Rendezvous with Destiny: Ronald Reagan and the Campaign that Changed America

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by Shirley, Craig


  Flynn, Gerald, 426

  Ford, Betty, 203, 247, 255, 353, 556

  Ford, Gerald, 34, 56, 60, 97; 1976 presidential election and, 15–16, 17, 18, 86; 1976 Republican presidential nomination and, 12–13, 52; 1980 Democratic presidential nomination and, 190–91; 1980 presidential election and, 391, 483, 528, 556–57, 563; 1980 Republican convention and, 343–44; 1980 Republican presidential nomination and, 49, 56, 71, 75, 128, 173, 194–97, 201–3; Baker and, 71; Bush and, 71; Carter, attacks on of, 202; Eckerd College speech of, 194–95; Election Day 1980 and, 578; Iranian hostage crisis and, 528; New Hampshire and, 52; New Right and, 24; Panama Canal treaties and, 27; Reagan, Nancy, and, 13; Reagan and, 16–17, 605; Reagan running mate selection and, 3, 6–7, 7, 291, 301, 321, 335, 348, 349–63; Republican Party and, 18; Rose Garden strategy of, 17; Simon and, 251; Solzhenitsyn and, 585

  foreign policy: 1980 presidential election and, 310, 312–13; Bush and, 128, 331, 448; Carter and, 25, 34–35, 46, 115, 190, 215, 310, 481, 527; containment, 122, 590; détente, 2, 25, 117, 122, 196; Reagan and, 114, 117, 119, 122, 215, 273, 310, 312–13, 381–82; Republican Party and, 2, 328

  Founding Fathers, 320, 321, 380, 543, 596

  Frank, Barney, 24

  freedom, 2, 35, 73, 107, 304, 541, 586, 597

  Friedman, Milton, 31

  Fund, John, 386

  Fund for a Conservative Majority (FCM), 107, 191, 308, 603, 612–13

  fundraising. See campaign finance

  Gaddafi, Muammar al-, 525

  “gaffe issue,” 253

  Gailey, Phil, 439

  Galliano, Ralph, 107, 612

  Gallup polls, 76

  Gambling with History (Barrett), 438

  Gann, Paul, 31

  Garrick, Robert, 521

  Garth, David, 214, 453

  gas prices, 4, 94, 103

  gay rights. See homosexuality

  GE. See General Electric

  General Electric (GE), 10, 120

  General Motors, 253

  Georgia: 1980 Democratic presidential nomination and, 201; 1980 presidential election and, 564, 574; 1980 Republican presidential nomination and, 160; Bush and, 160

  Gergen, David, 258, 420, 438, 440, 447, 516, 529

  Germond, Jack, 37, 61, 80, 88, 122, 146, 236, 339, 346, 368, 372, 446, 451, 453, 477, 481, 511, 546, 600

  GI Bill, 252, 446

  Gillespie, Ed, 597–98

  Gingrich, Newt, 292, 473, 586, 587, 589–90

  Gizzi, John, 107, 612

  Gleason, Thomas, 467

  Glenn, John, 510

  Gold, Vic, 8, 38, 39, 56, 258–59, 260–61, 358

  Goldman, Peter, 587

  gold prices, 103

  Goldwater, Barry, 8, 18, 24, 36, 39, 73, 173, 179, 191, 194, 202, 211, 258, 305, 333, 337

  Goodman, Bobby, 139, 189, 226

  Good Morning America, 158, 258, 530

  GOP. See Republican Party

  Gorbachev, Mikhail, 586, 602

  Gore, Al, 434, 596

  Gosden, Linda, 112, 169

  government: abuses of power of, 6; business and, 25; Carter and, 20; corruption in, 567; dependence on, 15; Reagan and, 73, 185–86, 238–39, 395–96; regulation and, 21; shrinking, 2, 20, 395–96; spending and, 32, 238–39

