The Highest Calling, page 54
presidential reelection (2004), 331
principles and beliefs, 338, 340
proudest accomplishment, 340
Putin anecdotes and advice, 340–41
relationship with his parents, 342–43
role in his father’s administration, 330
Rubenstein and, xxi, 331
Rubenstein interview, 332–45
Texas governorship, 335
Texas Rangers co-owner, 334
Troubled Asset Relief Program, 338
“tax cuts as theology” and, 322
Bush, Jeb, 335
Bush, Jenna, 344
Bush, Laura, 332, 344
Butterfield, Alex, 250
Buzhardt, Fred, 262
Byrd, Robert, 327
Byrd, William, 32
Byrnes, James Frances, 178–79, 184
Califano, Joe, 276
Callender, James, 48, 54–55
Card, Andy, 336
Carp, Bert, xix
Carter, Jimmy, xiv, xv–xvi, 120, 269–84 Alaska Land Act and, 283
background and family, 274
bad luck during presidency, 270
Bush ‘41 and, 295
cabinet and Supreme Court, 271, 276
Camp David Accords, 271, 278–79
character, 271, 273, 277–78, 284
CIA and, 295
closest advisor, Kirbo, 273
criticisms of his presidency, 270, 271
debates with Ford, 266, 276
debate with Reagan, 282, 393
decision-making and, 411
encounter with Ted Kennedy, 275
Energy and Education departments, 271
friendship with Ford, 255, 268
Georgians in administration, xix, 276
Georgia senate and governorship, 274, 275, 278
inauguration of, 41
inflation, energy crisis, and other economic problems, 270, 277, 282
Iranian hostage crisis, 270, 272, 279–83
marriage to Rosalynn, 274
national health care issue, 270, 281–82
Nobel Peace Prize, xiv
Panama Canal treaty, 268, 271
Plains, Georgia, and, 273–74
political strategist Jordan and, 275
post-presidency, xiv, 269, 271, 273, 284, 441
presidential accomplishments, 271, 276
presidential ambitions and drive, 275
presidential election (1976) xv, xviii, 255, 265–67, 276
presidential nomination fight (1980), xx, 270, 281
presidential reelection loss (1980), xiii, xix, xx, 279, 282–83
racial issues/civil rights and, 274, 275
as a Renaissance man, 271
reputation changing, xiv, 272, 273
Rubenstein working for, xviii, xix–xx, 255, 271, 272, 285–86
Shah of Iran and, 279–80, 283
transition team, xviii–xix
as Washington outsider, xv–xvi, 273–74, 276
ways he broke the mold, 269–70
Carter, Rosalynn, 274, 279, 305
Carter Center, 272, 284
Carter Library, 273
Casey, Bill, 283
Chafee, John, 325
Cheney, Dick, 255, 263, 295, 330–31, 336
Chernow, Ron, 87 Hamilton biography and musical, 2, 87
Rubenstein interview, 87–101
Washington biography, 2
writing of Grant, 87
Christie, Chris, 382, 384
Churchill, Winston, 181, 196, 215 “Painting as a Pastime,” 332
CIA, 288, 294–95
Civil War, 346, 347
attack on Fort Sumter, 94
battles, 88, 95
Garfield as general and hero, 103, 104
governors’ ability to call up troops, 75
Grant as general, 85–86, 88, 93–97
Lee’s surrender, 86, 88, 96–97
Lincoln as president and, 84
Southern secession and, 73
Clemens, Samuel, 87, 90, 91
Cleveland, Grover, 77, 132
Clinton, Chelsea, 308, 326
Clinton, Hillary, 326 ability to keep secrets, 319
background and family, 309, 311
on bipartisanship, 310
Children’s Defense Fund and, 310–11
on China and threat to Taiwan, 317–18
debates with Trump, 383
decision to run for the Senate, 312–13
as First Lady, 304, 305–7, 312–13, 324
foreign leaders she admires, 323–24
future plans, 322
health care program, 306–7, 324, 325
