2010 midterm election, 274
60 Minutes, 192
A
abortion, 192, 198, 220–21, 226, 234, 241, 257–58
legalization of, 123, 158, 187
partial-birth abortion, 241, 258
Acheson, Dean, 131
Adams, John Quincy, 54
affirmative action, 163, 181, 198, 226, 241, 273
Afghanistan, 170, 207, 260, 266, 281
Agency for International Development (AID), 267
Aguinaldo, Emilio, 243
Al Qaeda, 265–66
al-Awlaki, Anwar, 280
Albert, Carl, 190
Allen, Frederick Lewis, 73
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 111, 280
American Conservative Union, 173
American federalism, 17
American Federation of Labor (AFL), 86
American Heritage magazine, 146
American Revolution (see also: Revolutionary War), 82, 117
Americans with Disabilities Act, 231
Anderson, Patrick, 203
Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty, 179, 265
Antiquities Act of 1906, 242
Arab League, 210
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 254
Arthur, Chester, 135
Articles of Confederation, 13–14, 21
Assad, Hafez, 210
Atlantic Monthly, 62
Ayers, William, 273
B
Bagehot, Walter, 42
Baltimore Sun, 179
Barak, Ehud, 252
Barber, James David, 10
The Presidential Character, 10
Becerra, Xavier, 249
Becker, Carl, 83
Berlin, Isaiah, 48
Bernstein, Carl, 183
Biden, Joseph (“Joe”), 227, 253
Bill of Rights, 9, 70, 117, 215
Black Liberation Army, 251
Blackley, Ronald Henderson, 250
Blackmun, Harry, 187
Blitzer, Wolf, 248
Territory of Lies, 248
Borel, Art, 248
Borel, Doug, 248
Bourne, Peter, 203
Brandeis, Louis, 56, 92, 105, 113, 123
Braswell, Almon Glenn, 248
Breyer, Stephen, 257–58
Brinkley, David, 202
Brinkley, Douglas, 210
Britton, Nan, 73
Brown, Jerry, 253
Brown, O. J., 226
Brown, Scott, 278
Browne, Malcolm, 179
Homestead Act and, 27
Buck Island Reef, 242
Bureau of the Budget (see also: Office of Management and Budget), 65, 139
Burger, Warren, 187
Burke, Edmund, 42
Burns, James MacGregor, 112
Burton, Harold, 133
Bush, Barbara, 239
Bush, George H. W., 5–6, 132, 191, 229–35
domestic policy of, 231
economic policy of, 232
as education president, 231
foreign policy of, 210, 232–33
as moderate Republican, 229
Operation Desert Storm and, 233
Ronald Reagan and, 230–32
Supreme Court appointments of, 233–35
welfare and, 231
Bush, George Walker, 259–70
2000 election and, 16, 18, 261
compassionate conservatism of, 261–62
Constitution and, 268–70
“cowboy mannerisms” of, 259
economic policy of, 261–64
enhanced interrogation techniques and, 266
foreign policy of, 265–67
freedom agenda of, 267
Hurricane Katrina and, 263
Iraq war and, 210
McCain-Feingold campaign finance law and, 269–70
Medicare Part D and, 262
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act and, 262
September 11, 2001, attacks and, 222
signing statements of, 268–69, 284
Social Security reform and, 263
strategery and, 57
Supreme Court appointments of, 269–70
Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), 264
Butler, Pierce, 70
Byrnes, James F., 124
C
Caddell, Pat, 203
Calhoun, John C., 25
Cali Cartel, 249
Califano, Joseph, 204
California Coastal Commission, 242
Cannon, Lou, 192
Cardozo, Benjamin, 105–6
Carrizo Plain, 242
Carswell, G. Harrold, 187
Carter, Billy, 208
Carter, James Earl (“Jimmy”), 190, 201–11
balanced budget and, 203
Carter doctrine, 207
election cycle and, 201