  Graham, Billy, 276

  Gray, Bob, 457, 610

  Gray, Ed, 306

  “Great American Team,” 391

  Great Depression, 4, 7–8, 11, 79, 232, 235, 452, 588

  Great Society, 58

  Grebe, Mike, 235

  Greenfield, Jeff, 213, 573

  Greenfield, Meg, 244, 387

  Greenspan, Alan, 203, 352, 353, 357, 397, 452, 467

  Greenstein, Fred, 211, 238, 323

  Gregg, Hugh, 52, 93, 108, 122, 141, 142, 149, 155, 156, 157, 158

  Griffin, Robert, 361

  Gulag Archipelago, The (Solzhenitsyn), 44, 584, 613

  Gulick, Robert and Sally, 560

  gun control, 135, 144–45, 177–78, 192

  Haig, Alexander, 56, 69, 557

  Halper, Stefan, 129, 141, 259, 357, 360, 438, 610

  Hanley, Jim, 224

  Hanna, Mark, 584

  Hannaford, Peter, 384; 1976 presidential election and, 16; 1976 Republican presidential nomination and, 14, 15; 1980 presidential election and, 28, 512, 567–68, 592, 601; 1980 Republican presidential nomination and, 13, 23, 30, 40, 67, 83, 84, 127, 222, 313, 332, 333; CFTR and, 19; China and, 448; New Hampshire and, 151; Reagan running mate selection and, 354, 357; Sears and, 66, 123, 136–37, 166–69

  Harlow, Bryce, 290–91, 352

  Harmon, Herb, 173, 177

  Harriman, Averell, 321, 580

  Harriman, Pamela, 580

  Harris, Lou, 217, 392, 577

  Harris, Patricia, 457, 473, 476

  Harris survey, 30, 35, 76, 121, 201

  Hart, Peter, 505

  Harvard Crimson, 519

  Hatch, Orrin, 132, 165, 183

  Hatfield, Mark, Jr., 172

  Hawaii, 31, 490; 1980 presidential election and, 444; Carter and, 444

  Hayward, Barbara, 352

  health care, 60–61, 556

  Heath, Edward, 593

  Heckman, Bob, 107, 612

  Heffernan, Bart, 177

  Heitman, Betty, 328

  Helms, Jesse, 212–13, 257, 308, 323, 328, 329, 346, 347, 350, 371, 373, 585

  Herring, Joanne, 271, 273

  Hertzberg, Hendrik “Rick,” 415, 454

  Hilliard, William, 533, 536

  Hillman, Elsie, 249

  Hillyer, Quin, 371

  Hispanics, 388, 537, 569

  Hitler, Adolf, 154, 233, 240

  Hodsoll, Francis, 438

  Hoffa, Jimmy, 452, 495

  Hoitsma, Gary, 556

  Hollings, Fritz, 539

  Hollywood, 10, 118, 390, 401; Briggs Amendment (Proposition 6) and, 35; campaigning of celebrities and, 131–32; Communism in, 595; Reagan and, 10, 118, 120, 450

  homosexuality, 35, 43, 129, 179, 306, 346–47, 450, 491, 595

  Hooker, John Jay, 430

  Hooks, Benjamin, 348

  Hooley, Jim, 72, 124

  Hoover, Herbert, 2, 232, 380, 408, 580

  Hoover, J. Edgar, 423, 430–31

  House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC), 328, 422, 430–31, 435–36, 595

  House Republican Policy Committee, 440

  housing, 45, 227

  HUAC. See House Committee on Un-American Activities

  Human Events, 107, 158, 306, 359, 397, 439, 593

  humanitarianism, 9–10

  Human Life Amendment, 327

  human potential movement, 42

  human rights, 17, 46, 206, 542, 613

  Hume, Brit, 231, 573

  Humphrey, Gordon, 47, 124, 128, 150–51, 234, 394, 604, 605

  Humphrey, Hubert, 237, 337, 424

  Hunt, Al, 28, 244, 260, 353, 505

  Hunt, Nelson Bunker, 273

  Hunt, William Herbert, 273

  Idaho: 1980 presidential election and, 579

  “I Have a Rendezvous with Death” (Seeger), 8

  Iklé, Fred C., 215

  illegal immigration, 265

  Illinois: 1976 Republican presidential nomination and, 216; 1980 Democratic presidential nomination and, 217; 1980 presidential election and, 499, 564, 575; 1980 Republican presidential nomination and, 200–201, 203–4, 205–11, 213–17; Anderson and, 200–201, 205–8, 213–17

  incumbency, 6, 12, 393, 405, 461

  independents, 403

  Index of Leading Economic Indicators, 302

  Indiana: 1980 Republican presidential nomination and, 68–69

  inflation, 5, 22, 32, 35, 42, 45, 94, 124, 250, 302, 483–84, 522, 534–35, 535

  Ingraham, Laura, 386

  Intellectuals for Carter, 246

  Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI), 21

  International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 326, 452, 493–94, 517, 531