intellect of, 306
Iraq War vote, 339, 358
on killing Osama bin Laden, 318–19
marriage proposal from Bill, 313, 314
on moving to Arkansas, 311
9/11 and help for New York, 326–28
as Obama’s secretary of state, 304, 307, 309, 312, 313–14, 323–24, 359
presidential nomination fight (2008), 304, 313, 347, 348, 357–58
presidential nomination fight (2016), 307
presidential race (2016), 307–8, 322, 365, 367, 370, 383
proudest accomplishment, 326–27
Putin and, 315
return to private life, 308
Rubenstein interview, 308–29
as Senator, 304, 307, 310, 312–13, 326–28
on social media and politics, 310
on the Ukraine War, 315–16
What Happened?, 322
Clinton, William J. “Bill” 304–29 as Arkansas governor, 306
attributes of, 306
background and family, 308, 319–20, 325
Carter as diplomat for, 441
character and personality, 352, 353
on China and threat to Taiwan, 316–17
on divisiveness in government, 309–10
economic and foreign policy, 307, 329
on the federal budget and debt, 320–22
first Congressional race (1974), 311–12
health care bill and, 324–25
health issues, 325
impeachment, xiii, 307
as a jazz musician, 319–20
mind for public policy, 306
Nixon and, 252
partnership with Hillary, 304, 305–7
peace efforts, 329
political ascent and successes, 306, 311
on the popular vote, 323
post-presidency projects, 326, 328–29
presidency’s rocky beginning, 306
presidential election (1992), 285, 288, 301–2, 306, 358
presidential primary fight (1992), 358
presidential reelection (1996), 307
proudest accomplishment, 329
relationship with the Bushes, 326, 328–29, 343, 345
relationship with Yeltsin and Putin, 314–15
Rubenstein interview, 308–29
on Ukraine War, 314
Clinton Library, 345
Clyburn, James, 401
Colbert, Burwell, 64
Cold War, 228, 229, 233, 244–45, 288, 298, 299
Comey, James, 393
Commager, Henry Steele, 173
Conkling, Roscoe, 105–6, 107, 108
Connally, John, 254, 260
Constitutional Convention (1787), 1, 2, 17–18, 36–37
Continental Congresses (1774, 1776), 10, 11, 15, 27, 31, 34, 48
Conway, Kellyanne, 382
Coolidge (Shales), 138, 139
Coolidge, Calvin, xii, 137–47 biggest accomplishment, 142–44
background and early years, 139, 140
Boston police strike, 141–42, 145, 146
character and values, 137, 144, 138, 139, 146, 147
currency and monetary policy, 146
death of, 145
death of Harding and assuming the presidency, 137, 142–43
economic policy, 137, 138, 146
election to first full term, 143
federalism and, 139, 144
grave of, 145
great tragedy, death of son, 146–47
happy marriage of, 146
as Harding’s vice president, 142, 158
Have Faith in Massachusetts, 142
lack of a presidential library, 139
low-key presidency of, 137
as loyal Republican, 141
as Massachusetts governor, 141–42
post-presidency of, 137, 145
Reagan’s admiration for, 138, 145–46
reelection for one term, 137
refuses nomination in 1928, 137, 144
statement on the presidency, 144–45
Coolidge, Grace, 137, 146
Coolidge Foundation, 139
Corsi, Jerome, 376
Counselor (Sorensen), 219
Cox, James, 142, 149, 157–58
Cruz, Ted, 382
Cummings, Elijah, 329
Cunningham, Pamela, 4
Custis, Daniel Parke, 8
Custis, George Washington Parke, 9
Custis, John “Jack,” 9
Custis, Nellie and Patsy, 9
Daley, Richard, 244
Darman, Jonathan, 148–50 admiration for FDR, 169
Becoming FDR, 148–50
Rubenstein interview, 149–70
