugural and, 425–26
Trump pushes DOJ to investigate, 607
Trump wedding and, 246
WikiLeaks and, 356, 369–70, 390
Clinton Foundation, 330, 358, 370
Club for Growth, 76, 79, 81, 107, 173, 184, 196–97, 310, 332, 418, 504, 551
Clyburn, Jim, 493
CNBC, 54, 55
CNN, 53, 69, 113, 229, 237, 268, 270, 280, 283, 296, 311, 320, 334, 357, 369, 389, 421, 451, 457, 516, 532, 540, 541, 586, 587
Coakley, Martha, 67
coalition of the ascendant, 37
Coats, Dan, 386, 509
Cochran, Rose, 197
Cochran, Thad, 10, 197–200
Coffman, Mike, 544, 550–51
Cogan, Marin, 270
Cohen, Michael, 6, 116
Daniels and McDougal payoffs and, 484–85, 488–89, 520
FBI raid on, 487–88
guilty plea and, 519–21, 557
House testimony of, 604–5
Pecker and, 305–6
Steele Dossier and, 422
Cohn, Gary, 410, 463, 487
Cohn, Roy, 337
Cole, Tom, 148
college-educated voters, 405, 534, 547, 578–79
college tuition, free, 597
Collins, Chris, 520–21
Collins, Susan, 453
Colorado, 21, 79–80, 83, 115, 127, 138, 196, 311, 323, 544, 550–51, 577
Comedy Central, 377
Comey, James, 358, 388–90
Flynn and, 431, 446
Senate testimony by, 455
Trump fires, 445–46, 458, 484, 486
Commerce Department, 558
Common Core, 223
compassionate conservatism, 17, 571
Comstock, Barbara, 529, 544, 550, 551
Confederate symbols, 113, 130, 229, 465–68
“Confessions of a Negative Campaigner” (Pence), 119
Congressional Black Caucus, 17, 182
Congressional Hispanic Caucus, 17
Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation, 476
Congressional Leadership Fund, 490, 539, 551
Congressional Research Service, 222
Connecticut
GOP primaries of 2016, 313
same-sex marriage and, 59
Conservative Action Project, 39–40, 403
Conservative Action Team (CAT), 140–41
Conservative Jedi Council, 152–53, 185, 235
conservative movement. See also Christian right; House Freedom Caucus; Tea Party
ACA and, 61–63
ACA repeal attempts and, 431, 433–35
AHCA “repeal and replace” bill and, 435, 440, 451, 454
backlash vs. GOP lawmakers and, 60–61
Bannon and, 414, 419
Boehner and, 140–42, 163
Boehner ouster attempts and, 106, 147–52, 220–21, 231–35
Boehner retirement and, 243
Breitbart and, 114
budget fight of 2011–12 and, 101–6
contraction of GOP and, 551–52
criminal justice reform and, 563
crony capitalism and, 418
Cruz and, 168–69
cultural vs. economic issues and, 108–9
debt-ceiling fight of 2013 and, 152–53, 178–80
disorganization of, 75–76
donors and, 56, 106, 117–19, 502–3
elections of 2012 and, 99, 121–25, 128–29, 137–38
Farm Bill and, 165
fiscal cliff negotiations and, 145–47
Flake and, 343–45
Florida Senate primary of 2010 and, 64–67
Freedom Caucus and, 191–92, 221–22, 230
GOP primaries of 2010 and, 73–81
GOP primaries of 2012 and, 110–11, 115, 117–22
GOP primaries of 2016 and, 209, 213–14, 217, 229, 266–67, 281, 288–89
Heritage Foundation and, 164–66, 502
hostility toward Obama and, 54–57, 93–97, 128–29
House GOP of 2011 and, 89
ideological purity and, 416–20
immigration and, 138, 229
immigration reform bill and, 154–64, 425
judicial appointments and, 599–600
Meadows rise within, 416–18
outrage culture and, 248
Palin and, 39, 75–76
Pence and, 118–19, 312
police killings of blacks and, 208
professional right and, 106–7