energy and, 204
as engineer, 99
Gulf War and, 209
inflation and, 204–6
interpersonal skills of, 202–3
Iranian hostage crisis and, 208
Iraq War and, 210
malaise speech of, 205–6
national health insurance plan and, 204
Nobel Peace Prize of, 211
post-president actions of, 209–11
racism and, 202
Carter, Rosalynn, 238
Cato, 33
Cato Institute, 3
Chamberlain, John, 96
Chase, Chevy, 190
Cheney, Richard (“Dick”), 195, 210
Chicago Tribune, 202
Christmas bombing, 177–78
Chomsky, Noam, 251
Cisneros, Henry, 250
Citadel Federal Savings Bank, 248
civil rights, 66, 92, 125, 152, 158, 161–63, 166, 171–72, 181
Civil Rights Act of 1964, 162–63
Clarendon, 252
Clark, G. N., 71
Clark, Ramsey, 133, 165, 177, 208
Clark, Thomas (“Tom”), 132–33
Clarke, John H., 56
Cleveland, Grover, 28
Clinton library foundation, 252
Clinton Presidential Center, 255
Clinton Presidential Library and Museum, 255
Clinton, Chelsea, 245
Clinton, Hillary, 238–39, 246, 255
Liberation Theology and, 245
Clinton, Roger (“Headache”), 249
Clinton, William Jefferson (“Bill”), 237–58
Constitution and, 242–48, 257–58
“Don’t ask, don’t tell” and, 241
Fueraz Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN) and, 244
executive orders and, 239–41
Monica Lewinsky scandal and, 237, 244–46
presidential pardon and, 242–53
Supreme Court appointments of, 257–58
terrorism and, 244
triangulation strategy of, 261
two-for-one presidency of, 238
womanizing of, 237
Clough, Susan, 202
Coffelt, Leslie, 244
Collins, Susan, 280
Columbia University Law School, 92
Commager, Henry Steele, 78
Connally, John, 190
Constitution of the United States
death penalty in, 123, 143, 158, 171
interpretation of, 7, 9, 24, 45–46, 116, 143, 171, 199, 218, 225, 234, 258, 269, 284
as living document, 12, 45–46, 115–18, 123, 283
modern presidents and, 7, 29, 34
original intent of, 46, 199, 218, 258
Preamble of, 218
constitutional majority, 17–19, 260
constitutionalism, 10, 29, 34, 93, 115, 214, 223, 228
Coolidge, Calvin, 2, 62, 74, 77–93
autobiography of, 81
Boston police strike and, 86–87
business and, 79–80
Constitution and, 77, 81–82, 86, 90–91, 92–93
Declaration of Independence and, 82–83
education of, 81–82
farm relief and, 89
flood relief and, 90
foreign policy of, 90
judiciary and, 92–93
Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928 and, 90–91
liberal hatred of, 78–87, 90–92
“The Limitations of the Law,” 84, 93
misquotation of, 79
as model for Ronald Reagan, 87
“The Principles Fought for in the American Revolution,” 82
re-election and, 91
as “Silent Cal,” 78–79
taxes and, 66
Cox, Archibald, 183
Creel, George, 53
Cronkite, Walter, 152
Curtis, Edwin, 86
D
Daily Mirror, 178
Darwinism, 44–45
Daschle, Tom, 266
Daugherty, Harry, 71–72
Davis, Jefferson, 253
Davis, John W., 132
Davis-Bacon Act, 101–2
Dean, John, 59, 63, 65–66, 70, 73–74, 183
death penalty, 123, 143, 158, 171, 230
Debs, Eugene, 66
Declaration of Independence, 15, 42, 48, 82–83, 215, 222
Democrats, 11, 40, 67, 96, 121, 126, 128, 132, 141–42, 151, 155, 163, 176, 178, 183, 191, 198, 225, 227, 231, 241, 254, 263–64, 274
détente, 173, 179–80, 195–97, 206
Deutch, John, 250
Diggins, John Patrick, 213
Dirksen, Everett, 167
Dobrynin, Anatoly, 196
Dole, Bob, 9
Douglas, Helen Gahagan, 174
Douglass, Frederick, 171
