The New New Deal (79 page)

Devaney, Earl,
39
,
260
–62,
320
,
321

Diamond, Peter,
433

Dingell, John,
200

Dinwoodie, Tom,
374

Dionne, E. J.,
203

Dirkson, Everett,
219

Disney World,
329
,
353
,
358

Dodd, Christopher,
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,
280
–81,
400

Dodd-Frank financial reforms,
392

Doerr, John,
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,
388

Domenici, Pete,
481

Donovan, Shaun,
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,
170
,
264

“Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy,
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–3,
405
,
493

Dorgan, Byron,
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225
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,
344
,
400

Douglas, Jim,
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Dow,
367

Downey, Mort,
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DREAM Act,
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Dreams from My Father
(Obama),
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49

Drudge Report,
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,
183
,
300

Duncan, Arne,
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49
–51,
109
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153
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176
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–27,
395
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443
–44

Dunham, Ann,
39

Dunham, Madelyn,
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Dunn, Anita,
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Durbin, Dick,
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–96

earmarks (pork; “cats and dogs”):

in federal budget,
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stimulus and,
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–38,
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–50,
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Earned Income Tax Credit,
162

economic policy team:

composition of,
90
–112

conflict within,
110
–11

in cost debate,
113
–39

as dysfunctional,
338
–43

economic vs. political imperatives in,
126
–28

faulty assumptions of,
138
–39

shadow,
77
–83,
96
,
136
,
427

unconventional ideas of,
121
–23

Economic Recovery Working Group,
142

economy:

counterfactual problem in,
276
–77,
416
,
423

declining,
390
–91

federal vs. private spending in,
428
–29

global meltdown of,
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68
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70
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106
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160
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269
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385
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390
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414
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420

government intervention in,
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–56,
58
–59,
68
,
76
,
268
–69

improving,
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–98

in inaugural speech,
25
–26

limits to Obama’s responsibility for,
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–34

long-term solvency of,
97

Obama’s first speech on,
51
–52

Obama’s “New Foundation” program for,
see
New Foundation

and presidential popularity,
393

resilience of,
380
–82

Romer’s analysis of,
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–15

during transition,
90
–112

underestimation of crisis in,
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–70,
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–15,
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,
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U.S. meltdown of,
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–13,
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–73,
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–85,
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–4,
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vicious and virtuous cycles in,
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–60,
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see also
unemployment

economy initiatives:

as eclipsed by universal health care,
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–96,
333
,
382
–83

as “pillar” for change,
35
–36,
51
–56,
292

Recovery Act effectiveness in,
12
–16,
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–301,
338
,
342
,
380
–82,
426
–29,
454
–55

see also
economic policy team;
specific projects

education,
51

failures in,
48
–49

standards for,
49
,
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,
326
,
444

Education Department, U.S.,
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education reform,
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–53,
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–21,
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–33,
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–27,
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,
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accountability in,
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–50

GOP opposition to,
444

as “pillar” for change,
35
–36,
48
–51,
55
,
91
,
95
,
105
,
108
,
292
,
447

Recovery Act effectiveness in,
325
–27,
349
,
443
–44

see also
Race to the Top;
specific projects

Eisenhower, Dwight D.,
238
,
409

election of 2008,
1
–2,
138

change as theme in,
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,
84
–85

economy as dominant issue in,
68
–69

Obama’s victory in,
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–85

primaries of,
33
–34

roots of Recovery Act in,
18
,
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–64,
75

shadow transition period in,
77
–83

transition after,
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–112

elections:

of 1984,
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of 2000,
84

of 2004,
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84
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93
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138
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143
,
285

2006 midterm,
144
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2010 midterm,
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–46,
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,
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393
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–401

of 2012,
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–55

special N.Y. congressional,
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–84

electric vehicles,
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–61,
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–76,
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see also
battery production industry

electrofuels,
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–79,
445

electronic medicine,
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–47,
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–72,
175
,
393
,
442
,
447
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450
,
480

Elmendorf, Doug,
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,
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Elster Solutions,
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Emanuel, Ari,
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Emanuel, Rahm,
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–53,
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174
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396
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402
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in battle for passage of Recovery Act,
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–30,
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–34,
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–46

as chief of staff,
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–90,
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–95,
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129
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–2,
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confrontational style of,
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109
,
176

in cost debate,
115
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117
,
119
,
120
,
125
,
126
–27,
138

high energy of,
109
,
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–93

and Matt Rogers,
303
–6

as Obama’s fixer,
192
–94,
244

in outreach to Senate,
219
,
222
–25

and Romer-Bernstein report,
157
,
159

and smart grid,
312
–13

Emanuel, Zeke,
173
–74,
442
,
443

Ener1,
363
,
445

Energy and Commerce Committee,
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Energy Department, U.S.,
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43
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109
,
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–64,
266
,
316
,
323
,
395
,
440

Bush’s,
307

in implementation of energy initiatives,
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,
367
–69,
372
–73,
375
,
376
,
415

loan program of,
167
–68,
272
–75,
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–90,
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–38,
477
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495

see also
ARPA-E;
specific projects

energy efficiency,
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–41,
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291
–92,
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369
–72,
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,
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energy.gov,
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energy initiatives,
see
clean energy initiatives

Energy Smart Florida,
313

Energy Star program,
316

Enron,
308

Envia Systems,
375
–76,
378
,
439

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),
264
–65

Enzi, Mike,
210

ethanol,
42
–43,
366
,
367
–69,
388

Everglades,
441

evidence-based care,
442

“Executive Summary of Economic Policy Work,”
111

extremophile biology,
5
–6

ExxonMobil,
43
,
366

family planning,
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,
182
,
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–85,
193
,
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,
419

Farm Service Agency,
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Federal Bureau of Economic Analysis,
115

Federal Reserve,
12
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61
,
80
,
84
,
111
,
298
,
391

interest rate cuts by,
58
,
89
,
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Feldstein, Martin,
80

Fenster, Ed,
372

First Solar,
372

“fiscal responsibility summit,”
335

fiscal stimulus,
106
–7

as business priority,
98

vs. deficit reduction debate,
331
–51

vs. monetary,
61
,
391
,
487

Fisker automotive,
361
,
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FloDesign,
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Florida:

biorefining in,
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high speed rail project in,
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–30,
392

housing crisis in,
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Florida Power and Light (FPL),
313
–14

flow batteries,
362
,
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foods, biotech in,
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,
366
–67

food stamps,
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,
94
,
224
,
263
,
424
,
477

Forcier, Jason,
361
,
362

Ford,
264
,
374

Ford, Gerald,
38

Forgotten Man, The
(Shlaes),
191
–92

40 More Years: How the Democrats Will Rule the Next Generation
,
140

fossil fuels,
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12
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,
266
,
311
,
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,
365
,
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,
395
,
430

see also
coal; natural gas; oil

four pillars of change,
35
–36,
37
–56,
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–92,
446

see also specific pillars

Fox News,
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,
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,
137
,
144
,
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,
182
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183
,
199
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270
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316
,
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Frank, Barney,
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,
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Franken, Al,
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224
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285