Rendezvous with Destiny: Ronald Reagan and the Campaign that Changed America (163 page)

OPEC.
See
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

Oregon: 1980 presidential election and,
444
,
564
,
579
; Carter and,
444

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC),
51
,
535

organized crime,
567

organized labor.
See
labor unions

OSS.
See
Office of Strategic Services

Oswald, Lee Harvey,
38
,
409

Pacific Palisades, Cali.,
15
,
55
,
98
,
110

Paine, Thomas,
9
,
10
,
11
,
119
,
383
–
84
,
596

Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO),
460

Panama Canal treaties,
25
–
27
,
29
–
30
,
32
,
33
,
59
,
227
,
229
,
251
,
328
,
344
,
570

Park, H. N.,
280

Parker, Carey,
412

PATCO.
See
Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization

patriotism,
234
,
426
,
497

Patterson, Alfred L.,
455

Pauken, Tom,
273

PBS.
See
Public Broadcasting Service

Pearson, Drew,
346
,
429

Peden, Neal,
150
,
168
–
69
,
353

Pence, Mike,
386

Pennsylvania: 1976 presidential election and,
13
; 1976 Republican presidential nomination and,
14
; 1980 Democratic presidential nomination and,
251
–
52
,
261
–
62
,
263
–
64
; 1980 presidential election and,
391
,
575
; 1980 Republican presidential nomination and,
249
,
260
–
63
,
262
–
63
;

Pennsylvania Farm Association,
250

Pentagon,
93

Percy, Chuck,
33
,
36

Perot, Ross,
270

Perry, Jim,
353
,
505

Peters, Mike,
504

Philadelphia Inquirer,
254
,
262
,
529

Phillips, Howard,
24

Pickens, T. Boone,
273

Plante, Bill,
252
,
350
,
546
,
573

Plissner, Marty,
104
,
573

PLO.
See
Palestine Liberation Organization

Poland,
447
–
48

Polish-Americans,
529

Popkin, Sam,
525

populism,
2
,
3
,
17
,
20
,
31
,
78
,
387
,
411

Powell, Emily,
570

Powell, Jody,
50
,
175
,
245
,
285
,
413
,
438
,
462
,
475
,
478
,
480
,
496
,
512
,
525
,
528
,
530
,
533
,
548
,
568
–
70
,
575
,
576

Powell, Nan,
570

presidential elections: election of 1800,
4
; election of 1860,
4
; election of 1900,
6
; election of 1912,
6
; election of 1932,
4
,
6
,
580
; election of 1948,
553
; election of 1960,
237
,
425
; election of 1964,
8
,
24
,
580
; election of 1968,
6
,
7
,
120
,
171
,
432
–
33
,
561
; election of 2000,
596
–
97

Presser, Jackie,
495

Pressler, Larry,
55
–
56
,
130

privacy,
35
,
94
,
234
,
592

Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO),
521

Proposition 6 (Cali.) (Briggs Amendment),
35
,
36

Proposition 13 (Cali.),
30
–
31

Public Broadcasting Service (PBS),
98
,
182
,
531

Puerto Rico: 1980 Republican presidential nomination and,
86
,
89
–
90
; Bush and,
138
; Reagan and,
89
–
90

Quayle, Dan,
574
,
589

Queen, Richard,
277

Quinn, Jane Bryant,
479

Quinn, Sally,
201

racism,
403
–
4
,
457
–
59
,
529

Radio Free Europe,
220

Rafshoon, Gerald,
52
,
226
,
437
,
445
,
465
,
476
,
499
,
524
,
530
,
545
,
546
,
611

Raines, Howell,
283
,
567

Rancho del Cielo,
14
,
397
,
442
,
560

Rather, Dan,
171
,
546
,
573

Ray, Robert,
87
,
126
,
195

Reader's Digest,
105
,
253
,
416
,
435

Readout, Sheryl,
109

Reagan, John Edward “Jack” (father),
9
,
284

Reagan, Maureen (daughter),
317
–
18
,
342
–
43
,
363
,
376
,
397
,
581
–
82

Reagan, Michael (son),
317
–
18
,
342
–
43
,
363
,
376
,
581
–
82

Reagan, Nancy (wife),
133
,
148
,
151
,
240
,
274
,
403
,
553
; 1976 Republican presidential nomination and,
14
; 1980 presidential election and,
28
,
563
; 1980 Republican convention and,
3
,
363
; age issue and,
74
; Carter attacks and,
519
–
20
; Carter, Rosalynn, and,
248
; Cleveland debate and,
545
; Election Day 1980 and,
575
,
576
,
579
; Fords and,
13
; influence of,
246
–
48
; Keene and,
316
; Laxalt and,
74
,
251
; New York and,
219
; Nofziger and,
113
; pet causes
and,
247
–
48
,
555
; Sears and,
36
,
40
,
65
,
69
,
83
,
136
,
165
,
167
,
168
,
181
,
247

