The New New Deal (78 page)

Cain, Herman,
422

California,
106
,
276

energy initiatives in,
41
,
312
,
373
–75,
384

high-speed rail in,
359
,
407
,
410
–14

Callahan, Kateri,
167

Cancer Genome Atlas,
318

Cantor, Eric,
282
,
419

as leader in GOP stimulus alternative,
197
–98

and obstructionism,
140
–45,
151
,
201
–2,
214
,
296
–97

whip team of,
186
–87,
189
,
194
–96,
202
,
240
,
399

Cao, Anh,
190
,
195
–99,
240
–41,
400
,
484

cap-and-trade energy plan,
39
,
41
,
163
,
246
,
291
,
299
–300,
343
,
359
,
383
,
435

Carlyle Group,
213

Carter, Jimmy,
38
,
363
,
421

“Cash for Caulkers,”
341
,
441

Cash for Clunkers,
121
,
297
–98,
388

Castle, Mike,
191
,
195
–96,
198
,
240
,
347
–48

Caterpillar,
234

Cato Institute,
183

“cats and dogs,”
see
earmarks

census,
180
,
239
,
332

Center for American Progress,
77

Center for Budget and Policy Priorities,
78
,
425
,
490

Centers for Disease Control (CDC),
232

centrists:

Democratic,
19
,
54
,
195
,
212
,
220
,
238
,
240
,
337

in GOP,
195
–96,
198
,
285
–86

Obama as,
100
–101,
335
,
400
,
451

Obama’s team as,
98
–106

Chamber of Commerce, U.S.,
138
,
213
,
225

change,
97
,
446

2008 campaign as preparation for,
73
,
74
–85

four pillars of,
35
–36,
37
–56,
291
–92,
446
;
see also specific pillars

inaugural speech outline for,
26

as Obama’s 2008 campaign promise,
1
–3,
35

Obama’s vision of,
12
,
21
,
27
,
33
,
84
–85,
149
,
154
,
320
,
434
–35,
446

Recovery Act as agent of,
7
,
12
,
18
–19,
249
,
291

substantive vs. political,
248

as tough sell,
417

Change We Can Believe In,
1
,
27
,
161
,
393

charter schools,
49
,
50
,
326

Cheney, Dick,
38
–39,
138

Chesapeake Machine Company,
343

Chevy Volt,
360
,
363
,
364
–65,
375
–76,
433
,
439
,
450

Chiang Yet-Ming,
361
–62,
368
,
375
,
376

China:

clean energy in,
43
,
377
,
438

economy of,
237

education in,
51

high-speed rail in,
174
,
352

Huntsman as ambassador to,
286
,
422

manufacturing in,
364
,
383
,
392

Choi, Dan,
493

Christie, Chris,
255
,
394
–95

Chrysler,
297

Chu, Steven,
3
–6,
17
,
109
,
266
–68,
271
–72,
274
–75,
306
–7,
309
,
365
,
373
–74,
377
,
387
,
395
–96,
437

CIGS,
273

Citigroup,
79
,
101

citizenship controversy,
27
,
422

civil servants,
307
–9

clay pigeon,
482

clean energy initiatives,
4
,
17
,
26
,
35
–36,
37
–44,
55
,
64
,
91
,
95
,
96
,
239
,
265
,
359
–79,
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–6,
419
,
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,
450
,
451

in auto industry,
359
–65

Bush’s untapped loans in,
271
–72

cap-and-trade plan for,
see
cap-and-trade energy plan

as challenge of the era,
5
,
37
–38

competitive grants for,
266
–68,
270
,
312

counterfactual argument in,
313
,
423
,
439

future of,
375
–79,
439
–41

GOP opposition to,
441

innovation in,
3
–7,
268
,
271
,
272
–75,
439
–41

investments in,
163
–68

loan program of,
38
,
167
–68,
298
,
437
–38

management challenge of,
266
–77

nuclear cleanups in,
271
–72

as “pillar” for change,
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–36,
37
–44,
55
,
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,
95
,
105
,
108
,
123
–25,
292

private enterprise in,
266
–69

Recovery Act effectiveness in,
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,
350
,
367
,
370
–72,
377
,
388
–89,
396
,
416
,
428
–29,
435
,
439
,
446