Dukakis, Michael, 230
Duke of Wellington, 168
Duncan, Larry Lee, 248
Dunlop, Cyd, 243
E
economic bill of rights, 219–20
Eden, Anthony, 140
Ehrlichman, John, 184
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 97, 135–44
conservatism of, 141
Constitution and, 143–44
interstate highway system of, 142
as manager, 138–41
“mediocrity” of, 135–36
military background of, 135, 142
popularity of, 136
Suez Canal and, 140
Supreme Court appointments of, 142–44
television appearances of, 138
Electoral College
as “anti-democratic,” 16
deliberative majorities and, 16–19
Emanuel, Rahm, 274
Enron, 263
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 181, 188
Evans, Linda Sue, 251
Evans, M. Stanton, 173
Evening Telegraph, 215
Exner, Judith Campbell, 147
F
Fall, Albert, 71
Fall, Bernard, 168–69
“The Family,” 251
Fannie Mae, 264
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), 90
Federal Register, 181
Federal Reserve Bank, 37, 205, 220, 264
Felzenberg, Al, 135
takings clause of, 226
Fink, Gary, 202
First Amendment, 269
Fleming, Ian, 251
Fonda, Jane, 177
Forbes, Charles, 72
Ford, Betty, 190
character of, 189–90
Constitution and, 197–99
clumsiness of, 193
détente and, 180
Eastern Europe and, 195–97
Freedom of Information Act and, 198
Nixon pardon and, 191
rhetorical skills of, 192
stagflation and, 193–94
Supreme Court appointments of, 198–99
veto power and, 197–99
Vietnam War and, 194–97
Foreign Affairs, 207
Fortas, Abe, 170–71
Founders (see also: Founding Fathers)
branches of government and, 143
Congress and, 50, 54, 138, 268
constitutional philosophy of, 70, 199, 234, 258, 284, 286
individual rights and, 42, 48, 117, 283
liberty and, 47–49
political philosophy of, 46, 214, 222–23
presidency and, 1–35, 61, 137, 243, 269
tradition of, 42
Foxman, Abe, 170–71
Freddie Mac, 264
Friedman, Milton, 174
Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN), 244
G
Galbraith, John Kenneth, 154
Garner, John Nance, 103
Geneva Convention, 266
Gerry, Elbridge, 14
Giancana, Sam, 147
Gibson, Charlie, 276
Ginsberg, Ruth Bader, 257–58
Women’s Rights Law Reporter, 257
Ginsburg, Douglas, 227
Giuliani, Rudolph, 251
global warming, 265
Goldberg, Arthur, 158
Goldberg, Jonah, 52
Goldfinger, 251
Goldsmith, Jack, 280
Civil Rights Act and, 163
Gompers, Samuel, 86
Gore, Al, 4, 16, 18, 176, 260, 281
Governor’s Island, 242
Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, 242
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, 242
Grant, Ulysses S., 11
Great Depression, 66, 74, 89, 100, 111, 264
media presidency and, 96
New Deal and, 109
Green, Pincus “Pinky,” 251–53
Greenspan, Alan, 193
Greenstein, Fred I., 10, 136–37, 174
The Presidential Difference: Leadership Style from FDR to Clinton, 10
Gregory, Dick, 160
Guantanamo Bay detention center, 266, 279
Guardian, 178
Gulf of Tonkin, 167
H
Hackett, David, 164
Hamby, Alonzo, 129
Hamilton, Alexander, 15–16, 24, 42, 45, 82, 85, 93, 125, 224, 243, 254, 268, 271
Hand, Learned, 124
Hardball, 254
Harding, Warren G., 57–75, 77, 87–88, 96, 98, 139, 100, 215, 232
affairs and, 73–74
child labor legislation and, 67
civil rights and, 66
Constitution and, 69–70
foreign affairs and, 67–69
inaugural address of, 69
income tax rates and, 66
landslide election of, 60
Marion Star and, 75
