presidential campaign (1984), 58, 59, 60, 207
Morris, Dick, 107–9, 116
Moscow, author’s family background in, 13–14
Moseley Braun, Carol:
and presidential race, 135, 155
and U.S. Senate, 103, 104–6, 123, 124, 129, 131
Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, 115
Mubarak, Gamal, 406
Mubarak, Hosni, 406–7, 408–9
Mullen, Mike, 393, 394, 396
Murdoch, Rupert, 423, 424
Murphy, Mike, 128, 148, 149, 153
Murphy, Patrick, 427
Murray, Shailagh, 280–81
Musharraf, Pervez, 230
Muskie, Edmund, 252
Muslim Brotherhood, 408–9
Nagourney, Adam, 224
Napolitano, Janet, 398–99
NATO, 392, 403
Navy SEALs, 437–38
Neal, Steve, 51, 104
Nebraska, 264, 382
Nelson, Ben, 101, 380, 381–82
Nelson, Bill, 171
Nesbitt, Marty, 190, 275, 280
Netanyahu, Bibi, 292, 406, 446, 485
Nevada, 256, 262
New Democrats, 76
New Hampshire:
campaigns in, 216, 224, 475
polls in, 184, 252, 253–54
presidential primaries in, (1984), 58, 59; (2008), 248, 250–55, 262, 265
as swing state, 288
Newhouse, Richard, 120
New Orleans, and Hurricane Katrina, 169
New York, 262, 263
New York Times, 4, 230, 387
Nichols, Mike, 26
Nicholson, Marvin, 235, 247, 321, 468
Nixon, Richard M., 1, 22, 28
Nobel Peace Prize, 390, 400–402
Norris, John, 247
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 126, 266
North Carolina, 278–79, 281, 318, 456, 476
North Korea, 362, 411, 412
Nugent, Daniel, 35–36
Obama, Barack, 119–25, 153–62
achievements of, 349–50, 368, 415–16, 420, 421, 426, 430, 458, 483
agenda for change, 214–15, 228, 234, 274, 283, 289, 314, 415, 476, 483, 487
ambition of, 137, 163, 373
The Audacity of Hope, 184–86
and campaigning vs. governing, 217, 444, 445, 486
campaign team of, 205–8, 216, 220, 224, 226, 228, 232–33, 245–46, 247, 248, 263, 267–68, 431, 448, 475
as commander in chief, 390
comparisons with, 177–78, 203, 212
competitiveness of, 4, 121, 137, 202, 220
and compromise, 141, 345–46, 352, 354, 366, 373, 374–75, 385–86, 388–89, 481
convictions of, 123–24, 220, 359, 368, 372–73, 374, 376, 389, 421–22, 441, 445, 449, 459, 483, 485
and debates, 223–24, 229–32, 235–36, 241–42, 251, 309–13, 463–74
Dreams from My Father, 156, 164, 165, 241
at ease with people, 138–39, 182, 459, 470
and the economy, 229, 289, 307–12, 324, 327, 330, 331–35, 346, 348, 351–68, 403, 416, 428–29, 438, 439–40, 441, 442, 443, 446, 461, 473, 483, 486–87
and elections, 3–9, 319–23
expectations for, 316, 327, 354, 374, 416, 426, 439, 476, 483
family history of, 156, 318
and fund-raising, 168, 188, 219, 315
and health care, see health care
and his family, 5–6
and his grandmother, 317–18
inauguration (2009), 338–39
influence of, 167
logo for, 208–9, 316
media attention to, 204, 218–20, 222, 223–24, 243, 248, 250, 258, 265, 271–72, 275, 277, 355, 379, 400, 417, 443, 475
and Michelle, see Obama, Michelle Robinson
name of, 129, 153, 378
Nobel Peace Prize to, 390, 400–402
opponents of, 204, 384, 483
and party unity, 282–83, 287–89
political rise of, 9, 30, 137, 140–41, 145, 162, 222, 320–21
popularity of, 3–4, 219, 289, 316, 373, 389, 439, 462, 474
as possible presidential candidate, 22, 163–64, 171–73, 175, 181, 182–88, 190–202, 216
as possible senatorial candidate, 118, 120, 122–23
and possible victory, 194
