The New New Deal (82 page)

Nissan Leaf,
360
,
363
,
439

Nixon, Richard,
38
,
92
,
108

No Apologies
(Romney),
450

Nobel Prize recipients,
3
,
38
,
63
,
84
,
94
,
99
,
266
,
433

No Child Left Behind,
49
,
66
,
144

Noonan, Peggy,
105

Normal, Ill.,
413

Norquist, Grover,
300

Northeast Corridor,
355
–57,
414

notrain.com,
392

nuclear power,
40
,
184
,
271
–72,
382

Nudge
(Sunstein),
126

Nutter, Michael,
171

Obama, Barack:

accomplishments of,
345
,
349
–51,
360
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401
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406
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418
,
452
–53

approval ratings of,
2
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7
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154
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186
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280
,
302
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331
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391
,
423

background of,
28
–30,
49
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50

bipartisanship of,
29
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50
,
71
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151
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205
–6,
215
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245
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247
–48

Bush inheritance of,
8
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13
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15
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76
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79
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296
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334
–35,
397
–98,
428
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434

case for reelection of,
452
–53,
455

change as vision of,
12
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21
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27
,
33

commanding style of,
72
,
96

compared to Biden,
256
,
258

compared to FDR,
12
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14
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26
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27
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84
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104
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105

as conciliatory,
130
–31,
176
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185
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214
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227
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245
,
351

counterattack by,
217
,
393
,
421
,
423

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

as deeds guy,
451
–52

Democratic criticism of,
383
,
400

determination of,
104
,
244

economic constraints on,
430
–34

on fiscal stimulus vs. deficit reduction,
333
–35,
341

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

GOP criticism of,
97
,
127
–28,
280

and H. Clinton,
67
–78

inauguration of,
25
–27,
176
,
183

inspirational style of,
1
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20
–21,
25
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50
–51,
84
–85,
154
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,
446

liberal criticism of,
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–98,
101
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107
,
118
,
119
–20,
342
–43,
349
–51,
392
,
400
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406
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419
–20,
432

messaging failures of,
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75
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108
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126
–28,
202
–3,
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–45,
291
–92,
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–302,
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–83,
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–87,
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–401,
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–17,
421
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451
–52

midterm elections as referendum on,
399
–401

misrepresentation of,
27
–28

outreach to GOP by,
189
–93,
214
–16

perceived weakness of,
237
–38,
247
,
359
–60

personal qualities of,
28
–30

policies vs. politics for,
35
–36,
151
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190
–91,
290
–91,
381
–82

political constraints on,
429
–30

political ideology of,
27
,
30
–33,
100
–101,
335
,
400
,
451

political style of,
28
–30

as president-elect,
90
–112

purported socialism of,
74
,
75
,
280
,
300
,
346

as rational and reasonable,
29
–30,
40
–44,
46
,
227
,
404

rationale for,
432
–34

Recovery Act as representative of,
19
–20

Recovery Act lessons learned by,
244
–49

Recovery Act road trips of,
234
–35

resilience of,
402
–3

signing of Recovery Act by,
243
–44

sinking support for,
202
–4

Solyndra visit of,
384
–87

stimulus plan of,
see
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act; stimulus plan

in 2008 election,
25
–36,
37
–56,
451
–52

of 2008 vs. 2012,
451
–52

in 2012 election,
449
–50

as unprepared for Republican attack,
184
–85

as visionary,
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21
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27
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33
,
84
–85,
123
–24,
149
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154
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161
,
247
–48,
320

Obama, Malia,
91
,
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Obama, Michelle,
30
,
247

Obama, Sasha,
91

Obama administration:

