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Index ABC, 61, 63, 109, 119–20n40, 140, 147 African American fictional presidents, 98–101, 103–7, 114, 118n32; accidental presidents, 106–7, 120n45, 144–45; Deep Impact (movie, 1998) and, 100, 101, 103, 104, 115nn8–9, 119n38; Head of State (movie, 2003) and, 104–5, 118n27, 119n38, 120n45; Man, The (movie, 1972) and, 98, 106–7, 118n35, 118–19n36, 120n43, 144–45; through normal election process, 112, 118n30; 24 (TV series) and, 104, 105–6, 109, 110, 118n29 African Americans, 14, 99, 234; education and, 106, 118n34, 118–19n36; family and, 255–56; presidential candidates, 99, 101, 102, 110, 111, 114, 120n43, 165–66, 285n58; as senators/governors, 110, 113, 120n43; U.S. Presidential Election, 2008 and, 97–98, 168, 252; as voters, 79, 90; voting rights, 112; women and fashion and, 239, 241; women cultural myths, 230–31, 232, 236–37, 243–44, 256–57, 259. See also Obama, Barack; Obama, Michelle Air Force One (movie, 1997), 103, 116–17n23; white male masculine president and, 123, 144, 145, 146; woman vice-president and, 101, 107–8, 115n12, 125, 130, 149–50, 151 Alaska, 30 Albright, Madeleine, 14, 41 Alda, Alan, 117n26 Allen, Joan, 108, 125, 154 Allen, Tim, 79 Almost Madam President: Why Hillary Clinton “Won” in 2008 (Gutgold), 11 American Academy of Pediatrics, 237 American President, The (movie, 1995), 116–17n23, 129, 146, 152, 154 American Research Group, 66 American Voter, The (Campbell et al.), 76 Anderson, Karrin Vasby, 142 Anderson, Mary, 77 Angle, Sharon, 43 Apocalypse Now (movie, 1979), 217 Armageddon (movie, 1998), 100, 115nn8–9 Armisen, Fred, 53, 59–63, 71n17 Arsenio Hall Show, The (TV show), 166 Bachmann, Michele, 9, 43, 101, 110, 115n4, 132, 237, 270 Bailey, Mandi Bates, 11 Baldwin, Alec, 66–67 Ball, Edward, 260 Ballaster, Rosalind, 186 Barbara Lee Family Foundation, 27, 28 Barnes, Fred, 37 Batman Begins (movie, 2005), 129 Battlestar Galactica (TV show), 104, 108–9, 140–41, 157n21 Baum, Matthew, 173, 184, 186 Baumgartner, Jody, 50 Beail, Linda, 16 Beasley, Maurine, 194 Beatty, Warren, 105, 115n10 Begala, Paul, 166 Behar, Joy, 169, 170 311 312 Index Belson, Michael, 101 Belt, Todd, 18 Bening, Annette, 129, 152 Benjamin, Walter, 6 Bennett, Dick, 66 Bergen, Candice, 82 Bergen, Polly, 107, 145, 275, 283n32 Bernard, Michelle, 40 Biden, Jill, 259 Biden, Joe, 34, 39, 42, 55, 56, 66, 87, 136 Bielby, Denise, 4 Biggest Loser, The (TV show), 242 bin Laden, Osama, 135–37 Birmingham, Stephen, 197 Bissell, Kimberly, 187 Black Sheep (movie, 1996), 125, 128 blogs, 209 Boorstin, Daniel, 188 Borger, Gloria, 62 Borrelli, MaryAnne, 19 Boston Globe, 60 Box-Steffensmeier, Janet, 77 Bradwell v. Illinois, 221 Brady, Henry, 172 Brazaitis, Tom, 138 Brewer, Paul, 52 Bridges, Jeff, 108, 116–17n23, 130 Brooks, Clem, 76 Brooks, David, 36, 239 Brown, Campbell, 41, 59 Bullock, Sandra, 99, 100 Bulworth (movie, 1998), 105, 115n10 Bush, Barbara, 194, 229, 230, 231, 238, 239, 243 Bush, George H. W., 85, 111, 116–17n23, 120n46, 278; late-night television and, 53, 165; U.S. Presidential Election, 1992 and, 83, 84, 166, 191 Bush, George W., 12, 35, 37, 97, 116– 17n23, 151, 169, 254; daytime television and, 167, 170, 174–75n1, 177n36; late-night television and, 53, 56; U.S. Presidential Election, 2004 and, 81, 82, 91, 170; women presidential appointees and, 14, 111 Bush, Laura, 187, 194, 229, 243, 273; daytime television and, 170, 174– 75n1; first lady issues of, 234, 258, 271 Bush Doctrine, 63, 148, 216 Butler, Judith, 6–7, 272 Cafferty, Jack, 219 Cain, Herman, 101, 115n4 Campbell, Karlyn Kohrs, 187, 269 Cao, Xiaoxia, 50, 51 Carnahan, Jean, 113 Carne, Judy, 165 Carroll, Susan, 29, 207 Carter, Jimmy, 143, 190, 193–94 Carter, Rosalynn, 187, 193–94, 195, 229, 230, 238, 243, 252, 258 Carvey, Dana, 53 Carville, James, 166 Casey, Susan, 83 Cashmore, Ellis, 185, 186 Casper, Scott, 251 CBS, 51, 64, 77 Center for American Women and Politics (Rutgers University), 84 Center for Media and Public Affairs, 56 Center for the Study of Popular Culture, 171 Channing, Stockard, 274 Chase, Chevy, 53 Children of the Corn (movie, 1984), 127 Chisholm, Shirley, 27, 97, 114, 120n43, 165, 206 Christensen, Terry, 103 Clift, Eleanor, 138 Clinton, Bill, 35, 100, 186, 199, 252; extramarital affairs and, 185, 188, 198; female presidential appointees and, 14, 111; late-night television and, 53, 166, 176n16; as possible first gentleman, 269, 278, 279; U.S. Presidential Election, 1992 and, 83, 166, 176n16, 189, 191, 272; U.S. Presidential Election, 1996 and, 83–84, 85, 89...

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