Rove and, 196–98, 203
Tea Party and, 192
Christie, Mary Pat, 194–96, 198, 203, 205, 457
Christie, Sarah, 199
Christie, Todd, 349, 352, 354–55
Citizens’ Councils, 119, 120
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 27, 110, 114, 225, 304, 312
Cleaver, Emanuel, 37
climate change, 54, 56, 223, 293
cap-and-trade and, 14, 54, 56
Clinton, Bill, 12, 14, 30, 71, 74, 120, 127, 143, 172, 193, 206, 215, 224, 316, 382, 385, 410, 413, 453
Biden and, 74–75
Cain and, 207
Daniels as viewed by, 134
Democratic National Convention speech of, 376, 381, 384–89, 391
at Florida International University rally, 391–92
Hillary’s campaign and, 381–82
Obama and, 58–63, 377–80, 391, 428, 429, 430, 434, 459–60, 472–73
in Obama ad, 377
at Obama fund-raisers, 379–80
on Romney, 430
on Romney’s Bain experience, 319–20, 331
Sister Souljah and, 283
Clinton, Hillary, 3, 53, 59, 70, 127, 128, 215, 280, 381, 385
Bill’s role in campaign of, 381–82
campaign debt of, 378–79
job switch with Biden discussed, 75, 78
in New Hampshire primary of 2008, 425, 460
Obama’s relationship with, 470, 472, 473
Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), 381
Clooney, George, 264, 301
Clyburn, Jim, 39
Cohen, Michael, 129, 130
Cohen, William, 214
Colmes, Alan, 236
Confidence Men (Suskind), 46–47, 49, 83
contraception, 67–69, 84–85, 234, 275, 281, 282, 290, 292, 297
Conway, Kellyanne, 222, 238
Cooper, Justin, 384
Cornyn, John, 345
Corzine, Jon, 189, 196, 199, 202
Courage and Consequence (Rove), 114
Crist, Charlie, 103
Crawford, Jan, 337
Crowley, Candy, 3, 435, 444–45, 448–49
Cuomo, Mario, 208
Cutter, Stephanie, 50, 291–92, 337, 338
Daily Caller, 155, 170
Daily Show, The, 376
Daley, Bill, 15, 16, 21–23, 24–26, 32, 37, 39, 41, 49, 50, 51, 53, 57, 58, 66–70, 83–84
Biden and, 66–67, 77–78
Clinton staffers and, 61
contraceptives issue and, 67–69
Huntsman and, 152
political approach of, 67
resignation of, 83
Daley, Richard M., 15, 53
Daniels, Cheri, 133, 135–36, 157
Daniels, Meredith, 136
Daniels, Mitch, 105, 112, 116, 118, 121, 131–36, 150, 211, 276–78, 345, 347
Bush and, 134
Romney as viewed by, 132
Daschle, Tom, 413
David, Matt, 163, 212–14
Davis, Alison, 83
Davis, Fred, 154, 157–59, 163, 246
Ricketts Plan and, 304–8
Davis, Susan, 83
Dawson, Sam, 216, 217
debt ceiling, 25, 27, 36–38, 44, 51, 53–54, 74
Deepwater Horizon oil spill, 9, 100, 440
“Defeat of Barack Hussein Obama, The” (Ricketts Plan), 303–8, 311, 315
Defense of Marriage Act, 57, 68, 301
DeMint, Jim, 107
Democratic National Convention, 376, 377–78, 382–91
Biden’s speech at, 389–90
Bill Clinton’s speech at, 376, 381, 384–89, 391
Michelle Obama’s speech at, 383–84
Obama’s speech at, 382, 390–91
Des Moines Register, 229, 230, 233, 234, 236, 461
Detroit Free Press, 279
Dimon, Jamie, 28–29, 149
Dionne, E. J., 85
Dobson, James, 268
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, 13, 29, 59, 100, 421
Doherty, Sean, 332
Dolan, Timothy, 68, 69, 85
Dole, Bob, 89, 103, 117, 193, 231, 256, 276, 295, 405, 410
Donilon, Tom, 151–52
“don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, 17, 28, 301
Dowd, Matthew, 398
DREAM Act, 293–94, 327, 469
Dreams from My Father (Obama), 128–29
Druckenmiller, Stanley, 188, 194, 200, 205, 327
Drudge, Matt, 99, 256
D’Souza, Dinesh, 19–20, 305
Duckworth, Tammy, 383
Duenwald, Mary, 94