2011 status quo of,
418
–24

cabinet of,
108
–9;
see also specific posts

Clinton holdover staff in,
10
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45
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–78,
81
–83,
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–2,
120
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129
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161
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245

first hundred days accomplishments of,
290
–91

staff changes in,
402

Washington insiders in,
129
–31

Obamacare,
see
universal health care

“Obama Losing the Stimulus Message War,”
203

Oberstar, Jim,
135
,
158
,
295
–96,
391
–92,
400

Obey, David,
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–19,
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–32,
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,
145
,
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–83,
185
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,
320
,
400
,
475

in battle for passage of Recovery Act,
193
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195
,
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,
200
,
229
,
232

prickly style of,
132
,
152
–53,
157
,
176
,
193
,
195
,
198

and school reform,
152
–53,
176

O’Donnell, Christine,
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–48

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy,
17

Office of Federal High Performance Green Buildings,
372

Office of Management and Budget (OMB),
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–97,
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Office of Weatherization and Intergovernmental Programs (The Turkey Farm),
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–10

oil,
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–36,
40
,
467

argument against,
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–60

growing of,
440
–41

renewable synthetic alternatives to,
365
–69,
440

soaring price of,
420

U.S. production vs. consumption of,
38
–39

O’Neill, Tip,
82

One Party Country
,
140

OPX,
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Oracle,
314

Orszag, Jonathan,
78

Orszag, Peter,
45
,
63
,
77
,
78
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110
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340
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402
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in battle for passage of Recovery Act,
193
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199
,
229
,
232
–33

in cost debate,
115
–17,
121
,
123
,
124

on deficit reduction,
335
–37

in economic team conflict,
339
–40

as OMB director,
101
,
129
,
183
,
263
,
264

Overhaul
(Rattner),
363

“Ownership Society,”
33
,
51

Palin, Sarah,
2
,
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,
281
,
299
,
369

partisanship:

polarization and,
64
–65,
138

as producing stalemate,
418
–24

in response to Recovery Act,
138
–39

in Roosevelt era,
91
–92

see also
Republican obstructionism

Partnership to Improve Patient Care,
173

Paul, Rand,
348
,
399

Paul, Ron,
348

Paulson, Henry,
65
,
69
,
71

Peck, Bob,
370
–71

Peeler, Harvey,
289

Pell Grants,
221
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,
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,
451

Pelosi, Nancy,
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75
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185
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338
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399
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474

in battle for passage of Recovery Act,
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216
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228
,
229
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231
–33,
240
,
246
,
299

Boehner and,
66
–67,
145
–46

as coalition builder,
65
–70

partisanship of,
65
,
130
,
194

as Republican target,
142
–43,
188
,
195

stimulus favored by,
76
,
81

Pence, Mike,
143
,
192
,
197
–98,
202
,
217
,
282
–83

Penn, William,
416

Perriello, Tom,
133
,
400

Perry, Rick,
125
,
279
,
281
,
310
,
422
–23

personalized medicine,
318
–19

Peterson, Collin,
135

PETRO (Plants Engineered to Replace Oil),
440

Pfeiffer, Dan,
92
,
184
–85,
292
,
324
,
338
,
342
–43

“phantom districts,”
320

Philadelphia
,
416

photosynthesis,
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–7,
21
,
365
,
379
,
440

Pledge to America,
399

Plunkitt, George Washington,
170

Podesta, John,
215

as head of shadow transition,
77
–78,
80
,
100
,
101

Politico
,
203
,
216
,
291

Polyplus,
378

pork,
see
earmarks

“Porkulus,”
8
,
200
,
300

Power of Progress, The
(Podesta),
77

Prasher, Ravi,
378

prescription drugs,
172
–74

“prevailing wage,”
306
–7

Progressive Change Campaign Committee,
237

Project Amp,
388
–89

“Promises, Promises: Web Site Likely to Fall Short,”
322

ProPublica,
323

Proterra,
381

public opinion:

ambivalence in,
343

on economic crisis,
75
,
148
,
293

on Obama,
2
,
7
,
154
,
186
,
280
,
291
,
298
,
302
,
391
,
422
,
455

on Pelosi,
186

power of,
393

on Recovery Act,
7
–8,
126
,
128
,
186
,
203
,
301
,
302
,
321
,
325
,
416