risks in,
384
–90

strong economy of,
311
–15

team,
3
–7

see also
energy efficiency;
specific projects

clean-tech,
311

Clinton, Bill,
10
,
29
,
33
,
54
,
343

clean-energy initiative of,
440

economic growth under,
53
,
80
,
98
,
428

holdover staff from,
10
,
45
,
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,
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–78,
81
–83,
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,
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,
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,
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–2,
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,
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,
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,
245
,
262
,
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–37,
349

impeachment of,
285

Obama on,
31
–32

stimulus of,
110

Clinton, Hillary,
92
,
183
,
446

and health care,
44
,
46
–47

Obama’s reconciliation with,
76
–77

as secretary of state,
77
,
101
,
108
,
129
–30

stimulus plan of,
61
–62,
63
,
75

in 2008 primary,
33
–34,
36
,
69

cloture,
482

Club for Growth,
183
,
284
–85

Clyburn, Jim,
151
,
231
–33

coal,
39
,
40
,
311
,
369
,
373

clean,
42
,
164
,
177
,
270
,
395
–96,
448

COBRA,
162
,
477
,
480
,
491

Coburn, Tom,
29
,
317
–18,
320

Cochran, Thad,
210

Coelho, Tony,
173

Colbert, Stephen,
320

Cole, Tom,
15
,
144
,
146
,
187
,
195
–96,
204
,
241

Collins, Francis,
318

Collins, Rob,
141
,
145
,
186
,
190

Collins, Susan,
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–9,
216
,
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,
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,
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–26,
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,
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–34,
237
–38,
279
,
286
,
345

Commerce Department, U.S.,
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–69,
215
,
231
–32,
235
–36,
263

Common Core standards,
444

Common Purpose,
342
,
350

commuter rail,
329
–30

comparative effectiveness research,
47
–48,
172
–74,
348
,
443

Confidence Men
(Suskind),
103

Congress, U.S.,
67

and clean energy,
167

Democratic majority in,
130

fiscal stimulus and,
61
,
338

Recovery Act briefing to,
129

see also
House of Representatives, U.S.; Senate, U.S.

Congressional Budget Office (CBO),
45
,
63
,
78
,
80
,
101
,
182
,
183
,
212
,
229
,
230
,
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,
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Conrad, Kent,
154
–55,
215
,
220
,
337

conservatives, right wing,
32
,
284
,
349

on California,
374
–75

fiscal,
58
,
287
–90,
292
,
342

GOP turn toward,
143
–44,
216
,
278
–302

Recovery Act criticism from,
19

construction industry,
57
,
162
,
295
–96,
390
,
427

Contract with America,
288

Cooper, Anderson,
203

Cooper, Jim,
184

“Cornhusker Kickback,”
233
,
348

Cotter, Steve,
271

Council of Economic Advisors (CEA),
13
,
71
,
101
–2

counterfactual (would-have-been-worse) argument,
15
–16

in auto industry,
298
–99

in clean energy,
313
,
423
,
439

in economy,
276
–77,
416
,
423
,
424

for Obama,
276
–77,
294
,
298
–99,
310
,
313
,
423
–24

in Recovery Act,
424
–34,
445

in stimulus,
276
,
408

in unemployment,
294

Couric, Katie,
203

Credit Card Bill of Rights,
349

Cree,
372
,
378

Crist, Charlie,
214
,
234
,
286
,
330
,
450

Cronkite, Walter,
276

“crony capitalism,”
387
,
437

Cuomo, Andrew,
348

Cutler, David,
45

Cutler, Rita,
417

Daley, Bill,
77

Daniels, Mitch,
327
,
363

Danielson, Dave,
378

Daschle, Tom,
108
,
129
–30,
203

Davis-Bacon law,
306
–7

Deepwater Horizon disaster,
359
–60

Deese, Brian,
76
,
107

DeFazio, Peter,
241
,
350

Defense Department, U.S.,
108

deficit,
59
,
96
–98,
292
,
300
,
419
–20,
490

deficit reduction:

electorate as favoring,
334
–46

vs. fiscal stimulus debate,
331
–51

Defining Moment, The
(Alter),
91

DeMint, Jim,
217
–18,
220
,
286
–87

Democratic Party:

2010 midterm defeat of,
2
,
399
–401

disunity within,
150
–54,
184
,
193
,
200
,
246
,
344
,
402
,
421

as majority party,
7
,
90
,
130

reception of Recovery Act by,
134
–35

depressions,
58
–59,
71
,
75
,
213

see also
Great Depression

DeSeve, Ed,
262
–65,
306
,
396
–97