theory about polio and FDR, 148–51
Daschle, Tom, 357
Davis, Jefferson, 73, 81
Debs, Eugene, 131
Declaration of Independence “all men are created equal” and, 31–32, 45, 48, 60
changes made to, 27, 48, 65
copy displayed at Monticello, 50
deaths of Adams and Jefferson, 28, 30
Jefferson as author, 27, 30–31, 45, 47–48, 60, 63–64
original and copies, 33
Rubenstein buys rare copies, 50
slaves and women and, 48
Washington reads to his troops, 33
Deese, Brian, 431
DeLay, Tom, 321
Democratic Party, 143 Biden’s nomination (2020) and, 419–20
Biden’s place in, 416, 419
Carter and, 270–71, 276, 281
civil rights issues and, 347
Congressional majority (1976), 276
Convention in Los Angeles (1960), 225
Cox’s loss to Harding, 158
divisiveness in government, 329, 403
FDR and, 148, 149, 154–55, 163, 165–66
House majority 1955 to 1990s, 301
Humphrey’s loss to Nixon, 246
Ivy League meritocracy and, 416, 423
Kennedy’s Senate win and, 218
left-wing members, 309
midterms and, 246, 307, 403
national health care issue, 270, 281
in New York City, 370, 377, 380
Obama’s election and, 347
Obama’s keynote address at the National Convention (2004), 347, 356
presidential nomination (1980), challenged by Ted Kennedy, 281
presidential races lost to Eisenhower, 201, 218, 220, 221
presidential ticket against Truman, 185
progressives in, 424
raising taxes and, 301
Senate majority during Biden administration, 422, 424
Southern Democrats, 276
in Texas, 292
Wilson and, 120–21, 130–31
Democratic-Republican Party, 39, 40
DeSantis, Ron, 374
Destiny of the Republic (Millard), 103
Dewey, Thomas, 185, 241
Dix, Dorothea, 81
Dole, Bob, 260, 265, 293, 294, 297–98, 307, 324, 325
Donilon, Mike, 430
Douglas, Helen Gahagan, 240
Douglas, Stephen A., 82
Douglas, William, 185
Dukakis, Michael, 286, 298–99
Dunn, Anita, 430
Edelman, Marian Wright, 310–11
Edson, Susan, 112
Ehrlichmann, John, 250
Eisenhower, David, 192
Eisenhower, Dwight D., xiii, 47, 191–206, 239 accomplishments in office, 191–92
advice for Kennedy by, 205
age at taking office, 181
Alaska and Hawaii become states, 192
American Battlefields of France, 195
appeal of, 187
cabinet and Supreme Court appointments, 191, 197, 202
children of, 192
Churchill and, 196
civil rights and, 191–92, 202, 205
deathbed anecdote, 206
economic policy, 192, 201–2
family and early years, 193–94
famous response about Nixon, 204–5, 243
golf and, 191, 206
heart attack of, 204, 242
Interstate Highway System, 191, 202–3
Korean War and, 189
Louisiana Maneuvers and, 196
MacArthur and, 186, 196
missile gap and, 204
NASA created, 191
NATO and, 188, 193, 201
Nixon as vice president, 188, 201, 203–5, 218, 240–43
offered the Democratic nomination, 201
parallels with Grant’s nomination, 97
post-presidency life, 193, 205–6
as president, Columbia University, 200
presidential election (1952), 188–89, 201, 218, 220
presidential reelection (1956), 203, 330
priorities as president, 201–2
reinstated as General, 206
relationship with Truman, 188–89
Rubenstein’s memories of, xvi, 191
Soviets launch Sputnik and, 203
third term presidency and, 2
war memoirs sold, 189
at West Point (1915), 19, 194–95
World War I service, 195
World War II hero, xiii, 187, 196–200
Eisenhower, John, 192
Eisenhower, Mamie, 193, 205, 241, 305
Eisenhower, Susan, 192–93 Rubenstein interview, 192–206