racial backlash and, 128–29
Reformicons and, 256–57
Romney and, 9, 110–11, 117
RSC and, 89, 140–42
Ryan as Speaker and, 379
Ryan-Murray budget deal and, 184–86
Ryan on, 595–96
sequestration and, 424
shutdown of 2013, and ACA defund demand, 169–80
Supreme Court and, 521
tax reform and, 431
Trump and, 346–49
Trump and realignment of, 457–58, 501–18, 578–79
Trump approval rating and, 455
Trump Carrier deal and, 418–20
Trump critics within, 516–17
Trump early presidency and, 431–32
Trump-Russia relations and, 511–13
Trump spending unopposed by, 497–98
Trump tariffs and, 496–97
Trump transition team and, 406–7, 409
Trump unorthodoxy and silence of, 59
Trump victory emboldens, 403–6, 414–17
Conservative Partnership Institute, 502
Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), 9, 13–15, 99, 457–58, 592
conspiracy theories, 262–63
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), 554
contraceptives, 121, 128, 328
Conway, George, 583
Conway, Kellyanne, 218, 331, 333, 337, 352, 358, 365–67, 373, 396, 427–29, 447, 457, 539, 583, 597–98, 610
Conyers, John, 473
Cook Political Report, 405, 578
Coons, Chris, 81–82
Cooper, Anderson, 375–76
Cooper, Rory, 108–9
Coppins, McKay, 215
Corker, Bob, 45, 69, 179, 336, 339–40, 473, 497, 505–6, 510–11, 556, 576
Cornyn, John, 65, 77, 82, 84, 521
corporations, 5, 30, 78, 143, 257, 345, 458
taxes and, 475–76
welfare for, 418
corruption, 518–19, 553
Cotton, Tom, 564, 565
Coulter, Ann, 15
Council for National Policy (CNP), 209–10
Couric, Katie, 25
Covington Catholic school, 586–88
Cracked website, 270
Crimea, 549
; crime rates, 423–24
criminal justice reform, 530–31, 562–66
Crist, Charlie, 20, 64–66, 193, 224
crony capitalism, 210, 418
cronyism, 457
Crow, Jason, 576
Crowley, Joe, 493–95
Cruz, Heidi, 168, 281, 307–8, 315, 317, 352–53
Cruz, Rafael, 316–17, 322, 349, 353
Cruz, Ted, 137, 156, 159, 162, 197, 251, 398, 561
ACA and shutdown of 2013 and, 169–70, 172, 174, 178–79, 182
ACA repeal and replace and House AHCA bill, 450
Convention 2016 and, 343, 349–53
early Trump administration and, 432
Fox News and, 308–12
future of GOP and, 611
minorities and, 277–78
National Enquirer on, 306–8, 314, 317
primaries of 2016 and, 170, 176, 210, 216–17, 226–27, 232–33, 266–67, 272–75, 277–84, 287–88, 290–97, 299–302, 306–18, 331, 336–37, 346–49, 358
Senate and, 345
Senate campaign of 2012 and, 167–69, 193, 281, 282
Senate campaign of 2018 and, 533–37, 545–47
trade and, 232–33
Trump and, 338, 343, 535–37
Trump endorsement by, 364
Trump victory and, 404, 408
Cuban Americans, 64, 224, 235
Cuccinelli, Ken, 267
Culberson, John, 537
cultural issues, 18, 37, 59–61, 76, 108–9, 121–22, 128–29, 172, 196, 213–14, 259–62, 326–28, 359–63, 404–6, 455–57, 465–73, 479–80, 504, 576, 581, 585–88, 593–96, 611–12
Cuomo, Mario, 221
Curbelo, Carlos, 544, 550
Curiel, Gonzalo, 334–36, 355
customs agents, 430
Cut, Cap and Balance plan, 103
Cyrus, Miley, 172
Czech Republic, 422
Daily Caller, 91
DailyKos, 78
Daily Stormer website, 515
Dale, Daniel, 537
Dallas Morning News, 120, 364
Daniels, Mitch, 99–100, 218
Daniels, Stormy (Stephanie Clifford), 306, 485–86, 488, 520, 557