preparing for presidential campaign, 204–11
as president-elect, 321–23, 324–35, 339
presidential primaries (2008), 6–7, 216–34, 235–49, 250–83, 315
and racial issues, 257–59, 270–71, 272–75, 282, 290, 378–79, 403, 484
and reelection, 427, 439–41, 442–59, 461–78
on the road, 242–43, 474
and running mate, 287–89, 295–99
Secret Service protection for, 282, 321, 322, 338
Senate race (2004), 123–25, 128–31, 135–39, 142–47, 154–55, 160–62, 178, 204, 322, 370
speeches of, 130, 141, 155–60, 164, 172, 209–10, 211, 213–15, 217, 226, 236–37, 239–40, 246, 250, 254–55, 273–75, 280, 283, 293–94, 300–302, 322–23, 338, 347, 380, 401, 405–6, 407–8, 440–41, 449, 451
as state senator, 121, 137, 139–41, 228, 290, 370
supporters of, 245–46, 248, 315–16, 451, 474
and transition period, 324–37
travel abroad, 168–69, 174, 182, 290–95, 307, 403–14, 451–52
on TV, 157, 163, 164, 170, 174–75, 185–87, 453
as U.S. Senator, 163–65, 166, 167–68, 171, 175, 181, 354, 370, 381
and voter registration drives, 119–20
and welfare reform, 121
and “Yes We Can!” slogan, 6, 143, 144, 147, 162, 283, 293, 321
Obama, Malia and Sasha, 5, 321, 401
Obama, Michelle Robinson, 120, 190–91
and Barack’s smoking habit, 210–11
and children’s nutrition law, 428, 430
and election, 321
and election campaigns, 4–6, 123, 136, 143, 171, 172, 182, 185–86, 190, 192–93, 199, 201, 204, 211, 234, 258–59, 276–77, 328, 444–45
supportiveness of, 164–65, 190
and transition period, 328
Occupy Wall Street, 449
O’Donnell, Lawrence, 468
Ogilvie, Richard, 56
Ohio, 266, 267, 268, 269, 320, 364, 456, 458
oil industry, 279–80
deep-sea drilling by, 418
oil spill, Gulf of Mexico, 416–19
O’Keefe, Kevin, 97
Olbermann, Keith, 429
Olmert, Ehud, 292
Orszag, Peter, 332, 333, 370
Owens, Jesse, 30
Owens, Valerie Biden, 297
Pakistan:
Al Qaeda in, 230, 244, 397
and bin Laden, 437–38
drone strikes in, 397
Palestine, and Israel, 63, 404, 405, 406, 446
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), 63
Palin, Sarah, 304–7, 314–15, 378
Palmer, Alice, 120–21, 137
Parker, Brad, 199–200
Parker, Dorothy, 16
Patrick, Deval, 176–78, 189, 203–4, 211
Paulson, Henry, 307, 309, 311, 354
Pawlenty, Tim, 437
Pazzi, Tom, 64
Pelosi, Nancy, 420–21
and DCCC, 178
and financial meltdown, 311
and health care, 371, 384, 388, 415
and JJ speakers, 237, 239
and midterm elections, 415
and Rahm, 178, 189, 371
Penn, Mark, 108–9, 116, 182,
206, 223, 237, 240
Pennsylvania, 268, 269, 272, 275–78, 458
Pentagon, as political player, 390–91, 393–94
Percy, Charles, 61, 63, 65–67
Peres, Shimon, 291
Perino, Dana, 336
Perriello, Tom, 427
Petraeus, David, 291, 420
Pfeiffer, Dan, 207–8, 417
Pfleger, Father Michael, 182
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), 374
Plouffe, David:
and AKPD Message and Media, 167, 177, 178, 198–99, 208
and author’s departure, 430–31
and DCCC, 199
and debates, 464, 466, 470, 472
and fund-raising, 246
and jobs report, 440
and Obama campaign (2008), 191, 192–93, 198–99, 200, 204, 208, 209, 224, 268, 287–88, 316
and primaries (2008), 219–20, 226, 232, 247, 258, 262, 266, 267, 315, 320, 321
and reelection campaign (2012), 452, 475, 476–77
and running mate selection, 295, 296, 299
and victory, 477
Plouffe, Olivia, 327
