Rendezvous with Destiny: Ronald Reagan and the Campaign that Changed America (124 page)

6.
Edwin Meese, in discussion with the author, May 6, 2006.

7.
“Chilly New England for Kennedy, Reagan?”
U. S. News & World Report
, February 11, 1980, 6.

8.
Ronald Reagan,
Reagan: A Life in Letters
, ed. Kiron K. Skinner, Annelise Anderson, and Martin Anderson (New York: Free Press, 2003), 240.

9.
Ernie Angelo, in discussion with the author, November 13, 2006.

10.
Germond and Witcover, “Sears' Risk Is Almost as High as Reagan's.”

11.
Haynes Johnson, “Reagan Finds Himself Racing Clock,”
Washington Post
, February 4, 1980, A1.

12.
Margaret Nelson, Associated Press, “The Republicans,”
Nashua
(NH)
Telegraph
, February 4, 1980, 1.

13.
Gerald Carmen, in discussion with the author.

14.
Helene Von Damm, in discussion with the author, May 17, 2006.

15.
Jim Hooley and Rick Ahearn, in discussion with the author, February 4, 2009.

16.
Adam Clymer, “Inflation and a Limit on Contributions Strain Presidential Hopefuls' Budgets,”
New York Times
, February 4, 1980, A14.

17.
Ibid.

18.
Robert Blair Kaiser, “Presidential Candidates Disagree on Value of Secret Service Watch,”
New York Times
, February 10, 1980, 1.

19.
“Who?”
Wisconsin State Journal
, July 26, 2007, F5; Myra MacPherson, “Joan's Journey,”
Washington Post
, December 14, 1979, B1.

20.
“Washington Whispers,”
U. S. News & World Report
, February 23, 1981, 16.

21.
Kaiser, “Presidential Candidates Disagree.”

22.
Stewart M. Powell, “Can Kennedy Get Back Up Off the Floor?”
U. S. News & World Report
, February 4, 1980, 36.

23.
Clay F. Richards, United Press International, “Latest New Hampshire Polls Give Leads to Carter, Bush,”
State
(SC), February 20, 1980, 11B.

24.
David S. Broder, “Iowa, Vt. Governors Supporting Baker,”
Washington Post
, February 7, 1980, A3.

25.
Jack W. Germond and Jules Witcover, “Other GOP Conservatives Now Taking Aim at Reagan,”
Washington Star
, January 27, 1980.

26.
“Surprise Harvest in Iowa,”
Time
, February 4, 1980.

27.
Adam Clymer, “Connally Is Scrambling to Keep Troubled Presidential Bid Afloat,”
New York Times
, February 7, 1980, 18.

28.
Walter Mears, “Reagan Makes a Date for a Debate,” Associated Press, February 5, 1980.

29.
Richard Bergholz, “Reagan Mercifully Hears the Last Happy Birthday,”
Los Angeles Times
, February 7, 1980, B18.

30.
Peter Hannaford,
The Reagans: A Political Portrait
(New York: Coward-McCann, 1983), 228.

31.
Edwin Meese, in discussion with the author, May 6, 2006.

32.
“It's Reagan vs. Bush: A Survey of Republican Leaders,”
U. S. News & World Report
, January 28, 1980, 57.

33.
Richard Reeves, “The President Loses Reagan,”
Washington Star
, January 29, 1980, A11.

34.
“Newsweek Poll: A Big Boost for Bush,”
Newsweek
, February 4, 1980, 33.

35.
Jane Anderson, Associated Press, “Candidates Big Spenders in N.E.,”
Nashua
(NH)
Telegraph
, February 6, 1980, 3.

36.
Francis X. Clines, “In Praise or in Criticism, Bush at Center of Debate,”
New York Times
, February 14, 1980, A22.

37.
Andrew Schneider, Associated Press, “Bush Revels In New-Found Attention,”
Nashua
(NH)
Telegraph
, February 5, 1980, 3.

38.
Linda Deutsch, “Reagan Hints Changing Stance on GOP Debates,” Associated Press, January 22, 1980.

39.
Gerald Carmen, in discussion with the author.

40.
Associated Press, “Reagan Is Key in Efforts to Set Up Debates,”
Concord
(NH)
Monitor
, January 30, 1980, 4.

41.
Andrew M. Nibley, United Press International, “Reagan Agrees to N.H. Debate,”
Nashua
(NH)
Telegraph
, February 6, 1980.

42.
“Reagan, Bush Forum Feb. 23,”
Nashua
(NH)
Telegraph
, February 12, 1980, 1;Associated Press, “Reagan and Bush Agree to Forum,”
Concord
(NH)
Monitor
, February 13, 1980.

