50. “1992 Presidential Election: Clinton Victory Speech from Little Rock,” CNN, 3 November 1992.
Conclusion. Hope and Change
1. Gallup Organization cited in Scott Neuman, “Just How Independent Are Independent Voters?” NPR, 27 March 2012.
2. “Bush Closes Race, Assailing Gore on His Home Turf; Confident Aides Are Planning Celebration,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 7 November 2000.
3. Dana Milbank, “The Greens Refuse to Sing Dem Blues.” Washington Post, 8 November 2000, C8.
4. Ibid.
5. “TV Goof About Florida Contest Put Anchors Back to Square One,” New York Daily News, 8 November 2000, A1.
6. Kevin Sack and Frank Bruni, “Changing Circumstances: How Gore Stopped Short on His Way to Concede,” New York Times, 9 November 2000, A1.
7. Democratic National Convention, Boston, 27 July 2004.
8. For discussion of the “post-racial” society of the Obama era, see Thomas J. Sugrue, Not Even Past: Barack Obama and the Burden of Race (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2010).
9. The burgeoning field of the history of conservatism has made important insights into the long history of the movement and its New Deal roots. In particular, see Kim Phillips-Fein, Invisible Hands: The Businessmen’s Crusade Against the New Deal (New York: Norton, 2008).
INDEX
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Adams, John
Addams, Jane
Agnew, Spiro
Ailes, Roger
American Individualism. See also Hoover, Herbert
“Atari Democrats”
Atwater, Lee
American Railway Union
Babbitt, Bruce
Bailey, John
Begala, Paul
Bell, Alexander Graham
Bonus Expeditionary Force
Boorstin, Bob
Brooke, Edward
Brown, Edmund G. “Pat”
Brown, Jerry
Bryan, William Jennings
Buchanan, Patrick
“Bull Moose Party.” See Progressive Party
Bush, George H. W.; early life and career; Gulf War and; 1992 Republican primaries and; presidential debates and; vice-presidency of
Bush, George W.
Bush, Jeb
Caraway, Hattie
Carmichael, Stokely
Carter, Jimmy
Civil War, American
Clark, Champ
Cleveland, Grover
Clinton, Bill: early life and career; Little Rock campaign headquarters; 1992 Democratic primaries and; 1992 presidential debates and; vice-presidential pick
Clinton, Hillary Rodham; role in 1992 campaign; 2008 election and
Cable News Network (CNN)
Carville, James
Congress, U.S.; corruption in
Conventions, Democratic: of; of; of; of; of
Conventions, Republican: of; of; of; of
Coolidge, Calvin
Croly, Herbert
Cronkite, Walter
Cuomo, Mario
Daley, Richard J.
Debs, Eugene V.; early life; as union leader; 1912 election and; later career of
Democratic Leadership Council (DLC)
Democratic Party: issues and constituencies of; communications strategies of. See also Conventions, Democratic
Dennis, Rennie
Direct primary
Dole, Bob
Dominick, Pete
Dukakis, Michael
Edison, Thomas
Eighteenth Amendment. See Prohibition
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
Electronic Data Systems (EDS). See also Perot, H. Ross
Farley, James
Federal Reserve System
Flowers, Gennifer
Food Administration, U.S. See also Hoover, Herbert
Ford, Gerald
Ford, Henry
From, Al
Fulbright, William
Garner, John Nance
Gephardt, Richard
Gingrich, Newt
Goldwater, Barry
Gompers, Samuel
Gorbachev, Mikhail
Gore, Albert, Jr.; 2000 election and
Great Depression: origins of; rural areas and
Great Society. See also Johnson, Lyndon B.
Greenberg, Stan
Greenspan, Alan
Grunwald, Mandy
Gulf War
Harding, Warren
Harkin, Tom
Hart, Gary
Hayden, Tom
Hoffman, Abbie
Hofstadter, Richard
Hoover, Herbert; early life; economic policies of; media and; 1920 election and; relationship with Franklin Roosevelt; post-presidency career of; presidency of; as secretary of commerce; U.S. Food Administration and
Howe, Louis
Hulbert, Mary
Humphrey, Hubert
Jackson, Jesse
Jefferson, Thomas
Johnson, Hiram
Johnson, Lyndon B.,: African American voters and; domestic policies of; 1964 election and; 1968 primary campaign and; Vietnam War and
Jordan, Hamilton
Journalism. See media
Kennedy, Edward “Teddy”
Kennedy, John F.; 1960 election and
Kennedy, Robert F.: appeal to youth; assassination of; relationship with Lyndon Johnson
Kerrey, Bob
King, Larry
King, Rev. Martin Luther, Jr.
King, Rodney
Kirk, Claude
Ku Klux Klan
La Follette, Robert
Lewinsky, Monica
Long, Gillis
Lowenstein, Allard
MacArthur, Douglas
Malek, Fred
Mazur, Paul
McCarthy, Eugene
McCormick, “Colonel” Robert
McGovern, George
McKinley, William
McWilliams, Carey
Media: cable television; film; Internet; network television; newspapers; radio
Michelson, Charles
Mississippi River Flood of
Mitchell, John
Moley, Raymond
Mondale, Walter
“Morning in America”. See also Reagan, Ronald.
