Blood Feud: The Clintons vs. the Obamas (36 page)

McCormick Place,
166

McDonald, Forrest,
167

McDonough, Denis,
210
,
251

McGann, Eileen,
109

McGovern, George,
113

Mediterranean Sea, the,
139
,
251

Meet the Press
,
158

Messina, Jim,
10
,
77
,
84
,
89–90
,
93
,
118
,
154
,
265
,
267

Mezvinsky, Marc,
217

MI6,
141

Michigan,
166

Middle East, the,
60–61
,
135–36
,
143
,
147–48
,
250

midterm elections 2010,
19

midterm elections 2014,
xii
,
171
,
190
,
250
,
261
,
269

Miller, Aaron David,
136

Miller, Frank,
93

Mills, Cheryl,
136–42
,
146
,
153

Mondale, Walter,
113
,
224

Moran, Jim,
252

Morris, Dick,
109
,
123

Mossad,
141

MSNBC.com
,
10

Murdick’s Fudge (Martha’s Vineyard),
49

Murdoch, Rupert,
201

Muslim Brotherhood, the,
64–65

“My Favorite Things,”
128

N

National Economic Council, the,
15

National Journal
,
211

National Security Agency (NSA),
68
,
142
,
248
,
254

NBC,
158
,
217
,
243
,
251

Nelson, Michael,
154

Nesbitt, Martin,
257–58

Neustadt, Richard E.,
17

“New Democrat,”
113

New Hampshire,
165–66

New Jersey,
106–7
,
249
,
269

New Republic
,
the
,
70
,
170
,
246

Newsweek
,
247

New York,
xvi
,
85
,
96
,
178
,
221
,
229
,
280

New York City,
217
,
219
,
223
,
232
,
235–37
,
249
,
269

New York Daily News
,
247

New Yorker
, the,
58
,
95

New York
magazine,
236
,
247

New York Post
,
191
,
201

New York–Presbyterian Hospital,
193
,
271

New York Times
,
9
,
43
,
71
,
95
,
136
,
151
,
242
,
245
,
248
,
253
,
265
,
280

New York Times Magazine
,
41

Nicholson, Marvin,
16

Nixon, Richard,
xiii–xiv
,
194–95

Nobel Peace Prize,
250

Norquist, Grover,
172

North Africa,
136

North American Free Trade Agreement,
200

North Korea,
59

Nuland, Victoria,
153

O

Oahu,
256

Oak Bluffs, MA,
35–36

Obama administration

    
Hillary Clinton and the,
xii
,
26
,
59–61
,
75–76
,
80
,
231
,
263
,
275–76

    
key players in the,
3
,
10
,
38
,
61
,
84–85
,
227

    
lack of transparency in the,
9–10
,
16

    
policies of the,
136
,
227

    
struggles of the,
xviii
,
16–18
,
64–65
,
227
,
247–48

Obama, Barack

    
2004 Democratic Convention speech,
35

    
2008 elections and,
23
,
25
,
35–36
,
59
,
186
,
199–201
,
224

    
2010 midterm elections and,
19

    
2012 campaign and,
3–21
,
29–30
,
63
,
75–76
,
89–107
,
111–12
,
118
,
121
,
137
,
154
,
165–66

    
amateurism of,
17–19
,
112–13
,
244
,
269

    
Benghazi and,
137
,
146–56
,
159–61
,
175
,
181–83
,
202

    
Bill Clinton’s public support of,
xviii
,
8–9
,
20
,
78–79
,
90–91
,
93–94
,
100–1
,
106
,
112–16
,
125–32
,
137
,
269

    
as “Candidate Obama,”
14–15
,
17–19

    
as “Chief Executive Obama,”
15
,
17–19

    
deal with Bill Clinton,
67–79
,
86
,
88
,
100
,
132
,
163–65
,
174–75
,
202
,
204–5
,
222
,
237
,
269

