Young Guns : A New Generation of Conservative Leaders (30 page)

Republican views about,
20

and Republicans as losing their way,
25

by Republicans in early 2000s,
150

and Republicans on offensive,
168

and Ryan’s Roadmap for America,
136

and size of government,
63

and stimulus bill,
54
,
56

and taxes,
72

and tipping point,
58
,
109
–10,
122
,
135

and 2009 budget,
63

in Virginia,
30

and Young Guns candidates for 2010 elections,
172
,
181
,
182
,
184
,
185
,
186

standard of living,
118
–19,
126

states,
13

stimulus bill: and alternative strategy of Republicans,
178

and bipartisanship,
8
,
48
–52,
53
,
54

business groups support of,
54

and deficit,
56

and health care,
102

and jobs,
54
,
57
,
71
,
152

and Keynesian economics,
47

and media,
56

and need for vision of change,
8

and new generation of Republican leadership,
71

and Obama approval ratings,
53
–54

opposition to,
54
–55,
56
–57

passage of,
55
,
57
–58

Pelosi-Reid creation of,
52
–53,
54

as pork-laden,
54

and progressive vision,
132

Republican alternative to,
8
,
45
–46,
48
–52,
54
,
55
–56,
59
,
71
,
178

Republican reactions to,
57
–59

Republican solidarity against,
179

and Republicans on offensive,
168

and size of government,
63

as turning point for Obama administration,
56

and Young Guns candidates for 2010 elections,
182
,
184
,
189

stock market,
118

Summers, Larry,
50

Supreme Court, U.S.,
131

Taliban,
85

Tanner, John,
173
–74

TARP.
See
stimulus bill

tax credits,
60
,
104
–5

Tax Foundation,
114

taxes: and budget reconciliation,
98

corporation,
72
,
137

and deficit,
72

and Democrats’ views of America,
68

and education,
74

and elections of 2008,
159

energy,
61
,
70

and entitlements,
72

in Europe,
42
,
115

as fostering capital markets,
43

and health care,
75
,
76
,
77
,
104
,
107

and income tax rates,
117
–18

in industrialized countries,
115

and jobs,
71
,
72

lowering of,
121

payroll,
118

and private sector,
71

and progressive vision,
132

and Republican alternative plans,
49
,
50
,
51
,
60
,
71
,
72

and Republican platform,
167

and Republicans on offensive,
168

and Ryan’s Roadmap for America,
92
,
137

and Social Security,
117

and stimulus bill,
49
,
50
,
51

and tipping point,
114
,
117
–18

value-added,
72

in Virginia,
32

and Young Guns candidates for 2010 elections,
172
,
185
,
186
–87

Tea Party,
172

technology,
104
–5,
163
–67

Tel Aviv, Israel: terrorist attack in,
78

Tennessee: Fincher 2010 campaign in,
173
–74,
183

terrorism,
78
,
80
,
83
–85,
86

Thomas, Bill,
144
–45,
146

Thornberry, Mac,
27

Time
magazine,
54

Times Square bomber,
85

tipping point,
109
–10,
114
,
132
,
134

Tocqueville, Alexis de,
132
–33

tolerance,
31
,
36

town hall meetings,
4
,
75
,
95
,
164
,
166
,
172
,
180

transparency,
26
,
98
,
104
–5,
107
,
148
,
164
,
180
,
184

transportation,
14
,
74

trial lawyers,
10
,
77
,
105

Truman, Harry S.,
67

trust,
70
,
148
,
150
,
155
,
166
,
169
,
185
,
190

Twitter,
165

“underwear bomber,”
85

unemployment: and cap-and-trade bill,
61

and choices for America’s future,
112

comparison of European and American,
43

in Europe,
42
,
115

and experience of Obama cabinet members,
45

and health care,
104

in industrialized countries,
115

and progressive vision,
132

“report cards” about,
152

as Republicans’ No. 1 priority,
45

and stimulus bill,
49
,
57

and tipping point,
110
,
135

and Young Guns candidates for 2010 elections,
173
.
See also
jobs

Union of Taxpayers, Colorado,
184

unions,
10
,
63
,
77
,
145

United Nations,
80

“up or down vote,”
98

value-added taxes,
72

Van Hollen, Chris,
56
–57

Virginia: accountability in,
30

Democratic control of,
32

education in,
73

elections of 2009 in,
65
–66,
96
,
178
,
179

limited government in,
32

racial integration in,
32

spending in,
30

tax culture in,
32

Volcker, Paul,
72

Walsh, Brian,
172

Washington, D.C.: Cantor’s first impressions of,
29
–30

as insulating,
25

new way in,
94
–95