media and, 63
modernization of government budget, 65
modesty of, 61
nomination of, 60–61
popularity of, 57
rumors and, 72–73
Washington Naval Conference of 1921 and, 68
Harkin, Tom, 253
Harlan, John Marshall, 143
Harrison, Benjamin, 31
Hatfield, Mark, 97
Havel, Vaclav, 195
Haynsworth, Clement, 187
Hearst, Patricia (“Patty”), 243, 250
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 42–45
Philosophy of History, 50
Helsinki Accords of 1975, 195–96
Hepburn Act, 32
Herbert, Bob, 253–54
Hesburgh, Theodore, 164
Hicks, John, 79
Republican Ascendancy, 79
Hill, Charles, 231
Hiss, Alger, 173–74
Ho Chi Minh, 168–69
Holmes, Oliver Wendell
Hoover, Herbert, 62–63, 95–106
American Individualism, 97
bonus army and, 99
Communism and, 95
Constitution and, 104–6
Davis-Bacon Act and, 101–2
free enterprise and, 97
free markets and, 97
Great Depression and, 96, 100, 102, 104
as orphan, 97
as secretary of commerce, 90–91, 95, 97
Smoot-Hawley tariff bill and, 102
Supreme Court appointments of, 105–6
Warren G. Harding and, 74–75
Hoover, Ike, 63
House, Edward, 39
housing bubble, 263–64
Hubbell, Webster, 250
Hughes, Charles Evans, 62, 70, 105
Hughes, Harold, 178
Human Life Review, 221
Hunt, Howard, 183
Hurricane Katrina, 263
Hussein, Saddam, 209–10, 233, 267
I
independent judiciary, 17
J
Jackson, Robert H., 124
Jacobson, Max (“Dr. Feelgood”), 148
Jefferson, Thomas, 14, 21, 24, 30, 42, 45, 48–49, 82–83, 85, 116, 186, 198, 217, 224, 239
Johnson, Andrew, 30–31, 58, 243
Johnson, Haynes, 79–80
Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 49, 157, 159–72, 176, 180, 183, 239, 248, 271
civil rights and, 161–63, 166, 172
Constitution and, 161
Great Society of, 162–66, 187, 274
political skills of, 159, 160–61
Supreme Court appointments of, 170–72
Vietnam syndrome and, 170
Vietnam War and, 166–70
War on Poverty and, 162–66
Johnson, Paul, 58, 61, 66, 95, 98, 100, 175
Jones, Paula Corbin, 245–46
Jordan, Hamilton, 254
Joseph, Peggy, 3
K
Kagan, Elena, 185
Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks, 242
Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928, 90–91
Kellogg, Frank, 91
Kelly, Michael, 252
Kennedy, Anthony, 227
Kennedy, Jackie, 147
Kennedy, John F., 145–58
assassination of, 39, 145, 147, 156–57, 159, 161
Berlin Wall and, 150
Cuban Missile Crisis and, 150–52
economic growth and, 153–54
foreign policy of, 149, 152, 157
health of, 148
management style of, 149
missile gap accusation, 142
myth surrounding, 145–46, 150, 156
Profiles in Courage, 146
Supreme Court appointments of, 158
Vietnam War and, 152
womanizing of, 147–48
tax cuts of, 153–55
Kennedy, Joseph P., 155
Kennedy, Robert, 151, 157, 163
Kennedy, Ted, 147, 204, 227, 257, 278
Keynes, John Maynard, 100, 153, 155, 193, 274
Khomeini, Rouhollah Mousavi, 208
Khrushchev, Nikita, 149–50
King Fahd, 210
King George III, 14–15
Kinsley, Michael, 243
Kissinger, Henry, 174–76, 189, 195–97, 206
Korean War, 125, 131–32, 140–41, 176
Krauthammer, Charles, 243, 253
Kunstler, William, 251
Kyoto Protocol, 265
L
La Opinion, 178
Lafitte, Jean, 243
Lane, Rose Wilder, 96
Lansing, Robert, 39
Lasater, Dan, 249
League of Nations, 38, 54, 67–68
Permanent Court of International Justice, 68
Leebaert, Derek, 136
Lemann, Nicholas, 163
Liddy, G. Gordon, 253