Nader, Ralph
National Governors’ Association
National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam (Mobe)
Neoliberalism
“New Freedom”. See also Wilson, Woodrow
“New Nationalism”. See also Roosevelt, Theodore
“New Politics”
Nineteenth Amendment. See Woman Suffrage
Nixon, Richard; anti-communism and; loss of California governor’s race; media strategies of; 1960 election and; 1968 Republican primaries and; 1968 general election victory; presidency
Nunn, Sam
Obama, Barack
Occupy Wall Street
“Operation Desert Storm.” See Gulf War.
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Perot, H. Ross; CNN appearances; early life and career; self-financed campaign of; infomercials; presidential debates and
Peters, Charles
Pinchot, Gifford
Phillips, Kevin
Populist Party
Progressive Party; convention of
“Progressivism”
Prohibition
Pullman Strike
Quayle, Dan
Raskob, John
Rather, Dan
Reagan, Ronald; 1980 election and; presidency of
Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)
Reed, Bruce
Republican Party: issues and constituencies of
Robb, Chuck
Rockefeller, Nelson
Rollins, Ed
Romney, George
Romney, Mitt
Roosevelt, Eleanor
Roosevelt, Franklin; economic policies of; early life; 1920 presidential campaign and; 1924 Democratic convention address; media and; as New York governor; polio and disability; relationship with Herbert Hoover
Roosevelt, Theodore; assassination attempt on; early life; later life and death; 1910 travels; 1912 fall campaign and; 1912 Republican primaries and; relationship with William H. Taft; Spanish-American War and; third-party candidacy of
Rubin, Jerry
Russell, Richard B.
Russert, Tim
Safire, William
Scheer, Robert
Smith, Al
Socialist Party
Spanish-American War
Steffens, Lincoln
Stephanopoulos, George
Stern, Howard
Stockdale, James
Taft, William Howard; early life; 1912 Republican primaries and; 1912 fall campaign and; post-presidential career of; pre-presidency career of; presidency of; relationship with Theodore Roosevelt
Tea Party
Thurmond, Strom
Tower, John
Treleaven, Harry
Truman, Harry S
Tsongas, Paul
Turner, Ted
Underwood, Oscar
University of California at Berkeley
Vietnam War; military draft and
Voter participation
Wallace, George
Walsh, Lawrence
“War Room”
Watergate scandal. See also Nixon, Richard
Watts (Los Angeles)
Welfare reform
“Welfare queen”. See also Reagan, Ronald
Wilson, Woodrow; early life; 1912 primaries and; 1912 fall campaign and; presidency of
Wheeler, Burton K.
Wilder, Douglas
Wirth, Timothy
Wright, Betsey
Woman suffrage
World War I
Yippies
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Just like a successful presidential campaign, this book would not have been possible without the support and encouragement of many people. I first thank my colleagues at the University of Washington Department of History, where this book got its start as the department’s annual public lecture series in the autumn of 2012. Thank you to John Findlay, for suggesting the idea in the first place, and to Lynn Thomas, who provided further resources and stellar leadership. Thanks also to Matt Erickson, Stefanie Starkovich, Bryce Barrick, as well as John Haslam and the crew from UWTV; their hard work made my job a lot easier. Randy Hodgins provided the sponsorship that allowed the lectures to be televised and, more generally, has helped make my job at the UW one of the best academic gigs around.
Additional people provided important support as the manuscript developed. John Findlay and William Rorabaugh provided helpful comments on early chapter drafts. Conversations with Brian Balogh, David M. Kennedy, Sid Milkis, and Julian Zelizer helped sharpen and frame my arguments. Kayla Schott-Bresler not only provided impeccable research assistance, but also provided insightful comments that made this book better. Many thanks go to the two readers from the University of Pennsylvania Press for their incisive reports and truly helpful suggestions. Last but not least, I must express my deep appreciation to my editor, Robert Lockhart. Bob’s sure hand guided this project from start to finish, from early conceptual conversations to spot-on final edits, providing consistent inspiration and encouragement. An author could not wish for a better experience than I have had with Bob and his colleagues at Penn Press.
Friends and family have supported me in countless other ways. My Arkansas family, including my parents Joel and Caroline Pugh and my uncle Bob Pugh, gave me a deep understanding of the politics of that state and region as well as teaching me the art of historical thinking. My parents-in-law, Frank and Marge O’Mara, have always cheered me on and made sure this working parent had the village she needed to get work done. I finished this book in the beautiful and peaceful setting of Harpswell, Maine, at the house of my fabulous sister-in-law Erin O’Mara. Thanks, Erin, for the hospitality and generosity this year and every year. The chief inspiration for this book came from my favorite former Congressional press secretary, Jeff O’Mara. Incisive critic, editor, and all-around idea man, Jeff persuaded me to continue on this excellent adventure, and I am so grateful he did. As always, his love and support makes everything possible, and everything better.
Pivotal Tuesdays is dedicated to my amazing daughters, Molly and Abigail O’Mara, who provide daily inspiration and exhilaration. Throughout this process, they’ve faithfully been asking, “Mama, is your book done yet?” Yes, girls, it now is done, and I hope you like it.
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