Reagan, Neil (brother),
9
,
582

Reagan, Nellie Wilson (mother),
9
–
10

Reagan, Patti (daughter).
See
Davis, Patti

Reagan, Ron (son),
318
,
581
–
82

Reagan, Ronald,
20
,
112
,
343
,
462
; 1964 gubernatorial campaign of,
15
; 1968 Republican presidential nomination and,
6
,
120
,
561
; 1976 presidential election and,
15
; 1976 Republican presidential nomination and,
6
,
12
–
14
,
52
,
108
,
120
,
156
,
160
; abortion and,
107
,
108
,
135
,
194
; age issue and,
6
,
13
,
23
,
33
,
37
,
58
; American Conservative Union and,
94
; American people and,
204
,
535
–
36
; announcement of candidacy of,
3
,
69
,
72
–
74
; appeal of,
2
,
3
,
254
,
289
; arms control and,
395
,
458
–
59
,
538
–
39
; balanced budgets and,
2
,
107
,
397
,
466
–
67
; as California governor,
35
,
142
,
304
,
399
; campaign finance and,
89
–
90
,
92
,
112
,
114
–
15
,
119
,
176
,
180
,
192
,
231
; character of,
xii
; Cold War and,
xi
,
585
–
86
,
588
,
602
; Communism and,
225
–
26
,
271
,
304
,
312
–
13
,
381
–
82
,
585
–
86
,
595
,
604
; conservatism and,
2
,
8
–
9
,
13
,
15
,
18
,
21
–
23
,
54
,
92
,
94
,
107
,
119
,
128
,
138
,
173
,
191
,
194
,
261
,
336
,
403
,
450
,
595
–
97
,
602
; CPAC speech (February 1977) of,
21
–
23
; death of,
588
,
589
,
598
–
99
; defense and,
114
,
396
,
397
,
458
–
59
,
592
; as Democrat,
8
,
54
,
84
; Democratic Party and,
13
,
21
,
198
,
233
–
36
,
239
,
403
,
548
,
581
,
587
; economy and,
2
,
231
–
32
,
238
–
39
,
395
,
452
–
53
,
466
–
67
,
522
–
24
,
534
–
36
,
586
–
87
,
602
; Election Day 1980 and,
569
,
571
,
575
–
83
; ERA and,
135
,
194
,
256
; fitness of,
129
,
138
; foreign policy and,
114
,
117
,
119
,
122
,
215
,
273
,
310
,
312
–
13
,
381
–
82
; as frontrunner,
65
–
75
,
72
,
75
,
81
,
105
; funeral of,
598
–
99
; “gaffe issue” and,
237
–
38
,
252
–
54
; government and,
2
,
15
,
73
,
185
–
86
,
238
–
39
,
395
; gun control and,
135
,
145
; health of,
23
,
76
–
77
,
94
,
140
; as Hollywood veteran,
10
,
118
,
120
,
450
; Kitchen Cabinet of,
15
,
72
,
83
,
113
,
308
; Klan controversy and,
457
–
59
; labor unions and,
235
,
284
–
85
,
456
,
493
–
94
,
521
; liberalism and,
590
,
595
; as lifeguard,
11
,
118
; military buildup and,
392
,
534
; “mirrors speech” of,
466
–
67
; myths about,
591
–
93
; Neshoba County Fair, Miss., and,
398
,
403
–
4
,
442
,
592
; “noble cause” speech and,
447
–
48
; nomination acceptance speech of,
375
–
84
,
385
–
88
; populism and,
2
,
3
,
17
,
387
; radio commentaries of,
15
,
19
–
20
,
25
,
40
,
70
,
83
,
86
–
87
,
397
; reaction to election of,
584
–
86
,
593
–
95
; Republican Party and,
2
–
3
,
13
,
18
,
21
–
23
,
118
–
19
,
584
,
590
,
597
–
98
; running mate selection and,
3
,
7
,
74
–
75
,
217
–
18
,
227
,
250
–
51
,
285
–
86
,
291
,
301
,
306
,
319
,
321
–
22
,
329
–
31
,
335
–
37
,
344
–
46
,
348
,
349
–
69
,
370
–
75
; SALT II and,
68
,
490
,
491
; speaking engagements of,
19
–
20
,
25
,
40
,
83
,
397
; stamina of,
6
,
94
,
96
–
97
,
101
,
108
,
173
; suggestions of rascism against,
403
–
4
,
457
–
59
,
474
–
78
,
529
,
536
–
37
; syndicated column of,
14
,
15
,
19
–
20
,
40
,
83
,
397
; tax cuts and,
2
,
25
,
135
,
142
,
238
–
39
,
259
,
274
,
380
–
81
,
390
,
392
,
395
,
466
–
67
,
522
; tax returns of,
396
–
97
; transition team and,
579
,
593
; “two-China policy” of,
448
; as “warmonger,”
395
,
449
,
475
,
480
–
81
,
500