Lieberman, Joe, 151
limited government, 2, 4, 44, 46, 105, 141, 214, 261
Lincoln, Abraham, 31, 69, 83, 144, 145, 162, 176, 190–91, 213, 217, 221, 224, 239, 241, 244
Lloyd, Gordon, 103
Second Treatise on Government, 222
Longworth, Alice Roosevelt, 57
Louisiana Purchase, 224
Lowden, Frank, 60
M
MacArthur, Douglas, 125
Madison, James, 24–25, 41–42, 45, 239, 243, 286
presidential speeches of, 30
Mansfield, Mike, 162
Marshall Plan, 131
Marshall, Thomas, 39
Matthews, Chris, 254
May 19 Communist Organization, 251
Mayorkas, Alejandro, 249
McCain-Feingold campaign finance law, 269–70
McCarthy, Eugene
McCarthy, Joseph (“Joe”), 96, 151, 170
McCullough, David, 127
McDonald, Forrest, 11, 14, 21–22, 255
The American Presidency: An Intellectual History, 11, 255
Constitutional History of the United States, 14
McDougal, Susan, 250
McGovern, George, 175, 178, 184
McKinley, William, 8, 11, 146, 154, 244
McNamara, Robert, 167–68
McReynolds, James C., 55–56
Medicare Part D, 262
Meese, Edwin, 217–18
middle class, 110, 136, 278–79
Miers, Harriett, 269
Milken, Michael, 248
Milkis, Sidney, 11
Presidential Greatness, 11
Minidoka Internment, 242
Minton, Sherman, 133
Mitford, Jessica, 245
Mitterrand, Francois, 210
Mixner, David, 241
modern presidency, 1, 4, 10, 12, 29–33, 35, 57, 107, 285
Mohammed, Khalid Sheikh, 266, 279
Mondale, Walter, 206
Monroe Doctrine, 261
Monroe, Marilyn, 147
Moorer, Thomas, 177
Morison, Samuel Loring, 250
Morris, Kenneth, 202
Morrison, Toni, 238
Morrow, Lance, 209–10
Morse, Anson, 82
Moynihan, Daniel Patrick (“Pat”), 159, 191
Mubarak, Hosni, 210
Mulroney, Brian, 210
Murphy, Frank, 123
Murray, Robert K., 65
The Harding Era, 65
N
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 171
Napolitano, Janet, 280
Nasser, Gamal, 140
National Recovery Administration (NRA), 112, 119
National Security Act, 223
National Security Council (NSC), 139, 196
National Broadcasting Company (NBC), 3, 202
Neustadt, Richard E., 10
Presidential Power and Modern Presidents, 10
Nevins, Allan, 78
New Republic, 254
New York Observer, 254
Newsweek, 197
Ngo Dinh Diem, 152
Nixon, Richard, 96–97, 104, 151, 173–88
anti-ballistic missile (ABM) treaty of 1972 and, 179
character of, 174–75
Christmas bombing and, 177–78
civil rights and, 181
domestic policy of, 173, 180–81
Endangered Species Act and, 188
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and, 181, 188
federal regulation and, 181
federal spending and, 180
Memoirs of Richard Nixon, 185
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and, 181
resignation of, 183
“secret plan” of, 176
Supreme Court nominations and, 9
as vice president, 136
Vietnam War and, 170
as wartime president, 176
Watergate scandal and, 59
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, 262
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 131, 140, 149, 282
North, Oliver, 225
Will It Liberate?, 245
O
O’Connor, Sandra Day, 226–27, 269
O’Neill, Jonathan, 218
Obama, Barack Hussein, 271–86
academic background of, 279, 282
Afghanistan and, 281
apology tour of, 127, 271, 281
as community organizer, 279
defense policy of, 282
federal deficit and, 101, 275, 285
foreign policy of, 279–82
fourth wave ambitions of, 273–76
“hope and change” and, 4, 34, 271
inauguration of, 220
Israel and, 282