PM, 15–16
Podesta, John, 328
politics:
brinksmanship in, 438
exhilarating campaigns, 124
factionalism in, 380, 382–83, 416, 426, 438, 439, 482–83
grassroots, 221, 303, 315, 389
interest groups in, 63, 69, 103
issue-driven funding of, 63
machine of, 481
public disdain for, 375, 487–88
urban, 90–91
of Washington, 487
Powell, Colin, 395
president, as commander in chief, 390–97
presidential campaigns:
(1984), 58–61
(1988), 82–83
(1992), 63–64, 95–100
(1996), 206, 282
(2000), 197, 289
(2008), 6–7, 463, 474
(2012), 7, 9, 440–41, 442–78
presidential elections:
(1960), 27
(1964), 320
(1984), 68
(2008), 319–23
(2012), 3–9, 364, 474–78, 486
presidential primaries (2008), 216–34, 235–49, 250–83, 315
Project Vote, 119
Pucinski, Roman, 56
Putin, Vladimir, 410–13
Ralston, Jason, 234
Rattner, Steven, 362
Reagan, Ronald, 58, 422, 444, 481
in Berlin, 292, 293
and “city on a hill,” 65
and Cold War, 229
followers of, 63, 65, 66
presidency of, 75, 81, 82, 106
reelection campaign of, 63, 68
Reaganomics, 63, 66, 83, 482
Recovery Act, see American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Reed, Bruce, 461
Reid, Harry, 181, 295, 337, 345, 381, 384–85, 415
Reilly, Tom, 176
Republican National Convention (2012), 460
Republican Party:
opposition from, 6–7, 484; see also specific politicians
right wing control of, 427, 482
and Tea Party, 7, 315, 378–79, 380, 426, 427, 450, 460, 484
Reynolds, Mel, 120
Rezko, Tony, 271–72
Rhodes, Ben, 230, 293, 406, 413
Ribicoff, Abe, 19
Richardson, Bill, 250
Roberts, John, 170, 171, 420, 458
Roberts, Robin, 453
Robinson, Michelle, see Obama, Michelle Robinson
Rochon, Reynard, 88
Rodriguez, Matt, 253
Rolling Stone, 211, 419–20
Romer, Christina, 332, 333, 334, 357, 358
Romney, George, 450
Romney, Mitt:
and Bain, 454, 456, 468
and debates, 463–64, 467–68, 470, 472–74
and 47 percent, 462, 467, 468, 471
as governor of Massachusetts, 176, 453–54
and presidential campaign (2012), 4, 303, 450–51, 453–57, 459–60, 462, 472, 476–77
and presidential primary (2008), 176, 254, 303
and Tea Party, 450
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 115
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 379, 427
Roosevelt, Theodore, 8, 347, 449
Rose, Don, 33–34, 44–45
Rosewell, Ed, 48
Rostenkowski, Dan, 27, 106–7, 109, 481–82
Rostenkowski, Joe, 106
Rouse, Pete, 165–66
and Daschle, 165
and Nelson, 382
and Plouffe, 199
and presidential primaries (2008), 173, 175, 191, 193, 199, 207
and Roberts, 170
and transition period, 328, 329
Rove, Karl, 267, 349
Royko, Mike, 28, 33, 40, 52–53, 86, 103–4
Rubin, Doug, 176
Rubin, Robert, 309, 332
Ruemmler, Kathy, 458
Rule, Amy, 165
Rumsfeld, Donald H., 296, 300, 391
Rush, Bobby, 122, 129, 136
Rush, Huey, 122
Russert, Tim, 157–58, 164, 174–75, 185–87, 235–36, 258
Russia, Obama’s travel to, 168, 410–13
Ryan, George, 117
Ryan, Jack, 155, 161, 162
Ryan, Paul, 459–60, 470
Sadat, Anwar el-, 406
Saltzman, Bettylu, 119, 129, 245
Saltzman, Paul, 245
Sandburg, Carl, 79
Sarkozy, Nicolas, 425
Saudi Arabia:
arms sales to, 63
Obama’s trip to, 404–5
Sawyer, Eugene, 85, 88
Scarborough, Joe, 475
Schiliro, Phil, 376, 382, 384
Schoen, Doug, 107–8
Schommer, Debra, 101
Schumer, Chuck, 181
Sebelius, Kathleen, 295, 372
