The New New Deal (83 page)

on spending,
335
,
338
,
341
–42

“public option,”
350

public works, as stimulus,
63
,
122
–23,
179
,
343
,
421

see also
infrastructure initiatives

PUMAs (Party Unity My Ass),
76

“Quit Doling Out That Bad Economy Line” (Luskin),
70

races to the top, proposed,
446

Race to Green,
446

Race to the Top,
17
,
176
,
178
,
222
,
224
–25,
239
,
263
,
292
,
451
–53

controversy over,
394
–95

expansion of,
419

grants in,
325
–27,
443
–44

Rahm’s Rule,
164
,
170
,
288
,
303
–4

Range Fuels,
368

Rangel, Charlie,
142
,
169
,
170
,
188
,
232
,
282

Rattner, Steve,
363

Rayburn, Sam,
66

Reagan, Ronald,
11
,
31
,
40
,
80
,
82
,
105
,
210
,
287
,
288
–89,
343

recessions,
59
,
75
,
83
,
114

see also
Great Recession

Recovery Accountability and Transparency (Rat) Board,
260
–62,
320
,
445

Recovery Act,
see
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

recovery.gov,
17
,
319
,
321
–22

Recovery Summer (2010),
381
–82,
390
–96,
401

Redford, Robert,
89
,
185

regional transmission planning,
167

Reich, Robert,
54
–55,
78
,
79
,
80
,
406

Reicher, Dan,
96

Reid, Harry,
63
,
67
,
71
,
75
,
76
,
110
,
130
,
134
,
152
,
156
,
166
–67,
344
,
382
,
415
,
421

in battle for passage of Recovery Act,
215
,
219
,
229
,
233
–34,
241
,
246

in Senate outreach for Recovery Act,
209
–10,
218
,
222
,
224
,
226

Reid, Rory,
63

Rell, Jodi,
214

Rendell, Ed,
253
–54,
285
,
310
,
415
–17

Republican obstructionism,
19
,
138
–39,
180
–204,
205
–27,
241
–42,
245
–46,
341
,
344
,
345
,
350
,
362
,
391
,
392
,
397
,
398
,
404
,
441
,
444
,
447

compared to Clinton budget war,
201
–2

GOP unanimity in,
189
–98,
200
,
202
,
207
,
210
,
287
,
300

hostile undercurrent in,
191
–92

in House,
142
–46,
189
–204,
399
,
419
,
421

hypocrisy of,
282

political appeal for,
210
–14

potential GOP mavericks from,
194
–97

pressure in support of,
145
,
190
,
207
,
215
,
221
,
225
,
230
,
283

in primary debates,
422

public sentiment for,
187

recasting of Recovery Act projects for,
180
–85,
195

in Senate,
146
–51,
205
–27

show of cooperation in,
148

as strategy for GOP resurgence,
140
–60,
198
–204,
207
,
246
,
349

Tea Party and,
348
–49,
409

Republican Party (GOP):

call for unity in,
144
–48,
150
,
472

“cash and trash,”
282

criticism of Obama by,
97
,
127
–28,
298
–99,
365
,
391
–92,
421

derision of Recovery Act by,
7
–9,
180
–81,
218
,
226
,
293
,
317
–19,
371
,
396
–97,
447

“failed stimulus” message of,
14
–15

filibuster threat by,
67
,
130
,
137
,
207
,
210
,
211
,
231
,
232
,
286
,
344
–46,
430
,
472
–73,
482

government interference in economy opposed by,
268
–69

internal criticism of,
279
–80

as majority party,
399

as minority party,
140
–60

minority purpose of,
142
–45

move to right in,
143
–44,
216
,
278
–302

Obama’s accommodation of,
102
,
185
,
214

obstructionism of,
see
Republican obstructionism

partisanship of,
138
–39,
247

resurgence of,
2
,
18
,
140
–60,
198
–204,
283
,
349
,
399
–401

turmoil in,
140
–41,
143

2008 election repudiation of,
84

unanimity against Recovery Act,
189
–98,
200
,
240
–41

see also
Tea Party movement

Republican primary debates,
422
–23

“Republican Problem, The,”
201

Republican Study Committee,
143
,
197

“Rescue Plan for the Middle Class,”
75

retrofits,
369
–70,
440
,
447

Richardson, Laura,
309

Riley, Bart,
361

Rive, Lyndon,
373
,
374
,
439

“Road We Travelled, The,”
452

Roberts, David,
42

Roberts, John,
25
,
256

Roberts, Pat,
259

Rogers, Matt,
267
–72,
303
–6,
309
,
324
,
366
,
367
,
385
,
387
,
395
–96,
436
,
439
,
477