DuHaime, Mike, 190, 196–98, 202, 277
Dukakis, Michael, 181, 227, 260
Duncan, Arne, 298
Dunham, Ann, 11
Dunn, Anita, 3, 4, 50, 58, 82, 413, 415, 435, 436
quoted in Confidence Men, 47, 83
Dunn, Karen, 413, 443, 450
Early Show, The, 138–39, 237–38
Eastwood, Clint, 371–76, 382, 386, 411
Eastwood, Dina, 371
economy, 13, 27, 44, 78–79, 288–89, 321, 377, 380, 430, 435
Obama’s Osawatomie address and, 79–81, 85
Edmonds, Jane, 370
Edwards, Elizabeth, 97
Edwards, John, 103, 379, 405
Egypt, 393–98
Emanuel, Rahm, 15, 17, 27, 54, 66, 75, 308, 434
Biden and, 74
Gibbs and, 48
Huntsman and, 145–48
Michelle Obama and, 34
energy, 54, 56
Falco, Randy, 328–29
Fannie Mae, 256–57
Favre, Brett, 231
Favreau, Jon, 4, 20, 55, 79, 436
Democratic National Convention and, 383, 387, 391
White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner and, 21, 22
Fed Up! Our Fight to Save America from Washington (Perry), 173, 179–81
Fehrnstrom, Eric, 94, 95, 101, 109, 162, 272, 284, 375, 407
Feller, Ben, 152
Fernandez, Ray, 370
financial crisis of 2008–9, 4, 13, 93
Finlayson, Pam, 370
Fiorina, Carly, 159
First National Romney Victory Leadership Retreat, 323–24
fiscal stimulus, 17, 59, 71, 74, 100, 380
Flaherty, Peter, 109, 162, 272, 273, 282, 353, 445
Flanigan, Tim, 344
Fleischer, Ari, 362
Florida primary:
Gingrich in, 221, 258, 260, 275
Romney in, 110, 247, 254, 255, 258–61, 328, 343
Florio, Jim, 202
Fluke, Sandra, 283
Focus on the Family, 268
food stamps, 250, 407, 417
Forbes, 127
Ford, Gerald, 324, 413
Ford, Harold, Jr., 315, 321
Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 120
Forti, Carl, 225
Fox and Friends, 212, 224, 363–64, 455
Fox News, 10, 19, 114, 124, 127, 129, 164, 178–79, 222, 249, 365, 401, 445
Gingrich and, 232
Huckabee and, 123–26
Fox News Sunday, 119, 167, 186, 254
Foxx, Anthony, 383
Freddie Mac, 224, 228, 229, 255–57
Friess, Foster, 268
Frist, Bill, 132, 345
Gage, Katie Packer, 274, 279, 292
Game Change, 369
Gaspard, Patrick, 13, 31, 50, 52, 326, 380
Bill Clinton and, 58, 61
Booker and, 315–16
Gates, Robert, 22, 178
Gaylord, Joe, 216
gay marriage, 290
Biden and, 294, 295–96, 298–300
Defense of Marriage Act and, 57, 68, 301
Obama and, 57, 294, 296–301, 461
Portman and, 347, 348
Romney and, 300–301
Geithner, Carole, 37
Geithner, Tim, 29, 36–38
Gergen, David, 154
Giangreco, Pete, 303–4, 306–7
Gibbs, Robert, 14–16, 40, 47-48, 50, 54, 57, 64, 82-83, 312
Michelle Obama and, 34
Giffords, Gabrielle, 18
Gigot, Paul, 137
Gillespie, Ed, 95, 114, 325, 328, 353, 368, 394, 404, 405, 421, 422, 423, 426, 468, 469
Gingrich, Callista, 216, 217, 219, 228–30, 234, 247–48, 252, 257, 258, 265
Gingrich, Marianne, 252
Gingrich, Newt, 20, 26, 111–12, 121, 124, 173, 204, 215–22, 223–24, 227–35, 237–38, 240, 241, 245, 247–48, 250, 255, 257–59, 263, 265–70, 275, 277, 280, 346
Bachmann and, 228
in Florida primary, 221, 258, 260, 275
at Ham House, 253
in Iowa caucuses, 219, 221, 222, 232, 233, 235, 237
Las Vegas press conference of, 267, 269
lunar colony as passion of, 228, 256
Luntz and, 232–33
McCain’s view of, 243
museum visit of, 220
in New Hampshire primary, 221, 241, 247
Obama and, 215, 218–19, 250
Perry’s endorsement of, 251–52
political career of, 215
Romney and, 217–22, 223–24, 228–34, 237–38, 240, 241, 244–49, 251–54, 256–58, 260, 266, 267, 283
Romney’s debates with, 255–57
Santorum and, 258–59
