Young Guns : A New Generation of Conservative Leaders (28 page)

Nebraska: “Cornhusker Kickback” for,
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Netanyahu, Benjamin,
82

New Deal,
9

New Jersey: elections of 2009 in,
65
–66,
96
,
178
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New York City: terrorism in,
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New York Times
,
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,
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,
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–83

“no,”
45
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,
147

North Korea,
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“nuclear option,”
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nuclear weapons,
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–80,
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Obama, Barack: advisers to,
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approval ratings of,
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–54

and bipartisanship,
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,
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Cairo speech of,
83

and cap-and-trade bill,
61

as centrist,
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,
130

and change,
130

and debt,
100

election comment of,
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and elections of 2008,
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–68

as far-left,
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–8

and health care,
100

and hope for change,
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,
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and House Republican retreat,
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–92

House Republican Working Group meeting with,
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–52

Illinois award for,
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inauguration of,
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,
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–44,
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and Iraq War,
85

lack of focus on spending of,
135

partisanship of,
52

popularity of,
58

promise to change Washington ways of,
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and size of government,
63

and stimulus bill,
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Obamacare.
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health care

Obey, David,
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oil: dependence on foreign,
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Olmert, Ehud,
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Olson, Pete,
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one-party rule,
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–26,
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opportunity: and America as land of promise,
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and American Dream,
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and American exceptionalism,
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and anxiety about future of America,
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Cantor’s belief in,
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,
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and Cantor’s childhood and youth,
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and Cantor’s vision of America,
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and choices for America’s future,
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and Democrats’ views of America,
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to direct change to make America great,
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–34

and elections of 2009,
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equal,
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10

and goal of government,
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health-care reform as missed,
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–7

McCarthy’s early beliefs in,
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and need for vision of change in Washington,
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and new Republican leadership,
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and pressures on congressmen,
128

and principles,
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and rebuilding of Republican Party,
180

and Republicans’ need for return to founding principles,
129

rhetoric of,
8

right to,
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and source of change in Washington,
20

and tipping point,
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and Young Guns candidates for 2010 elections,
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Orszag, Peter,
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Palestinians,
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–83,
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Parade
magazine: “Bridge to Nowhere” story in,
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25

partisanship,
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,
110
,
174
,
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–78,
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party of “no,”
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52
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56
,
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paternalism,
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–69,
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–99,
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Patient’s Choice Act,
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–5

Paulsen, Erik,
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–61

Pelosi, Nancy: and cap-and-trade bill,
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and health-care reform,
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,
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liberalism of,
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and need for vision of change in Washington,
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,
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overreaching by,
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and Republicans on offensive,
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,
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and stimulus bill,
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–53,
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and vulnerable Democrats,
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and Young Guns candidates for 2010 elections,
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Pitts, Joe,
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Platform Committee, Democratic,
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Platform Committee, Republican,
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–67

political machines,
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,
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,
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politicians: as “citizen legislators,”
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professional,
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,
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politics: of fear,
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importance of,
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as “local,”
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McCarthy’s views about,
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principles as major difference in today’s,
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–11

post office scandal,
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Preventive Services Task Force, U.S.,
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–2

Price, Tom,
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,
171
–72

prices, consumer,
118

principles: and Cantor’s identification with Republican Party,
31

center-right,
28

and commonalities among Cantor, McCarthy, and Ryan,
20

conservative,
37
,
153

core,
70

and differences in American politics today,
110
–11

and elections of 2009,
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–66

and foreign relations,
79

and health care,
105

and listening to voters,
166

nation’s founding,
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,
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,
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,
133

need for new commitment to,
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and need for vision of change,
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7
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13
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and new generation of Republican leadership,
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and opposition to Democratic programs,
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parties’ abandonment of,
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of Republican Party,
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33
,
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and Republican vision of change,
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–34

Republicans’ abandonment of their,
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Republicans as betraying their,
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and Republicans as losing their way,
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28
–29

Republicans’ need to reconnect with,
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,
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Republicans’ rededication to founding,
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and special interests,
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and Young Guns candidates in 2010 elections,
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and Young Guns’ commitment to Americans,
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private sector,
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