43.
Richard Bergholz, “Reagan to Join Six in N.H.TV Debate,”
Los Angeles Times
, February 6, 1980, B14.

44.
Dennis A. Williams, Martin Kasindorf, and Tony Fuller, “Boys in the Back Room,”
Newsweek
, February 4, 1980, 37.

45.
William Endicott, “Reagan Aide Fends Off Critics,”
Los Angeles Times
, February 10, 1980, A13.

46.
“What's News,”
Wall Street Journal
, February 1, 1980, 1.

47.
Adam Clymer, “Candidates Shifting Tactics,”
New York Times
, January 23, 1980, A1.

48.
Bill Peterson, “The Old Intimacy of Winner Bush Has Disappeared,”
Washington Post
, February 1, 1980, A3.

49.
Robert D. Novak,
The Prince of Darkness: 50 Years Reporting in Washington
(New York: Crown Forum, 2007), 348.

50.
Lou Cannon, Bill Curry, Margot Hornblower, Robert G. Kaiser, George Lardner Jr., Lee Lescaze, Kathy Sawyer, and Maralee Schwartz, “George Bush: Hot Property in Presidential Politics,”
Washington Post
, January 27, 1980, A1.

51.
David Keene, in discussion with the author, March 17, 2006.

52.
Stefan Halper, in discussion with the author, March 20, 2007.

53.
Allan J. Mayer, Stryker McGuire, Jerry Buckley, Ronald Henkoff, Gloria Borger, Richard Manning, and Martin Kasindorf, “Bush Breaks Out of the Pack,”
Newsweek
, February 4, 1980, 30.

54.
Associated Press, “N.H. Gays Want Say in Primary,”
Nashua
(NH)
Telegraph
, February 4, 1980, 9.

55.
Charles R. Babcock, Spencer Rich, Timothy S. Robinson, Chip Brown, and Tom Sherwood, “FBI ‘Sting’ Snares Several in Congress,”
Washington Post
, February 3, 1980, A1.

56.
Martin Schram, Tom Sherwood, and Chip Brown, “Sen. Pressler: He Spurned the ‘Arabs,’”
Washington Post
, February 4, 1980, A1; Charles R. Babcock, George Lardner Jr., Thomas O'Toole, and Warren Brown, “Ethics Aide, GOP Urge ‘Sting’ Probe,”
Washington Post
, February 4, 1980, A1.

57.
Associated Press, February 4, 1980.

58.
“Carter Prays Daily for the Ayatollah,”
Washington Star
, February 6, 1980, A6.

59.
George Esper, “Reagan Calls for Strengthening Reserves, Opposes Drafting Women,” Associated Press, February 9, 1980.

60.
E. J. Dionne Jr., “Surveys Find Crises Stir Militant Mood,”
New York Times
, February 5, 1980, B14.

61.
David Olinger, “Reagan's Tax Remarks Verified by Recording,”
Concord
(NH)
Monitor
, February 8, 1980, 1; Richard Bergholz, “Reagan Tries to Clarify Tax Remark,”
Los Angeles Times
, February 10, 1980, A13.

62.
Olinger, “Reagan's Tax Remarks Verified by Recording.”

63.
David Larsen, “The Stars Come Out in Election Year,”
Los Angeles Times
, February 11, 1980, B20.

64.
Ibid.

65.
Ibid.

66.
Maxine Cheshire, “Sinatra Due at Detroit Doings,”
Los Angeles Times
, July 11, 1980, F6; Larsen, “The Stars Come Out in Election Year.”

67.
Eileen Doherty, in discussion with the author, April 11, 2007.

68.
United Press International, “1948 Reagan Movie Gains Baker TV Time,”
Los Angeles Times
, February 13, 1980, B19.

69.
Francis X. Clines, “Reagan Turns 69 with Vigorous Burst of New Hampshire Politicking,”
New York Times
, February 6, 1980, 20.

70.
James J. Kilpatrick, “Reagan Proves He's Far From Bush-ed,”
Newark
(NJ)
Star-Ledger
, February 22, 1980.

71.
Douglas E. Kneeland, “Bush Clinging Fast to Center of Party,”
New York Times
, February 7, 1980, 19.

72.
Hedrick Smith, “In New Hampshire: G.O.P. Family Feud,”
New York Times
, February 7, 1980, 18.

73.
Albert R. Hunt, “Subtlety Isn't One of Mr. Loeb's Strengths,”
Wall Street Journal
, February 12, 1980, 24.

74.
James Wooten,
World News Tonight
, ABC News Transcripts, February 18, 1980.

75.
United Press International, “Poll: Kennedy Losing Ground,”
Boston Globe
, February 20, 1980, 13.

76.
United Press International, “Kennedy: Consider Other Traumas in Life as Well,”
State
(SC), February 20, 1980, 11B.

77.
Clay F. Richards, United Press International, “Latest New Hampshire Polls Give Leads to Carter, Bush,”
State
(SC), February 20, 1980, 11B.