  International Business Council, 466
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br />   International Longshoremen, 467–68

  Iowa: 1976 Republican presidential nomination and, 86; 1980 Democratic presidential nomination and, 88, 100, 102–3; 1980 presidential election and, 579; 1980 Republican presidential nomination and, 6, 38, 40, 51, 68, 69–71, 77–80, 85–88, 91, 95–96, 98–109, 111; agriculture in, 79–80; Des Moines Register debate and, 98–99; New Hampshire and, 68

  Iran, 45–46, 46, 76, 89, 114, 115, 190, 402, 481

  Iranian hostage crisis, 63–64, 88, 92, 103, 119, 143, 176, 178, 206, 216, 217, 220, 225, 242, 245, 267–69, 277, 290, 310, 327, 382, 402, 472, 481, 508, 517–18, 521–22, 528, 537–38, 562–63, 594, 610

  Iran-Iraq War, 481

  Iraq, 481

  Irish Americans, 217, 230, 460

  Israel, 35, 190, 220, 503, 505, 534

  Issues and Answers, 238, 335

  Jackson, Henry “Scoop,” 394, 539

  Jackson, Jesse, 24, 53, 387–88, 576

  Jackson, Joni, 235

  Japan, 8, 30, 45

  Jarmin, Gary, 191–92

  Jarvis, Howard, 31

  Javits, Jacob, 3, 75, 196, 319, 464–65

  Jefferson, Thomas, 141, 521, 541

  Jennings, Jerry, 439

  Jennings, Peter, 572

  Jenrette, John, 552

  Jepsen, Roger, 96

  Jewish Americans, 82, 190, 192, 219–20, 230, 444, 460, 503, 520, 569, 580, 587

  Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Mich., 1, 5, 10, 11, 357

  John Birch Society, 97, 119, 529

  John Paul II, Pope, 529, 586

  Johnson, Haynes, 407

  Johnson, Lady Bird, 247

  Johnson, Lyndon B., 58, 60, 78, 97, 141, 171, 234, 272, 321, 336–37, 356, 406, 431, 520, 573

  Johnson, Nancy, 222

  Jordan, Hamilton, 30, 52, 64, 175, 225, 317, 404–5, 410, 415, 435, 445, 458, 468, 476, 481, 500, 506, 533, 548, 568–69, 570, 571, 576

  Jorgensen, Earle, 578

  Jorgensen, Marion, 578

  Justice Department, U.S., 398, 429, 432, 464, 495

  Kassebaum, Nancy Landon, 301

  Kaufman, Ron, 183, 291

  Keating, Charles H., Jr., 90, 126

  Keene, David: 1980 presidential election and, 28, 316; 1980 Republican presidential nomination and, 28, 39, 70, 92, 97, 118, 128, 170, 177, 184, 189, 191, 194, 196–97, 231, 257–59; Bush campaign and, 49; on Bush staff, 39; Deaver and, 39; Iowa and, 111; media and, 77; Nofziger and, 39; Reagan, Nancy, and, 316

  Kefauver, Estes, 59, 321

  Kemp, Jack, 69, 99, 113, 229, 292, 536; 1976 Republican presidential nomination and, 25; 1980 Republican convention and, 3, 4, 344, 346; 1980 Republican presidential nomination and, 32; as campaign spokesman, 74; “jobs-creation bill” and, 25; media and, 74; New Right and, 25; Reagan running mate selection and, 74–75, 227, 251, 301, 319, 329–30, 335, 346–47, 350, 373–74, 388; Republican platform and, 329; Sears and, 74–75; Sears, firing of and, 169; tax cuts and, 15, 25, 31, 48, 214, 238, 479

  Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Mo., 12

  Kennedy, Arthur, 588

  Kennedy, Edward “Ted,” 30, 60–61, 125, 396, 608; 1980 Democratic convention and, 408–13, 442; 1980 Democratic presidential nomination and, 46–47; 1980 presidential election and, 499–500; Alabama and, 177–78, 201; alcohol use and, 60; announcement of candidacy of, 61–62; campaign finance and, 106, 116; CBS documentary on, 62–63; Chappaquiddick and, 59–60, 63, 105–6, 134, 155, 177, 211, 224, 229, 410; Cleveland debate and, 548; Connecticut and, 223–24, 228–30; Corbin and, 429; Democratic Party and, 51, 133; Election Day 1980 and, 579; Florida and, 201; Georgia and, 201; health care and, 60–61; health of, 140; Illinois and, 211–12, 217; Iowa and, 88, 100, 102–3, 105–6; Iran and, 115; Iranian hostage crisis and, 64; labor unions and, 284; Maine and, 134; marriage of, 63, 159; Massachusetts and, 190, 193–94; media and, 61, 88; New Hampshire and, 46, 106, 116, 133–34, 142, 155, 159, 163–64; New York and, 223–24, 230; Pennsylvania and, 251–52, 261–62, 263–64; personal wealth of, 88; Reagan, attacks on by, 390, 411; Reagan, death of and, 588; staffing and, 61; Texas and, 274–75; Vermont and, 193–94; Wisconsin and, 236–37, 242

  Kennedy, Edward “Ted,” Jr., 409

  Kennedy, Ethel, 418, 419, 429, 441

  Kennedy, Jacqueline, 247, 301, 436

  Kennedy, Joan, 60, 62, 102–3, 159, 211, 212, 309, 409

  Kennedy, John F., 2, 8, 60, 102, 124–25, 234, 237, 257, 301, 334, 383, 409, 436, 590; American people and, 204; assassination of, 38, 171, 409, 431; Corbin and, 428–29; election of 1960 and, 425–26; health of, 141; Kennedy, Edward, and, 51; Korean War and, 5; running mate choice and, 321, 336–37, 356; tax cuts and, 15, 25, 252

  Kennedy, Joseph P., 61, 132, 432

  Kennedy, Kara, 409

  Kennedy, Patrick, 409

  Kennedy, Robert F., 60, 125, 298, 309, 334, 336–37, 409, 573, 579; assassination of, 433, 441; Corbin and, 103, 418, 424–30, 431, 432, 433

  Kennedy, Rose, 59

  Kentucky: 1976 Republican presidential nomination and, 12; 1980 presidential election and, 574

  KGB, 5

  Khachigian, Ken, 99, 453–54, 528, 567–68, 571, 581, 592

  Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah, 46, 63–64, 115, 130, 206, 217, 268, 293, 481, 550, 594

  “Killer Rabbit” incident, 50

  Kilpatrick, James J., 573

  Kinder, Lorelei, 112, 174, 603

  King, Martin Luther, Jr., 324, 506

  Kirk, Russell, 596

  Kirkland, Lane, 53, 557

  Kirkpatrick, Jeane, 523, 530, 613

  Kissinger, Henry, 56, 220–21, 305; 1980 presidential election and, 520; 1980 Republican convention and, 341, 344, 347; Cleveland debate and, 532; “co-presidency” and, 7; Election Day 1980 and, 575; Ford and, 195–96; Reagan administration and, 554; Reagan running mate selection and, 351, 352, 353, 355, 357, 360, 362; Republican platform and, 323; Solzhenitsyn and, 585

  Kitchen Cabinet, 15, 72, 83, 113, 308

  Kitchin, Lou, 174

  Klinge, Kenny, 87, 96, 174, 276, 388, 404, 521, 568, 604

  Klutznick, Philip M., 315

  Kobrinsky, Nathan and Anna, 420

  Koch, Ed, 219, 306, 505

  Kondracke, Morton, 270

  Kopechne, Mary Jo, 60, 105–6

  Koppel, Ted, 361, 551, 572

  Korean War, 5, 233

  Kraft, Tim, 88, 468, 611

  Kristol, Irving, 292, 371

  Ku Klux Klan (KKK), 388, 398, 424, 456, 457, 457–59, 474, 476

  Laar, Mart, 585

  labor, 10, 491–92

  Labor Department, U.S., 401

  labor unions, 79, 182, 587; Carter and, 456, 498; Corbin and, 419, 421–22, 436; Kennedy and, 284; Reagan and, 235, 284–85, 391, 456, 493–94, 521; Republican Party and, 452

  Laffer, Arthur, 25, 31, 69, 99, 238, 467

  Laird, Mel, 430

  Lake, Jim: 1980 presidential election and, 28; 1980 Republican presidential nomination and, 55, 67, 81, 82, 83, 96, 112, 115, 147, 148, 149, 306; New Hampshire and, 116, 151; Sears and, 28, 112–14, 135–37, 164–70, 174, 180–82