“Joe the Plumber” and, 276
Libya and, 282
as messiah figure, 272
meaning of name, 272
middle class and, 278–79
narcissism of, 272
Nobel Peace Prize of, 281
Obamacare and, 24, 277, 283, 285
shovel-ready projects of, 274–75
signing statements and, 269
socialism of, 276–77
Supreme Court appointments of, 9, 285
war on terror and, 260
Woodrow Wilson and, 41, 53, 55, 273–74, 282–83, 285–86
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), 181, 188
Occupy Wall Street, 277
Office of Management and Budget (see also: Bureau of the Budget), 65
Operation Desert Storm, 233
Oswald, Lee Harvey, 157
Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court, 55
P
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), 208, 265
Paul, Ron, 29
Paulson, Henry, 264
Peltier, Leonard, 248
People United to Save Humanity (PUSH), 250
Perot, Ross, 5
Peters, Andrew, 86
Pham Van Dong, 168
Philadelphia Convention of 1787, 14–16, 19–20, 41–42
Philadelphia Record, 99
Phillips, Carrie, 73
Piereson, James, 156–57
Camelot and the Cultural Revolution, 156
Pollard, Jonathan, 248
Pompey’s Pillar, 242
Powell, Lewis, 187–88
as commander in chief, 3, 19–20, 221, 282
Constitution and, 10–12
executive orders and, 239–40
Founding Fathers and, 13–35
modern understanding, 1, 4–5, 7–10, 12, 29–33, 35, 57, 107, 285
national security and, 7, 24, 223, 268
popular election and, 16–18
powers of, 9, 11, 15, 24, 32, 132, 186, 239, 268
prerogative power of, 221–25, 268, 284–85
presidential pardon, 242, 247–50, 257
self-government and, 2
unitary executive and, 19, 268
presidential romantics, 3
Q
Queen’s speech, 33
Quinn, Jack, 252
R
Randolph, Eleanor, 202
Ravenel, Charles D., 249
Ray, Robert, 246
Reagan, Ronald, 213–28
Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation, 221
air traffic controllers’ strike, 87
Berlin Wall and, 214
bully pulpit of, 4
Cold War and, 213
Constitution and, 214–15, 217–28
economic bill of rights of, 219–20
foreign policy of, 214, 222, 225
Franklin D. Roosevelt and, 108, 114, 214, 217, 219
as “great communicator,” 34
Helsinki Accords and, 195
Iran-Contra scandal, 221–22, 225, 243, 268
limited government view of, 2, 181, 214
New Deal and, 109
political skill of, 38
Supreme Court and, 218, 221, 225
Supreme Court appointments of, 188, 226–28
supply-side economics of, 87, 102, 154
underestimation of, 62
Red Guerrilla Resistance, 251
Reed, Stanley Forman, 123
Reeves, Richard, 146
Regan, Don, 238
Rehnquist, William, 188, 226, 269
Reno, Janet, 244
Republicans, 7, 11, 38. 40, 109, 117, 121, 123, 125–26, 128, 133, 163, 183, 190–91, 194, 231, 245, 156, 262–64
Reston, James, 157
Revolutionary War (see also: American Revolution), 21
Reynolds, Mel, 250
Rich, Denise, 252
Rich, Marc, 252–53
Riddle, Howard Winfield, 248
Riley, Richard Wilson, 250
Rivers, Dorothy, 250
Robenhalt, James David, 57, 59
Roberts, Owen, 105
Roche, John P., 168–69
Rockefeller, Nelson, 190–92
Romero-Barcelo, Carlos, 244
Romney, George, 197
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 238
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 107–24
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) and, 112
American founding and, 115–16, 124
“brains trust” of, 112
bureaucracy and, 110
character of, 122
class warfare and, 114