78.
Walter R. Mears, “Carter Won't Consider Changing His No-Campaign Policy,” Associated Press, February 11, 1980.

79.
Jeff MacNelly,
Burlington
(VT)
Free Press
, February 20, 1980.

80.
Jerry Harkavy, “Kennedy Needs Decisive Victory in Maine Caucuses,” Associated Press, January 27, 1980.

81.
Associated Press, “Bush in ‘Surprise’ Showing,”
New York Times
, February 14, 1980, A22.

82.
“Bush: ‘Guaranteed’ Peace,”
Concord
(NH)
Monitor
, February 12, 1980.

83.
United Press International, “Dole Wants to Join Nashua Debate,”
Nashua
(NH)
Telegraph
, February 14, 1980; Associated Press, “Dole, Baker Seeking to Halt Telegraph-Planned Debate,
Nashua
(NH)
Telegraph
, February 16, 1980.

84.
Tom Oppel, “Common Cause Protests 2-Man Debate,”
Nashua
(NH)
Telegraph
, February 14, 1980.

85.
Walter R. Mears, Associated Press, February 6, 1980.

86.
Walter R. Mears, Associated Press, “Bush Wins 1st Issue; Reagan Funds Forum,”
Nashua
(NH)
Telegraph
, February 14, 1980, 10.

87.
John Laurence,
World News Tonight Sunday
, ABC News Transcripts, February 17, 1980.

88.
Wayne King, “Reagan, After Apology, Explains His Recounting of an Ethnic Joke,”
New York Times
, February 19, 1980, A14.

89.
Editorial, “Jokes, and Echoes, in New Hampshire,”
New York Times
, February 20, 1980, A24.

90.
“Yale Head Hits Reagan,”
Boston Globe
, February 21, 1980, 12.

91.
Paul Kengor and Patricia Clark Doerner,
The Judge: William P. Clark, Ronald Reagan's Top Hand
(San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2007), 102–3.

92.
“Lawyer May Fill Top Reagan Post,”
Los Angeles Times
, February 19, 1980, 1.

93.
Joseph E. Persico,
Casey: From the OSS to the CIA
(New York: Viking, 1990), 178–79.

94.
“Lawyer May Fill Top Reagan Post,”
Los Angeles Times
, February 19, 1980, 1.

95.
Maurice Carroll, “State G.O.P. Girds for 3-Way Presidential Primary,”
New York Times
, February 8, 1980, A12.

96.
James M. Perry, “Conspiracy Theorists Point Darkly to Bush as a ‘Trilateralist,’”
Wall Street Journal
, February 26, 1980, 1.

97.
Hunt, “Subtlety Isn't One of Mr. Loeb's Strengths.”

98.
Perry, “Conspiracy Theorists Point Darkly to Bush as a ‘Trilateralist.’”

99.
“Reagan Races a Little Faster,”
Time
, February 11, 1980.

100.
Ibid.

101.
James R. Dickenson, “Reagan Taking Pains to Fight Bush's Resume,”
Washington Star
, February 15, 1980, A3.

102.
Tom Morganthau, Tony Fuller, Stryker McGuire, Gloria Borger, and Gerald C. Lubenow, “GOP Shake-down Cruise,”
Newsweek
, February 25, 1980, 32.

103.
Jeff Bell, in discussion with the author; Bill Roeder, “Reagan Toughens His Ad Campaign,”
Newsweek
, February 11, 1980, 25.

104.
Jeff Bell, in discussion with the author.

105.
Novak,
The Prince of Darkness
, 349.

106.
James Baker, in discussion with the author; Victor Gold, in discussion with the author.

107.
Tom Morganthau and James Doyle, “The Prime-Time Players,”
Newsweek
, January 28, 1980, 34.

108.
Donald M. Rothberg, “Bush Criticized by GOP Opponents,” Associated Press, February 14, 1980.

C
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9: F
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H
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1.
Kevin McKean, “Magazine Reports on Health of Presidential Candidates,” Associated Press, February 12, 1980.

2.
Ibid.

3.
“The Candidates: Just How Healthy?”
U. S. News & World Report
, February 25, 1980, 8.