in South Carolina primary, 219, 241, 247, 253–55, 257
speakership of, 215, 216, 219, 223, 255, 257–58
Trump and, 264–65
Winning Our Future and, 244–45, 248
Ginsberg, Ben, 226, 449
Gitcho, Gail, 265
Giuliani, Rudolph, 90, 99, 178, 186, 196, 247, 457
global warming, see climate change
Going Rogue (Palin), 98–99
Goldman Sachs, 256
Good Morning America, 129, 181
Gore, Al, 15, 30, 71, 181, 193, 223, 227, 405, 413, 435, 437, 459
Gorka, Rick, 342
government shutdown (1995), 224
government shutdown threat (2011), 18
Graham, Lindsey, 359
Grasso, Richard, 194
Greenberg, Hank, 194
Greenberg, Stan, 386
Greenspan, Alan, 14
Gregory, David, 131, 141, 192, 296, 315
Griffin, Ken, 188, 205
Grisolano, Larry, 50, 312, 317, 318, 326, 452
Guantánamo Bay, 56
Guggenheim, Davis, 62, 378
Hagel, Chuck, 214
Haight, David, 143, 144
Haley, Nikki, 100, 219, 408, 409
Hamby, Peter, 157
Hamill, Dorothy, 324
Hammond, R. C., 233
Haney, Franklin, 312
Hanks, Tom, 37
Hannity, 196, 308
Hannity, Sean, 169, 308, 366, 426
Hardball, 147
Harris, John, 218
Harstad, Paul, 426
Harwood, John, 210
Hatch Act, 141–42, 150, 154
Hayes, Lindsay, 272, 367
health care, 52, 59, 74, 100, 407
individual mandate in, 14, 106–7, 218
Obama’s plan for, see Affordable Care Act
Romney’s plan for, 14, 106–8, 115, 136–38, 218, 228, 238, 245, 259, 275, 414, 415, 421
Heritage Foundation, 14, 106–7
Heubusch, John, 200, 201
Hill, Erica, 138–39
Hispanics:
Obama and, 293–94, 469
Romney and, 293–94, 327–29, 343, 469
Hoffman, Reid, 429
homosexuality:
“don’t ask, don’t tell” and, 17, 28, 301
marriage and, see gay marriage
Santorum’s views on, 234
Horizon PAC, 153–55
Horton, Willie, 227
housing market, 13
Huckabee, Janet, 123, 125, 126
Huckabee, Mike, 91, 99, 105, 112, 116, 122–26, 130, 131, 186, 218, 225, 235, 263, 345
Barbour and, 122
in Iowa caucuses of 2008, 124
Rollins and, 123–26
Romney and, 122, 124
in South Carolina primary, 123–24
Trump and, 126–27
Huckabee, Sarah, 122
Huffington, Arianna, 163
Huffington Post, 182–83, 358–59
Hu Jintao, 151
Hume, Brit, 186, 384
Hunter, Rielle, 379
Huntsman, Abby, 149, 212, 214, 246
Huntsman, Jon, 140–64, 204, 211–14, 245, 246
as ambassador to China, 140, 146–48, 151–55, 161, 162
Anderson and, 147–52
Bloomberg and, 213
Cain and, 211
China documentary featuring, 149
David and, 163, 212–14
Davis and, 154, 157–59, 163, 246
drops out of race, 246
as independent candidate, 212–14
McCain and, 144–45, 161, 243
Mormon faith of, 142–43, 145, 146
Obama and, 147, 151–53, 155, 160
Romney and, 142–45, 149, 150, 154–57, 161–62, 243–44
Weaver and, 141–42, 145–47, 149–60, 163, 212, 214, 246
Wiles and, 156, 163
Huntsman, Jon, Sr., 143–45, 154, 155, 158–63, 246, 359
Huntsman, Karen, 143
Huntsman, Liddy, 149
Huntsman, Mary Anne, 149
Huntsman, Mary Kaye, 140–42, 145, 147, 149–50, 152, 154–56, 161–63, 211–13, 246
Hurricane Irene, 198–200
Hurricane Katrina, 117, 121
Hurricane Sandy, 455–56, 459, 466
Hurwitz, Sarah, 383
Hutchison, Kay Bailey, 172–73, 178
Icahn, Carl, 194
Immelt, Jeff, 52, 149
immigration, 223
DREAM Act and, 293–94, 327, 469
Obama and, 56, 294
Romney and, 186, 223, 241, 261, 290, 293–94, 327–29
Indianapolis Star, 133, 136
Iowa caucuses of 2008, 233
Huckabee in, 124
Obama in, 461
Romney in, 90, 91, 240
Iowa caucuses of 2012, 233
Gingrich in, 219, 221, 222, 232, 233, 235, 237
