campaign

consultant, 179, 182, 184–188, 192–193, 195, 198–201, 203n2

corruption, 246–249, 252, 263

Barack Obama's 2008

presidential campaign, 13, 39, 74, 178, 181, 193, 198–199

John McCain's 2008 presidential

campaign, 50, 181, 198–199, 234, 257

campaigning, 83, 184, 193, 199–200

candidate, 26, 28–29, 37, 45, 50, 57, 66–67, 74–77, 80, 83, 87–88, 126n14, 147, 178–179, 181–187, 192–193, 195, 198–199, 220–221, 225, 229–230, 232, 247–249, 255, 257, 264, 285, 290–291

capitalism, 142

Capitol Hill, 82

Carter, Jimmy (president), 41

Center for American Progress, 182

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 152–154, 163, 166, 170

character, 50, 68, 76, 105, 127n23, 138, 140–141, 143, 156–158, 167, 216, 225, 248

checks and balances, 4, 21, 139, 157

Cheney, Dick, 12, 81–82

Chicago, 2, 43, 216, 232–233, 254

Civil War, 21, 78, 140, 218, 224, 262

clientelism, 50–52

Clinton, Hillary, 168, 188–190

Clinton, William Jefferson (president), 2, 5, 19, 85, 136, 166–171, 174n2, 280, 283–284

CNN, 43, 285, 290–291, 347, 352

Cold War, 158, 172

Colfax, Schuyler, 141

Colorado, 256, 260

cognitive science, 5, 101, 104, 106, 109, 111–112, 115–118, 120, 123, 125n8, 129n45

Commager, Henry Steele, 156

concepts, 17–18, 27–28, 55, 59, 121

confi dence, 40–42

Congress, 5, 13–14, 25–26, 43–45, 58, 78, 82, 141, 147, 150–151, 153–154, 157–159, 161–164, 166, 169–170, 179–181, 183, 188, 193, 195, 223, 246, 249–250, 259, 277, 288, 292, 296, 298–299, 302n21, 310–316, 319–320, 322–324

consensus, 16, 20, 52, 54, 111, 149, 313

consequentialism, 69

conspiracy, 2, 43, 143–144, 146–147, 149, 250, 314

constituents, 48, 56–57, 67, 184, 313, 315, 319

contributions, 3, 9, 12, 14, 17, 24–25, 28–29, 47, 50, 74, 85, 147, 179, 181, 184–185, 192–197, 200, 231, 234, 249–250, 253, 308–309

control, 14, 26, 44, 54, 137, 139, 141, 143, 163, 169, 182, 213, 218–220, 222, 225, 227–229, 231–233, 305, 311, 314, 317, 324

courts, 6, 153–154, 209–214, 216–218, 220–221, 223–228, 231–235, 236n1–2, 236nn4–5

crime, 146, 153, 211

cronyism, 111

Cuba, 2

Cunningham, Randy “Duke” (R-CA), 1, 3, 43, 179, 250, 292

Daley, Richard, 232

Daschle, Tom, 12, 42, 182, 328n50