Secure Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF), 412
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), 309, 456
Senate Democratic Caucus, 337, 381, 384–85
September 11 attacks, 94, 123, 129, 269, 397, 399, 403, 404
Shaheen, Jeanne, 241
Shaheen, William “Billy,” 241–42
Sharpton, Rev. Al, 159
Sheehan, Michael, 158, 465–66
Shrum, Bob, 75, 79, 83, 104, 148, 320
Shuler, Heath, 179
Silver, Nate, 4
Silver, Sheldon, 301
Simas, David, 383
Simon, Jeanne, 60, 68
Simon, Paul:
death of, 144
and Dixon, 104
and governor’s race (1972), 28
and Obama, 121, 143–44, 145
presidential primary campaign (1988), 81–84, 183, 234
Senate campaigns of (1984), 59-61, 62-69, 75, 96; (1988), 83
as Senator, 73, 74
supporters of, 119
Simon, Sheila, 144
60 Minutes, 210, 366
Smith, Ben, 226
Smulevitz, Les, 127
Snowe, Olympia, 380–82
Social Security, 364–65
Somalia, drone strikes in, 397
Sotomayor, Sonia, 350
South Carolina:
polls in, 258–59
primary in (2008), 256–59
voters in, 224
South Dakota, 282
Specter, Arlen, 354
Sperling, Gene, 461
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Spitzer, Eliot, 236
Springsteen, Bruce, 475–76
Squier, Bob, 66, 67, 75, 117, 124
Squier, Knapp, and Dunn, 124
Squires, James D., 51, 52, 53, 59
Stabenow, Debbie, 363
“Star Spangled Banner, The,” 13
Stein, Andrew, 20, 22–23
Stephanopoulos, George:
and ABC News, 160
and Clinton, 99, 100, 109
and debates, 231
and exit polls, 258–59
and Katrina, 169–70
Stevens, Christopher, 471
Stevenson, Adlai E. II, 32
Stevenson, Adlai E. III, 75, 76–77
Stewart, Jon, 348
Stewart, Mitch, 226, 245, 247
stimulus plan, see American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Stone, I. F., 16
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), 411, 412, 428, 430, 483
Street, John F., 141–42
Streisand, Barbra, 423
Stroger, John, 137, 179, 180–81
Summers, Lawrence, 331–32, 368
and banking crisis, 356–60, 366
as economic adviser, 332
and financial crisis, 309, 333, 334, 337
and National Economic Council, 332
and stimulus plan, 334, 337
Supreme Court, U.S.:
and Affordable Health Care Act, 457–58
appointees to, 170, 350, 420
and campaign spending, 453
Swibel, Charles, 48
Syria, and ISIS, 396–97
Talev, Margaret, 422
Taliban, 392
Tanden, Neera, 116, 288
Taub, Richard, 26
Tea Party:
antigovernment absolutists in, 7, 484
consensus blocked by, 315, 438, 484
and midterm election (2010), 484
and racism, 378–79
Republican supporters of, 7, 315, 378–79, 380, 426, 427, 450, 460, 484
vitriol of, 378–79, 380
Terkel, Studs, 33
terrorism, 94, 123, 397–99, 403, 411, 471
Tewes, Paul, 226, 245, 247
Texas, 266, 267, 268, 269
Thomas, Clarence, 102, 104
Thompson, James R., 28, 75, 76, 77
Thornburgh, Dick, 96
Time, 187
Torricelli, Bob, 167
Trippi, Joe, 152
Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), 360, 362
Truman, Harry S, 32
Trump, Donald, 419
Tsunami Tuesday, 262–63
United Nations General Assembly, 423
University of Chicago, 23–24, 25–26, 28, 35, 38–39
Vietnam War, 21
Villager, 28–29
Village Voice, 28
Vilsack, Christie Bell, 111–12
Vilsack, Tom, 111–12, 127–28, 172, 182
Virginia, 264, 320
Voinovich, George, 91, 92, 93
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