  Lake Placid Winter Olympics, 134, 137, 143, 145–46

  Lamb, Brian, 572

  Lance, Bert, 570

  Langdon, Bruce, 267, 562–63

  LaRouche, Lyndon, 163

  Lasch, Christopher, 47

  Laurence, John, 100

  Lavin, Frank, 613

  law and order, 21, 304

  Lawford, Pat, 409

  Laxalt, Paul, 291; 1980 presidential election and, 392; 1980 Republican convention and, 3; 1980 Republican presidential nomination and, 33, 34, 40, 84; Brock and, 27, 296, 314; Election Day 1980 and, 578; Iowa and, 95–96; New Hampshire and, 150, 151; Reagan, Nancy, and, 74, 251; Reagan and, 74; as Reagan campaign chairman, 40; Reagan running mate selection and, 3, 251, 319, 330–31, 351, 358, 361, 368–69, 376–77; Sears and, 34, 66, 74, 84, 113, 128, 136, 165, 166, 167, 169, 605

  leadership, xii, 22, 32, 318, 379, 541

  League of Women Voters, 1
15, 265, 446, 452, 463, 465, 478, 483, 509, 530–31, 533, 542

  LeBlanc, Dennis, 20

  Levin, Mark, 386

  Lewis, Drew, 9, 260, 265, 314, 389, 453, 557

  liberalism, 60, 116, 306, 413, 500, 605; Carter and, 49; collapse of, 31–32; conservatism vs., 21; Reagan and, 590, 595

  Liberal Party, 283

  libertarianism, 6, 24, 54, 94, 114, 129, 595

  Libya, 398, 464

  Lincoln, Abraham, 10, 141, 379, 582, 587, 590, 597

  Lodge, Henry Cabot, 133, 183

  Loeb, William, 38, 47, 104, 128, 131, 138, 158, 162

  Long, Mike, 283

  Longworth, Alice Roosevelt, 143–44

  Longworth, Nicholas, 144

  Los Angeles Times, 51, 66, 98, 112, 118, 119, 204, 240, 253, 254, 335, 393, 456, 468, 473, 484, 504, 582

  Lott, Trent, 292

  Louisiana: 1976 presidential election and, 16; 1980 Democratic presidential nomination and, 243; 1980 presidential election and, 458; 1980 Republican presidential nomination and, 243

  Lowery, Joseph, 523

  Luce, Clare Boothe, 308

  Lucey, David, 6

  Lucey, Jean, 446

  Lucey, Laurie, 420, 435, 608

  Lucey, Pat, 102–3, 237, 420, 608; 1980 presidential election and, 6; as Anderson running mate, 6, 436–37, 446, 451; Carter, undermining of and, 412–13; Corbin and, 425, 433, 434–35, 436–37, 446

  Lugar, Richard, 227, 251, 319, 330, 340

  Luntz, Frank, 386 Lyons, Jimmy, 359

  MacNelly, Jeff, 134, 387, 504

  Magnuson, Warren, 581

  Mahe, Eddie, 90, 118, 126, 198, 603

  Maine: 1980 Democratic presidential nomination and, 134; 1980 presidential election and, 444, 575; 1980 Republican presidential nomination and, 71–72

  malaise, 5, 10

  Manafort, Paul, 174, 531

  Manchester Union-Leader, 38, 47, 93, 104, 128, 133, 138, 149, 158, 597

  Marks, Justine, 608–9

  Marsh, John, 71, 353

  Marx, Karl, 331, 521

  Maryland, 191; Baker and, 191

  Mason, Morgan, 132

  Massachusetts: 1980 Democratic presidential nomination and, 193–94; 1980 presidential election and, 391–92, 575, 581; 1980 Republican presidential nomination and, 121, 183–84, 188–89, 192–93

  Matthews, Chris, 454

  Maxwell, John, 96

  McCarthy, Eugene, 93, 252, 501, 520

  McCarthy, Joe, 144, 422–23, 430, 436

  McCloskey, Pete, 483

  McConnell, John, 589

  McGovern, George, 171, 175, 201, 206, 212, 234, 322, 337, 391, 452, 581

  McGrory, Mary, 301, 351, 447, 481, 547

 

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