Dannenfelser, Marjorie, 326, 432
dark money, 78
Davidson, Warren, 348, 398, 496–97, 512
Davis, Jordan, 468
Davis, Rick, 11, 28
Dawson, Katon, 50
Dayspring, Brad, 44
Dean, Howard, 66
death panels, 62
debt ceiling, 102–3, 104, 144–45, 153, 176–80, 182, 254
“deep state,” 443, 511, 514–15, 519, 525
Defense Department (Pentagon), 262, 429–30
Mattis and, 410–11, 430, 554–55
Defense of Marriage Act (1996), 172
defense spending, 88, 143, 153, 280, 498, 499, 568, 593
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), 207, 475, 590
Defund Obamacare Act (proposed), 169, 206, 517
deindustrialization, 257
Delaware, 80–83, 313
DeMint, Jim, 33, 45, 59–60, 66, 76–77, 79, 129, 142, 144, 164–65, 168–70, 216, 277, 309, 402–3, 410, 433, 457, 501–3, 552
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), 527
Democratic National Committee (DNC), 263, 421
emails hacked, 356, 370
Democratic National Convention (2016, Philadelphia), 354–55, 405
Democratic Party. See also House Democrats; Senate Democrats
abortion and, 404–5
ACA and, 62, 68–69, 70
Alabama Senate win and, 472
Arizona and, 260
base and, 482
Boehner as Speaker and, 106
Christie and, 285
criminal justice reform and, 562–53
Cruz-O’Rourke race of 2018 and, 545
donors and, 527, 535
elections of 2008 and, 37–39
elections of 2010 and, 72–73, 78–85
elections of 2012 and, 85, 124, 126, 127, 131, 136–37
elections of 2014 and, 196, 208
elections of 2016 and, 299–300, 358, 368, 370, 389, 391–92
elections of 2018 and, 6–7, 34, 483, 492, 503–4, 525–27, 531–36, 538–47, 575–79
elections of 2020 and, 575–78
Electoral College and, 577
energy policy and, 21
filibuster-proof majority and, 57, 67–68
financial crisis and, 28–29, 31–32, 34
GOP attacks on, 40, 140, 415, 513
Grand Bargain and, 105
House and Senate won by, in 2006, 16
House won by, in 2018, 6–7, 34, 527, 543–46, 553
immigration reform and, 17, 157, 160–61, 163
impeachment and, 6–7, 607–8
intraparty warfare and, 356
leftward shift of, 404–5, 575–78, 597–99
media and, 187
Mueller report and, 607–8
Muslim ban and, 430
Obama inauguration and, 42–43
race and, 469
Russian hacking of, 509
shutdown of 2013 and, 177
shutdown of 2018–19 and, 560–62, 567, 569, 583, 584, 589–90
southern white flight from, 129
stimulus and, 46–49, 51, 52, 54–55
suburban and educated voters and, 38
tax reform of 2017 and, 479
trade and, 299–300
Trump and, 244, 246, 531–32
Trump and internal dynamics of, 575–78
Trump inaugural and, 425–26
Trump-Russia link and, 421
wall and, 583–84, 589–90
Wisconsin and, 261
women voters and, 544
Democratic primaries
(2010), 66, 74
(2016), 299, 329–31
(2018), 493–95
(2020), 596–98
Democratic Socialists of America, 494, 532, 541, 575, 576
demographics, 61, 137, 259–60. See also specific voter types
brands gap, 405–6
elections of 2016 and, 398
elections of 2018 and, 533–35, 543–47, 578–80
gender gap, 136
geographic clustering, 3
GOP and, 609
Denver, 551
Denver Post, 196
“deplorables,” 362, 376, 598
deportations, 121, 130, 206, 231, 298, 332, 454, 475
Depp, Johnny, 586
Depression, 27
deregulation, 9, 131, 216, 506
DeSantis, Ron, 491, 542
DesJarlais, Scott, 347
Des Moines Register, 282–83, 362
Detroit News, 364
