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Double Down: Game Change 2012

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by John Heilemann


  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, 154r />
  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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