Mueller, Carol McClurg, 39n15

Murray, Shailagh, 144

National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL), 141–142

National Institute on Money in State Politics, 112n6

National Organization of Women (NOW), 18, 34, 39n11, 81n46, 94, 112n8, 155

National Public Radio (NPR), 78n15, 136–137, 146n1

National Right to Life News, 139

National Women's Political Caucus (NWPC), 7, 14, 19–21, 30–32, 39n14, 41–43, 81n46, 155

NFIB PAC, 18

Nixon, Richard, 15

O’Connor, Karen, xiii, 39n15, 94

Obama, Barack, 139–141, 144, 148, 158

Oliver, Ramona, 52, 60, 74, 78n16, 78n19, 80n29, 84n66–68, 146n4

Olson, Mancur, 90, 149

Ornstein, Norman, 22, 26, 55, 125

Overby, Peter, 140

Paget, Karen, 44–46

Pappu, Sridhar, 108

Partial Birth Abortion Ban, 139

Participation 2000, 49, 77n10

Patterson, Kelly D., 61

Pelosi, Nancy, 62, 132, 147

Petrocik, John, 106

political action committees (PACs)

access strategy, 22

connected, 17–20, 29, 38, 71, 160n4

non-connected, 3, 17–18, 29, 71, 81, 91, 152

political equality, 88

Political Moneyline, 31, 56, 78n14, 111n1, 112n12

political participation, 23, 88

pro-choice, 2, 4–5, 8, 31, 36–37, 42–43, 49, 51–54, 57, 59–60, 62, 68, 123, 127, 130–133, 135, 138–139, 148, 151–152, 154–158

Reagan, Ronald, 24, 41, 161

Richards, Ann, 67

Roberts, John, 154

Robertson, John A., 42

Roe v. Wade (1973), 53–54, 135, 141–142

Russakoff, Dale, 35

Ryan, Kara, xiv

Sabato, Larry, 14–16, 27–28, 38n6, 80n37

Sanbonmatsu, Kira, 35

Sanchez, Julian, 73

Sapiro, Virginia, 39

Schattschneider, E. E., 14

Schlozman, Kay L., 88, 165

Schroeder, Patricia, 136–137

Schwawrtz, Maralee, 77n1

Semiatin, Richard J., 40n23

Singer, Matthew M., 61