Devil’s Bargain (Green), 464
DeVos, Betsy, 406
Dewhurst, David, 168, 193
Dickerson, John, 540
disabled, 88, 262
Disney company, 313
dissidents, Russian, 270–71
diversity, 74, 143–44, 157–58, 235, 260, 405–6
Dixiecrats, 73
Dobson, James, 267
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (2010), 83, 346
Dolan, Cardinal Timothy, 253
Dole, Bob, 66, 137, 303–4, 348, 353
Domenech, Ben, 524
Donnelly, Joe, 539, 542
Do Not Ask What Good We Do (Draper), 45
Dow Jones Industrial Average, 32, 557
Draper, Robert, 45
DREAM Act, 138, 158–59
Drudge Report, 107
drug treatment, 17
Dukakis, Michael, 564
Duke, David, 320, 466
Duncan, Jeff, 151
Duncan, Mike, 49
Dunham, Lena, 404–5
Durbin, Dick, 49, 155, 563
earmarks, 58–59, 74, 255
earned-income credits, 257
Earnest, Mike, 123–24
E
astwood, Clint, 133
economic inequality, 248, 330, 503
economic issues, 10, 18, 62, 88, 123, 125, 128, 196, 229, 257, 261, 423–24, 504, 531, 553, 557–58, 574
economic nationalism, 419, 458
education, 15, 17, 218, 405–6, 543
Education Department, 79, 406
Edwards, John, 307
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 113
elderly, 16, 88
elections. See also Democratic primaries; Republican primaries; and specific candidates
(1948), 393
(1952), 136
(1974), 579
(1976), 303
(1984), 37, 137, 304
(1986), 162
(1988), 98, 303, 564
(1992), 323, 386, 406
(1994), 58
(1996), 137, 303, 404–5
(2000), vii–viii, 17, 99, 323–24, 392, 406
(2002), 551
(2004), vii, 15, 18, 66, 129, 133, 138, 394
(2006), 16, 21, 27
(2008), vii–xvii, 3, 4, 10, 19–39, 49, 61, 72, 116, 125, 130, 134–35, 137, 380, 394, 406, 524
(2009; gubernatorial), 67
(2010), 40, 64–85, 87, 102, 156–57, 193, 205, 545, 578
(2012), 4, 85, 93, 119–39, 154, 156–57, 167–68, 169, 180–82, 193, 204, 256, 380, 394, 534, 580
(2013; gubernatorial), 285
(2014), 187, 192–200, 208–11, 545
(2016), 35, 138, 195, 209, 299–300, 322–406, 409, 443–46, 458–59, 484–85, 509–13, 529, 534, 544, 577, 591, 595, 600, 604, 606–7, 610
(2017; Alabama Senate), 472
(2018), 475, 482, 490, 502–4, 518, 521, 525–53, 569, 571, 575–80
(2020), 478, 545, 547, 553, 565, 577–78, 597–99, 603–4, 607–8, 610–11
Electoral College, 37, 181, 322–24, 358–59, 391, 393–94, 397, 545–47, 577
electoral realignment, 544, 574–79. See also demographics
elites, 25, 39, 113, 261
Ellmers, Renee, 251
Emanuel, Rahm, 54–55, 68
Emanuel AME Church massacre, 229, 465, 468–69
Emmer, Tom, 578
“End, The” (Boehner memo), 203–4
energy, 21, 54, 454
Energy Department, 410
Englander, Chip, 226
entitlements, 38, 51, 104, 106, 118–19, 127–28, 132, 133, 178–79, 346, 399, 504, 569
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 518–19, 555
environmental regulations, 600
Erickson, Erick, 65, 178
ethanol subsidies, 278–79, 281
ethnic targeting, 18
Europe, 271
far right in, 331
refugee crisis and, 229
European Union, 495, 510
evangelical Christians, 99, 120–21, 217–218, 266, 275, 281–82, 312, 327–28, 338, 341–42, 381, 383, 431, 456, 475, 581. See also Christian right
Evangelical Executive Advisory Board, 327
E-Verify, 154
executive authority, 415–16, 496
executive orders, 346, 599
birthright citizenship, 537
Muslim ban, 429–30
regulation reduction, 431