Commonwealth Club speech of, 115, 117
Constitution and, 7–8, 107, 109, 112, 115–17, 119–20, 122–24
court-packing initiative of, 104–5, 115, 120–24, 133, 285
death of, 126
Democratic Party and, 107, 109–10, 121, 126–28
economic Bill of Rights of, 117
as elected monarch, 15–16
executive orders of, 239
Great Depression and, 89, 107, 109, 111, 114
as great president, 213
Herbert Hoover and, 103
history and, 2
inconsistency of, 111
individual enterprise and, 110
individual property rights and, 117
National Recovery Administration (NRA) and, 112
New Deal and, 55, 70, 109–10, 112–15, 118, 121, 123–24
pragmatism of, 112
public employee unions and, 110
religion and, 111
Social Security and, 109
welfare state and, 116–17
Woodrow Wilson and, 49
World War II and, 111–12, 114, 122, 124
Roosevelt, James, 141
Roosevelt, Theodore, 5, 31–32, 41, 55, 60, 98, 107, 146, 224, 243
Rosenberg, Ethel, 123
Rosenberg, Julius, 123
Rosenberg, Susan, 251
Rostenkowski, Dan (“Rosty”), 247
Roth, Melissa, 255–56
Rudman, Warren, 234
Rumsfeld, Donald, 195
Russell, Francis, 60–61
Rutledge, Wiley, 124
S
Safire, William, 192
Sanford, Edward T., 70
Sarandon, Susan, 248
Sarbanes-Oxley law, 262
Scalia, Antonin, 227
Schaffer, Archie, 248
Schlesinger, Arthur, 11, 87, 203
The Age of Roosevelt, 87
The Imperial Presidency, 11
Schneider, William, 230
Seaborn, Blair, 168
Second Amendment, 258
Senate, 17, 20, 38, 54, 58, 67–68, 72–73, 86, 92, 120–21, 146, 151, 159–62, 167, 174, 183, 187, 220, 222, 225, 227, 249, 253, 262, 277–78
September 11 terrorist attacks, 222, 259–61, 265
Shaw, Ben, 215
Sherrill, Robert, 160
Shultz, George, 231
Silver, Thomas B., 84
Simon, William, 193
Sister Souljah, 256
Smith, William French, 227
Smoot-Hawley tariff bill, 102
Sobel, Robert, 90
Social Security, 55, 106, 109, 141, 180, 256–57, 263
Solyndra, 275
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr, 195–96
The Gulag Archipelago, 196
Sonoran Desert, 242
Sotomayor, Sonia, 285
South Vietnam, 152, 169, 177, 179, 194–95
Staats, Elmer, 164
Starr Report, 246
Starr, John Robert, 254
state of the union speech, 32–33, 53, 219
Statue of Liberty, 242
Stein, Herbert, 180
Stephanopoulous, George, 238
Stevens, John Paul, 198–99
Sullivan, Andrew, 254
Sununu, John, 234
supply-side economics, 87, 102, 154–55, 229
Bowers v. Hardwick, 158
Brown v. Board of Education, 171
Bush v. Gore, 198
Chevron v. NRDC, 198
Communication Workers v. Beck, 241
Cooper v. Aaron, 143
Dred Scott v. Sandford, 187, 221
Gitlow v. New York, 70
Griswold v. Connecticut, 123
Kelo v. City of New London, 226
Korematsu v. United States, 122
revolution of 1937 and, 105, 122
Roe v. Wade, 123, 158, 187, 220–21, 226, 257
University of California v. Bakke, 188
Wickard v. Filburn, 124
Sutherland, George, 70
Symbionese Liberation Army, 243
T
Taft, Robert, 140
Tenth Amendment, 9
Thomas, Norman, 60
Thomasson, Patsy, 249
Thurmond, Strom, 17
Torresola, Griselio, 244
Treuhaft, Robert, 245
Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), 264
Truman, Bess, 244
Truman, Harry, 5, 58, 124, 125–33, 260
assassination attempt against, 244, 253
Cold War and, 130, 131–32, 151
Communism and, 130–31
Constitution and, 132–33
diplomatic recognition of the Vatican and, 130–31
Dwight D. Eisenhower and, 141
education of, 129–31
