abolitionist, 26, 124, 140, 149, 268

abortion, 228, 308

activism, 184, 190, 215, 273, 302, 303, 341

Adams, John, 18, 41–42, 69, 80, 84, 86–87, 120–121, 123, 125–126, 129, 354–355, 412

Adams, John Quincy, 2, 69, 80–81, 83–84, 86, 88, 100, 113n23, 118, 130, 132, 134–135, 137, 155n30, 156n33, 157n34, 158n37, 251n3, 260–261, 294n9, 339, 347, 351n4, 357–360, 412

affair (adultery), 123, 232, 236, 247, 320

agriculture, 178, 183, 187

amateur opportunists, 212, 250, 345, 348

American Independent Party, 67

annexation (Texas), 2, 6–7, 146, 264–267

Anti-Masonic Party, 341

Aristotle, 44, 50, 53, 61n23

Axelrod, David, 314, 317, 348

Ayers, William, 332

bailout, 331

bank, 3, 127, 130, 261–262, 273

Baptist, 190, 247, 305

battleground states, 71, 89, 149, 201, 268, 286, 290, 332

Biden, Joseph, 83, 300

blacks, 124–125, 143, 165, 176, 190, 197, 203n5, 210n69, 229, 244, 247

Blair, Tony, 235

British, 7, 120, 125, 157n34, 225, 235–236, 264, 317, 347

Brownback, Sam, 300

Bryan, William Jennings, 81, 88, 166, 175, 177–179, 201, 347, 366, 368, 414

Buchanan, Pat, 86, 108n15, 198, 238

Bush, George H. W., 28, 80, 84–85, 87–88, 416–417

Bush, George W., 28, 62n30, 84, 87, 113n24, 212, 214, 219, 226–228, 237–249, 251n4, 254n46, 255n50–54, 255n56, 255n58, 280, 284, 286–290, 292, 297n50, 297n54, 298nn61–62, 300–301, 310–311, 314, 317, 325, 329–331, 334n3, 343, 348, 394–409, 417

and Lamar Alexander, 245

and Joe Allbaugh, 245

and Gary Bauer, 245

and David Brooks, 247

and Pat Buchanan, 238, 254n46

and Bob Bullock, 243

and William J. Clinton, 214, 242, 244–245, 247, 255n51

and Howard Dean, 284

and Elizabeth Dole, 245

and Robert Dole, 242–243

and David Dreier, 241

and Steve Forbes, 245

and Al Gore, 247–248, 294n54

and Karen Hughes, 245

and John Kasich, 245