Eisenhower Memorial, 192
Eizenstat, Stu, xviii, xix
Electoral College, xviii, 19, 39–40, 69, 71, 226, 401 bills to change or abolish, 436
creation of, 436
National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, 436
popular vote versus, 323, 436
presidents who lost the popular vote but won the election, 436
Emanuel, Rahm, 360
Fauci, Tony, 394–95
Federalists, 39, 40, 55, 65
Fillmore, Millard, 77
Foer, Franklin, 405 book on Biden, 405, 415
direct contact with Biden, 415, 433
Rubenstein interview, 405, 415–34
Ford, Betty, 262, 265, 267
Ford, Gerald, xviii, 250, 253–68, 286 ability to keep secrets, 260
ambition of, 260
America First group, 258
appointments for Bush ‘41, 294–95
assassination attempts on, xiii
assumes presidency, 254, 261–62, 294
birth, background, and family, 257–58
cabinet appointments, 263
character of, 255, 266
Cheney as chief of staff, 263, 331
congressional testimony of, 254
debates with Carter, 266, 270, 276
Dole as running mate, 260, 265
economic deregulation and, 256
economic problems, 255, 264
famous line upon becoming president, 262
friendship with Carter, 255, 268
Helsinki Accords and, 256
as House Republican leader, 254, 256–57, 259–60
Kennedy and, 259
Kissinger and, 263
LBJ and, 256–57
Nixon pardon, 251, 254–55, 261–62, 270
as Nixon’s vice president, 250, 254, 260–61
post-presidency, 267, 268, 441
presidential accomplishments, 256, 257
presidential election lost to Carter (1976), xiii, 255, 263–67, 276
presidential library, 255–56
Reagan’s offer (1980), 267–68, 286
resettlement of Vietnamese and, 264
Rumsfeld as chief of staff, 263
run for Congress (1948), 259
service in World War II, 259
speechwriters for, 262
as unconventional Republican, 259
vice president picked by, 263, 265, 294
Vietnam War pullout, 264
Wendell Wilkie and, 258
WIN (Whip Inflation Now), 264
Founding Fathers, 27, 45, 253, 346, 348 vision for the presidency, xii
Frank, Jeffrey admiration for Truman, 190
Rubenstein interview, 172–90
The Trials of Harry S. Truman, 172
Franklin, Benjamin, 20, 31, 35, 45, 48, 52
French Revolution, 21, 22, 37, 44
Freneau, Philip, 39
Friends Divided (Wood), 28
Fursenko, Aleksandr, 288
Garfield, James A., 100, 102–19 abolitionism and Black suffrage, 104, 105
background and career, 102, 103–5
cabinet of, 107
as Civil War general and hero, 103, 104
deathbed trip to the ocean, 116–17
election of, 103, 107
first White House air-conditioning, 114
medical mistreatment of, 102, 112–17
Republican nomination for president (1880), 100, 105–6
shot by Guiteau, 102, 103, 111–12
vice president Arthur, 102, 107–8, 115
Garfield, Lucretia, 108, 110, 112, 115
Garner, John Nance, 166, 167, 178
Gates, Robert, 361
Geithner, Tim, 360
George H. W. Bush Library, 345
George H. W. Bush (Naftali), 287
Georgetown University, 320 School of Foreign Service, 320
George Washington Presidential Library, 2
George W. Bush Presidential Center and Library, 344–45
Gingrich, Newt, 301, 382
Giuliani, Rudy, 327, 391, 394, 395–96
Goldwater, Barry, 234, 260
Gorbachev, Mikhail, 288, 299
Gordon-Reed, Annette, 63–64 The Hemingses of Monticello, 49, 50
on Jefferson and slavery, 62–63
on Jefferson in American history, 67
on Jefferson’s authorship of the Declaration of Independence, 64–65
on Jefferson’s intellect, 66–67