Romney in, 110, 111, 206, 221, 237, 239, 240, 242, 243, 251, 254, 259
Santorum in, 235–37, 239, 240, 247, 251, 259
Iraq War, 13, 59, 72, 129
Ireland, 23
Isaacson, Walter, 83
Israel, 56, 224, 266, 342
Ivins, Molly, 172
Jackson, Andrew, 250
Jackson, Garrett, 269, 399, 422
Jackson, Jesse, Sr., 39, 59
Jacobs, Irwin, 429
Jacobs, Joan, 429
Jarrett, Valerie, 14–17, 19, 29, 30, 39, 42, 50, 53, 57, 66, 83, 297, 380, 423, 425
anecdote involving Gibbs, Michelle Obama and, 47–48, 82–83
Clinton staffers and, 61
contraceptives issue and, 68
Huntsman and, 141, 147–48
Michelle Obama and, 34–36
Jay-Z, 37
Jenkins, John, 67
jobs, 42–43, 44, 320, 321
American Jobs Act, 44–45
unemployment, 13, 54, 320
Johnson, Boris, 341
Johnson, Lyndon, 40
Johnson, Rob, 173, 174, 184, 185, 216, 217
Johnson, Woody, 107, 190
Jones, Brian, 362–63
Jones, Paul Tudor, 188, 194, 205
Joyner, Tom, 431
Kantor, Jodi, 47–48, 64, 82–83
Kardashian, Kim, 184
Kasich, John, 24, 25, 118, 196, 457
Katzenberg, Jeffrey, 301, 313, 314, 429–30
Kaufman, Ron, 109, 115, 278, 366–67, 455, 465, 469
Kemp, Jack, 437
Kennedy, Anthony, 325
Kennedy, Edward “Ted,” 96, 100, 106, 2
18, 297, 314, 330, 414
Kennedy, John F., 281
Kenyon, Bill, 305–7
Kerrey, Bob, 234
Kerry, John, 193, 227, 290, 435, 436
in Obama’s debate preparations, 1–4, 414–16, 419, 435
Khosla, Vinod, 429
King, Gayle, 83
King, John, 167, 168, 252
Kissinger, Henry, 194–95
Klain, Ron, 3, 71, 75, 413–17, 419, 422, 424, 431, 432, 434–39, 441, 443, 446, 450
Biden and, 74, 75
Klein, Joel, 200, 329–30
Kobach, Kris, 294
Koch, Charles, 31, 32, 192, 313, 345
Koch, David, 31, 32, 192–94, 313, 345
Kramer, Orin, 28, 30, 32
Kravis, Henry, 149, 156
Kristol, William, 186, 323, 403, 423
Kroft, Steve, 398
Krugman, Paul, 37, 41, 46
Ku Klux Klan, 119, 120
LaBolt, Ben, 396
Landau, Chris, 344
Langone, Ken, 188, 323, 327, 328, 466
Christie and, 193–96, 198, 200, 203, 205
Obama as viewed by, 193–94
Romney and, 194, 205
Lasry, Marc, 28, 32, 33
Late Show with David Letterman, The, 401
Latinos, see Hispanics
Lauer, Matt, 340, 341
Leavitt, Mike, 143, 162, 246–47, 325, 344, 353, 402, 406, 407, 458
in War Council, 408–10
Ledbetter, Lilly, 383
Leder, Marc, 309–10
Lee, Jimmy, 157
Lehrer, Jim, 406, 422
Leno, Jay, 207, 452
Letterman, David, 401
Levin, Mark, 169
Lew, Jack, 84, 327, 380, 413, 437–38
Lewis, John, 39
Libya, 18
Benghazi attack in, 393–99, 414, 445–49, 453
Lieberman, Joe, 405
Limbaugh, Rush, 169, 217, 247, 273
Fluke and, 283
Perry and, 173
Lockhart, Joe, 384
Loeb, Daniel, 28, 29, 188, 205, 366
Los Angeles Times, 248
Love, Reggie, 30
Lovett, Jon, 21
Lugar, Richard, 131
Luntz, Frank, 232–33
MacFarlane, Seth, 429
Mack, John, 194
Madden, Kevin, 339, 373, 397
Maddow, Rachel, 365
Madoff, Bernie, 352
Malkin, Michelle, 19
Malt, Brad, 248, 249, 256
Maraniss, David, 46, 65
Marchionne, Sergio, 454
Margolis, Jim, 50
Martin, Greg, 454
Mastromonaco, Alyssa, 50
Matalin, Mary, 323
Matthews, Chris, 19, 147, 233, 423
McAuliffe, Terry, 379
McCain, Cindy, 156
McCain, John, 32, 102, 122, 128, 158, 244, 249, 256, 269, 289, 295, 321, 323, 361, 405, 444, 445, 457
Daniels and, 134–35
Gingrich as viewed by, 243
Huntsman and, 144–45, 161, 243
Palin selected as running mate by, 92, 344
Pawlenty and, 166
Romney and, 91–93, 99, 242–44
Santorum as viewed by, 243
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