Rendezvous with Destiny: Ronald Reagan and the Campaign that Changed America (164 page)

Reagan Democrats,
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Reagan Doctrine,
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Reagan for President Committee,
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Reaganites,
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; 1976 presidential election and,
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; Anderson and,
226
; Ford, contempt for of,
13
; Iowa and,
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; Reagan-Bush and,
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; Sears and,
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Reaganomics,
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Reagan Revolution,
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recession,
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Reed, Clarke,
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Reed, Thomas C.,
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religion,
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Religious Right,
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Religious Roundtable,
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rendezvous with destiny,
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Republican National Commmittee (RNC),
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; 1980 presidential election and,
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; Brock and,
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; Bush and,
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; chairmanship of,
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; election of officers of,
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; Panama Canal treaties and,
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Republican National Conservative Caucus,
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Republican Party: 1976 presidential election and,
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; 1976 Republican presidential nomination and,
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; 1978 midterm elections and,
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36
; balanced budgets and,
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; base of support of,
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; big business and,
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; Bush and,
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; conservatism and,
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; economic policy and,
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; Ford and,
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; foreign policy and,
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; freedom and,
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; future of,
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; government, size of and,
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; labor unions and,
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; moderates and,
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; modernization of,
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; New,
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; platform of,
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; Reagan and,
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; Southern Strategy of,
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; tax cuts and,
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; unity in,
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; Watergate and,
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Republicans for Victory,
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Reston, James “Scotty,”
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Reuther, Walter,
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Revell, Dennis,
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Reynolds, Frank,
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Reynolds, Nancy,
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Rhodes, Jim,
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Rhodes, John,
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Richards, Dick,
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Richardson, Elliot,
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Richardson, H. L.,
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Rietdorf, Ronald,
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Right,
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; Religious,
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Right-to-Life,
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Roberts, Jim,
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Roberts, Patti,
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Roberts, Steve,
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Robertson, Pat,
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Robinson, Max,
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Robinson, Ron,
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Rockefeller, Nelson,
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Rogers, William,
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Rollins, Ed,
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Romney, George,
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Ronald Reagan Victory Fund,
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Roosevelt, Eleanor,
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Roosevelt, Franklin D.,
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Roosevelt, Theodore,
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Rosenbaum, David,
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Rosenbaum, Richard “Rosey,”
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Roth, William,
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Roundtable National Affairs Briefing,
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Rove, Karl,
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Royster, Vermont Connecticut,
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Ruckelshaus, William,
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Rumsfeld, Donald,
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Runyon, Damon,
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Russo, Paul,
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Rusthoven, Peter,
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Ryan, Fred,
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Ryskind, Allan,
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Safire, Bill,
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Sagebrush Rebellion,
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SALT II (Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty),
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Salvatori, Henry,
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Sanders, Carl,
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Sandinistas,
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Saturday Night Live,
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Saudi Arabia,
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Savitch, Jessica,
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Sawyer, David,
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Schaefer, Donald,
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Schlafly, Phyllis,
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Schlesinger, Arthur,
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Schmidt, Helmut,
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Schmitt, Harrison,
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Schram, Martin,
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Schulz, Bill,
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Schuster, Bud,
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Schweiker, Dick,
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Scranton, William,
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Screen Actors Guild (SAG),
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Sears, John,
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; “$90 billion” gaffe and,
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; 1976 Republican presidential nomination and,
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; 1980 presidential election and,
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; 1980 Republican presidential nomination and,
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; Carmen and,
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; Deaver and,
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; debates, bypassing of and,
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; firing of,
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; Iowa and,
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; “keep Reagan under wraps” strategy and,
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; Kemp and,
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; Lake and,
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; Laxalt and,
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; media and,
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; New Hampshire and,
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; Nofziger and,
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; problems with,
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; Reagan, Nancy, and,
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; Reaganites and,
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; SALT II and,
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; Timmons and,
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SEC.
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Securities and Exchange Commission

Secret Service,
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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC),
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Seeger, Alan,
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Seigenthaler, John,
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Sensenbrenner, James,
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Serafin, Barry,
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Shales, Tom,
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Shanker, Albert,
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Sharanksy, Natan,
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Shelby, Rick,
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Sherr, Lynn,
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Shields, Mark,
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Shirley, Mitchell,
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Shivers, Allan,
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Shriver, Eunice,
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Shriver, Maria,
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Shriver, Sargent,
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Shrum, Bob,
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Sidey, Hugh,
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Simmons, Harold,
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Simon, Bill,
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Sinatra, Frank,
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60 Minutes,
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Slavic-Americans,
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Smick, Dave,
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Smith, Adam,
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