Rogers, Mike,
130
,
143
,
191

Rogoff, Peter,
178

Romer, Christina,
13
,
103
,
105
,
110
,
199
,
335
,
341
,
402
,
420
,
429

as CEA head,
101
–2,
103
–4,
106
–7

in cost debate,
114
–17,
121
,
129

on depressions,
71
,
84
,
101

in economic team conflict,
339
–40

on election day,
83
–85

spending philosophy of,
111
,
219
,
293
,
331
–32,
336
–38,
391

see also
Romer-Bernstein report

Romer, David,
83
–85

Romer-Bernstein report,
157
–60,
293
–94,
325
,
331
,
335
,
423
,
426
,
476

Romney, Mitt,
58
,
62
,
376

flip-flop history of,
449
,
453

on government spending,
428
–29

health care reform of,
299

on poverty,
425

in primary debates,
422
–23

vs. Obama in 2012,
449
–55

and Tea Party,
347
,
454

Roosevelt, Franklin D.,
10
,
13
,
31
,
33
,
91
,
108
,
175
,
191
,
192
,
200

economic policy of,
103
–4,
115
,
192

Obama compared to,
12
,
14
,
26
,
27
,
84
,
91
–92,
104
,
105
,
276
,
419
,
434

Obama inspired by,
37
,
51
,
121

in shift to austerity,
192
,
333
,
419

see also
New Deal

Roquette,
367

Rouse, Pete,
129

Rove, Karl,
101
,
140

Rubin, Robert,
32
,
54
–55,
69
,
78
,
79
,
93
,
101
,
335
,
451
,
487

Rubio, Marco,
286
,
375
,
399

Ryan, Paul,
142
,
202
,
282
,
421
–22,
454

Sadoway, Don,
16

SAFETEA-LU,
56
,
135

Salazar, Ken,
129
–30

Salt River Project,
312
–13

Sandalow, David,
164
–65

Sanford, Mark,
125
,
281
,
286
,
287
,
333
,
382

as fiscal conservative,
287
–90,
429

scandal of,
290

“Sanfordville,”
288

Santelli, Rick,
280
,
291

Santorum, Rick,
422
–23

Saturday Night Live
,
226
,
247

scandals,
8
,
32
,
126
,
260
,
274
,
290
,
300
,
320
,
371
,
445

Solyndra spun as,
436
–37

Schiliro, Phil,
109
–10,
117
,
128
–31,
134
,
139
,
153
,
158
,
176
,
246

in battle for passage of Recovery Act,
203
,
233
,
238

S-CHIP children’s health insurance program,
109
,
141
,
205
–6,
208
,
213
,
215
,
291

Schock, Aaron,
235

School Improvement Grants,
239
,
326

school reform fund,
152
–53

Schumer, Chuck,
182
,
219
,
383
,
392

Schundler, Bret,
395

Schwarzenegger, Arnold,
63
,
106
,
214
,
281
–82,
310
,
327
,
407
,
412

Scott, Rick,
300
,
348
,
392
,
400
,
407
–10

Scozzafava, Dede,
347
,
348

“scozzafavaed,”
347
–48,
450

Sebelius, Kathleen,
442

second stimulus,
333
,
336
–39,
341
,
350
,
402
–17,
432

Senate, U.S.:

Democratic disunity in,
154
–55

filibuster threat in,
67
,
130
,
137
,
207
,
210
,
211
,
231
,
232
,
286
,
344
–46,
430
,
472
–73,
482

House vs.,
67
,
232

Obama in,
28
,
29
,
34
,
49
,
129
,
139

obstructionism in,
146
–51,
205
–27

Recovery Act in,
207
–26,
241
–42

Sensenbrenner, James,
247

Serious Materials,
316
,
318
,
372
,
373

Sessions, Pete,
140
,
142
–44,
282
,
283

shadow transition,
76
–83,
96

Shelton, James,
327

Shepherds Flat wind farm,
388
–89

Shlaes, Amity,
191
–92

short-term goals,
154
,
161
–63,
203
,
333
,
417
,
420
,
430
,
434

expansion as,
97
,
98

recovery as,
9
,
16
,
61
,
83
,
108
,
123
,
426