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I. Introduction
II. Primed for Partisanship
Sources of Partisan Polarization
Partisan Polarization in Congress
Polarization and Electoral Change
Is Polarization Confined to Activists?
Religion and Partisanship
Economic Inequality and the Ideological Fragmentation of the Mass Media
Conclusion
III. To the White House Through Florida
One of Us
The Campaigns
The Vote
Florida
Conclusion
IV. The First Two Years: Before and After 9/11
The Bush Agenda
Tactics
After September 11
The 2002 Election
God's Instrument
V. Going to War in Iraq
The Case for War
Saddam and 9/11
The Public's Response
Bringing Congress on Board
Popular Support for a Discretionary War
VI. Illusion, Disillusion, and Faith in the President after Mission Accomplished
Revising the Case for War
The Iraq Rally
The Widening Partisan Divide on Iraq
Belief in the War's Premises
The President's Credibility
The Religious Factor
Multivariate Analyses
Conclusion
VII. The 2004 Elections: Mobilized Bases, Reinforced Divisions
The Democratic Nomination
An Avalanche of Money
The War in the Campaigns
Opinion Leadership
Rational Ignorance?
Mobilizing Voters
The Vote
The Congress
Aftermath
VIII. President of Half the People
A Mandate?
The Campaign to Revamp Social Security
Why the Campaign Failed
The Bipartisan Consensus
Other Issues
The Terri Schaivo Case
The Iraq War, Again
Unwavering Christian Conservatives
Conclusion
IX. Conclusions and Speculations
Does Bush Care?
Competing Realities
The News Media
Hurricane Katrina
After Bush
X. A Postscript on 2006
Going Public Again on the War
The Tactical Component
The Democrats' Response
Intentional Polarization
The 2006 Midterm Elections
The Vote
A Change of Course?
A Uniter at Last?