executive power and, 125, 132–33
foreign policy and, 131–32
interest in history of, 129
National Security Council (NSC) and, 139
re-election of, 6
religious sentiment of, 129–30
Supreme Court appointments and, 132–33, 142
Winston Churchill and, 125–26
Tucker, Robert, 208
Tugwell, Rexford, 103, 112, 115
Tulis, Jeffrey, 31
Tutu, Desmond, 248
Twenty-second Amendment, 23
tyranny of the majority, 14, 16–17
Tyson Foods, 248
U
Barack Obama and, 283–84
budget and, 25–27
Constitution and, 11
foreign policy and, 225
Franklin D. Roosevelt and, 119–20
Gerald Ford and, 190–91, 194, 197, 199
George W. Bush and, 263–64, 268
as most important branch of government, 2
power to declare war of, 20
Richard Nixon and, 185–86
Ronald Reagan and, 217, 219–20, 222–23
War Powers Act and, 184
Warren Harding and, 74
Woodrow Wilson and, 38, 45, 49, 53–54
UN Security Council, 210
Upper Missouri Breaks, 242
V
Versailles Treaty, 68
Vietnam War, 243
antiwar movement and, 176
“carpet bombing” of, 178
Lyndon B. Johnson and, 162, 166–70
Richard Nixon and, 177
“Rolling Thunder” and, 168
strategy of, 152
Tet Offensive, 169–70
Vignali, Carlos Anibal, 249–50
Vignali, Horacio, 249–50
Villaraigosa, Antonio, 250
Vinson, Frederick, 133
Virgin Islands Coral Reef, 242
Volcker, Paul, 205
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Wallace, Henry, 126
Walsh, Joan, 273
Walthall, Denton, 5
War of 1812, 261
Ward, Peter, 179
Warmath, Billy Wayne, 248
Washington Post, 79, 178, 183, 224
Washington, George, 7, 129, 243
character of, 19–24
executive orders of, 239
Farewell Address of, 67
first inaugural address of, 8
as first president, 20
national bank and, 24
speeches of, 30
veto power and, 23
waterboarding, 266
Watergate, 59, 173–74, 179, 182–87, 190, 192, 196, 199, 201, 225, 247, 253
Standard Heroic Account of, 182–83
Wattenberg, Ben, 239
weapons of mass destruction (WMD), 267
Weather Underground, 251
Weinberger, Caspar, 243
Weinig, Harvey, 249
Weyrich, Paul, 230
Whiskey Rebellion, 243
Whittaker, Charles, 143
whiz kids, 167–68
Wicker, Tom, 178
Wildavsky, Aaron, 230
Wilentz, Sean, 213
Wills, Gary, 136
Wilson, Woodrow, 37–56
academic background of, 42, 282
arrogance of, 53–56
Barack Obama and, 274, 283, 285
Birth of a Nation and, 39
bureaucracy and, 51–53
Congressional Government, 42, 44
as conservative, 39–41
Constitution and, 7–8, 30, 69, 77, 214, 239
Declaration of Independence, 42, 48
direct election of senators and, 37
elitism of, 51–52
Federal Reserve Bank and, 37
Federal Trade Commission and, 37
foreign policy of, 54
Founders and, 42, 45–50, 54, 58, 61
friends of, 39
history and, 2
individual freedom and, 43, 47–48
“Leaders of Men” and, 50
League of Nations and, 38, 54, 67–68
media and, 63
modern presidency and, 32, 61, 107
philosophical ideas of, 41–46, 48, 53, 55–56
racism of, 67
state of the union address and, 32–33, 53
The State, 42
statolatry and, 52
Supreme Court and, 54–56
Wilsonianism, 38
World War I and, 37–38, 40, 53–54, 65–66
Women’s Rights Project, 257
Wood, Leonard, 60
Woodward, Bob, 183
World War I, 37–38, 40, 53–54, 65–66, 88–90, 95–97, 99, 102, 127, 141
World War II, 107, 111–12, 114, 122, 124, 127, 131, 135, 141, 149–50, 158, 160, 182, 229, 265, 281
Wright, Jeremiah, 273
Wurzelbacher, Joseph (Joe the Plumber), 276