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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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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