    
Democratic support of,
xv
,
26
,
30
,
35–36
,
55
,
64
,
94
,
117–18
,
158
,
185
,
268

    
the economy and,
20
,
71
,
94
,
105
,
112
,
131–32
,
165

    
Hillary Clinton’s opinion of,
xiv–xv
,
xviii
,
26
,
79–80
,
247

    
Illinois state senate career of,
36

    
Joe Biden and,
75–77

    
Kennedy family and,
224–25

    
lack of loyalty of,
xv
,
121
,
163

    
legacy of,
52
,
73
,
266
,
269

    
marriage of,
42–45
,
49–50
,
257

    
Oprah and,
5–6
,
256
,
261–63

    
Osama bin Laden and,
94
,
147

    
as president,
xiii
,
xv
,
15–17
,
64–65
,
121
,
247–48

    
relationship with Bill Clinton,
7–8
,
19–20
,
29–33
,
50–59
,
64
,
67–79
,
83–85
,
137
,
174
,
203–5
,
211–15
,
221
,
265–68

    
relationship with the Clintons,
xv
,
65
,
137
,
203
,
212
,
237–39

    
relationship with Valerie Jarrett,
3
,
15
,
18–19
,
29
,
31
,
34–42
,
45–48
,
50

    
second term of,
166–74
,
209–11
,
248–49
,
254–55

    
Syria and,
142–44
,
241–42
,
244–47
,
250–53

    
U.S. Senate career of,
35–36

    
vacations taken by,
33–35
,
49
,
256–57

    
White House dinner with the Clintons,
211–15
,
221–22

Obama, Bo,
33

Obamacare,
147
,
168
,
242–44
,
248
,
254
,
260

Obama, Malia,
24
,
34
,
46–47
,
259

Obama, Michelle,
121
,
131

    
Hillary Clinton and,
26

    
marriage of,
34
,
42–46
,
49–50
,
257–58

    
Oprah and,
6
,
256
,
260–64

    
politics and,
72–74
,
80
,
258–60

    
public profile of,
23–24
,
258–60

    
relationship with the Clintons,
23–27
,
212–15

    
relationship with Valerie Jarrett,
15
,
23
,
27
,
31
,
36–42
,
45–48
,
259–61
,
263

    
role in Barack Obama’s presidency,
6
,
23–24
,
26
,
33
,
37
,
73–74
,
106
,
168–69

    
vacations taken by,
34
,
45
,
256–58
,
260–64

Obama, Sasha,
24
,
34
,
46–47
,
259

O’Callaghan, Suzy,
199–200

Occupy Wall Street,
114

Office of Management and Budget,
18

Office of Terrorism Analysis (CIA),
153

Ogletree, Charles,
35–36
,
50

Ohio,
120
,
165–66
,
200

Old Whaling Church,
35–36

Olympic Games, the,
29

O, the Oprah Magazine
,
5

Operations Center (State Department),
137–38
,
142

“Oprah Effect, the,”
5

Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN),
5
,
261

Organizing for Action,
170
,
175

Organizing for Obama,
170

P

Pacific Islands Forum,
135

Pakistan,
61
,
85
,
139
,
152

Palestine,
136
,
250

Panetta, Leon,
245

Park Ridge, IL,
199–200

Parks, Rosa,
25

Parma, OH,
165

Paul, Rand,
197–98

Pelosi, Nancy,
114
,
171
,
250
,
252

Pentagon, the,
10–11
,
142
,
251

Peru,
xvi

Petraeus, David,
142–43
,
157
,
245

Pew (polling),
20

Pfeiffer, Dan,
10
,
170

Pfleger, Mike,
167–68

Piers Morgan Live
,
91
,
96

Pitt, Brad,
93

Pletka, Danielle,
136

Plouffe, David,
10
,
13
,
148

    
2012 Bill Clinton strategy and,
3–9
,
11
,
20
,
24
,
29–31
,
75
,
78
,
84
,
86
,
104–5
,
107
,
125–26
,
165