Rendezvous with Destiny: Ronald Reagan and the Campaign that Changed America (125 page)

4.
Lynn Nofziger,
Nofziger
(Washington, DC: Regnery Gateway, 1992), 222.

5.
“The Candidates: Just How Healthy?”

6.
Dom Bonafede, “Covering the Presidential Elections—Despite the Cost, the Press Is Ready,”
National Journal
, February 2, 1980, 192.

7.
“Cautious Confrontation,”
Time
, March 3, 1980.

8.
Martin Schram, “Bush Survives Debate Unscathed,”
Washington Post
, February 21, 1980, A2.

9.
Adolphe V. Bernotas, “Reagan Campaign Agrees to Pay to Debate George Bush,” Associated Press, February 22, 1980.

10.
Lou Cannon, “Reagan Forces to Pay Costs of Debate with Bush,”
Washington Post
, February 22, 1980, A2.

11.
Adam Clymer, “Reagan to Finance His Debate Tomorrow with Bush,”
New York Times
, February 22, 1980, A14.

12.
Peter Hannaford, in discussion with the author.

13.
Benjamin Taylor, “Twists and Turns on Debate in N.H.,”
Boston Globe
, February 22, 1980, 11.

14.
Saul Friedman and Remer Tyson, “Big Fanfare, Small Delegation in N.H.,”
Miami Herald
, February 26, 1980, 1A.

15.
Scott Mackay, “Presidential Hopefuls Begin Final Media Blitz,”
Burlington
(VT)
Free Press
, February 24, 1980, 1A.

16.
United Press International, “Reagan Landslide Winner in Alaskan Precinct Straw Poll,”
Los Angeles Times
, February 23, 1980, A22; Merrill Hartson, Associated Press, February 22, 1980.

17.
United Press International, “Reagan Clings to Lead as Arkansas Picks Delegation,”
Los Angeles Times
, February 17, 1980, A11; Bill Simmons, “Reagan and Baker Major Victors in Arkansas Contest,” Associated Press, February 17, 1980.

18.
Lou Cannon, “Risk Higher in N.H. for Bush Campaign,”
Washington Post
, February 20, 1980, A4.

19.
David Nyhan, “What to Check in N.H.,”
Boston Globe
, February 20, 1980, 15.

20.
Melvin Maddocks, “Politics and the Taste of Pickles,”
Christian Science Monitor
, March 3, 1980, 23; James Prichard, “The Life and Times of Alice Roosevelt Longworth,” Associated Press, October 22, 2007.

21.
Richard Bergholz, “Carter Holds Lead as N.H.Vote Nears,”
Los Angeles Times
, February 25, 1980, 1.

22.
Bernard Weinraub, “Ads Underscore Boston Media's Role in Campaign,”
New York Times
, February 23, 1980, 8.

23.
Martin Schram, “The Guns of the N.H. Skirmishing,”
Washington Post
, February 20, 1980, A1.

24.
Francis X. Clines, “New Hampshire Gun-Control Forum Brings Out Presidential Vote Hunters,”
New York Times
, February 20, 1980, A19.

25.
Ibid.

26.
Associated Press, “Hockey Win Stirs Flag-Waving Rush,”
Miami Herald
, February 25, 1980, 1.

27.
Colin Clark, in discussion with the author, September 22, 2006.

28.
Walter R. Mears, Associated Press, February 24, 1980.

29.
Mary Thornton, “Carter Gaining in Poll; Reagan Lead Narrows,”
Washington Star
, February 19, 1980, A1.

30.
Robert Healy, “The Bush Wagon Rolls On,”
Boston Globe
, February 22, 1980, 15.

31.
Jack W. Germond and Jules Witcover, “King of the Hill?”
Boston Globe
, February 22, 1980, 15.

32.
“Carter Ahead in Poll,”
Boston Globe
, February 21, 1980, 12.

33.
Clay F. Richards, United Press International, “GOP Rivals Blast Bush,”
State
(SC), February 25, 1980, 2A.

34.
Benjamin Taylor, “Twists and Turns on Debate in N.H.,”
Boston Globe
, February 22, 1980, 1.

35.
Ibid.

36.
Barbara Walters,
World News Tonight
, ABC News Transcripts, February 22, 1980.

37.
Charles R. Black, in discussion with the author, March 20, 2006.

38.
John Sears, in discussion with the author, July 26, 2006.

39.
Jim Lake, in discussion with the author, September 19, 2006.

40.
Harry F. Rosenthal, “Bush Won't Attack Reagan,” Associated Press, February 23, 1980.

41.
Charles R. Black, in discussion with the author, March 20, 2006; Jim Lake, in discussion with the author, September 19, 2006.

42.
Paul Russo, in discussion with the author, September 8, 2006.

43.
Jim Lake, in discussion with the author, September 19, 2006.

44.
Editorial, “A Bizarre Chain of Events,”
Nashua
(NH)
Telegraph
, February 28, 1980.

45.
Andrew Schneider, “Two GOP Candidates Differ on Importance of Debate,” Associated Press, February 15, 1980.

46.
Mickey Baca and Cynthia Jones, “Forum Reaction Varies Widely,”
Nashua
(NH)
Telegraph
, February 25, 1980.

47.
Peter Secchia, in discussion with the author.

48.
“2,300 Hear Reagan-Bush Forum Tonight,”
Nashua
(NH)
Telegraph
, February 23, 1980, 1; United Press International, “Reagan-Bush Debate Sparks Anger,”
State
(SC), February 24, 1980, 2A.

49.
Paul Russo, in discussion with the author, September 8, 2006.

50.
Neal Peden, in discussion with the author, July 6, 2006.

51.
Charles R. Black, in discussion with the author, March 20, 2006.

52.
Ibid.

53.
Jim Lake, in discussion with the author, September 19, 2006.

54.
Charles R. Black, in discussion with the author, March 20, 2006.

55.
Paul Laxalt, in discussion with the author, July 31, 2006.

56.
Jim Lake, in discussion with the author, September 19, 2006.

57.
Morton Blackwell, in discussion with the author, February 28, 2007.

58.
Peter Hannaford, in discussion with the author, March 24, 2006.

59.
Jim Lake, in discussion with the author, September 19, 2006.

60.
Jim Roberts, in discussion with the author, July 2006.

61.
Gerald Carmen, in discussion with the author, July 25, 2006.

62.
Ibid.

63.
Jim Lake, in discussion with the author, September 19, 2006; Gerald Carmen, in discussion with the author.

64.
Peter Hannaford, in discussion with the author.

65.
Germond and Witcover, “GOP Rivals Gang Up.”

66.
Walter R. Mears, “Bush and Reagan Poised to Square Off in Debate,” Associated Press, February 23, 1980.

67.
Francis X. Clines, “A Reporter's Notebook: Grand Old Pandemonium,”
New York Times
, February 25, 1980, A18.

68.
Jack Kenny, “Campaign Tales Are Told by the Man Who Provides Sound, Video to Candidates,”
N.H. Business Review
, January 28–February 10, 2000.
http://www.molloysoundandvideo.com/articles.html
.

69.
Associated Press, February 25, 1980.

70.
Jules Witcover,
Crapshoot: Rolling the Dice on the Vice Presidency
(New York: Crown Publishers, 1992), 306.

71.
Ibid., 307.

72.
Robert Shogan, “Reagan Effort to Expand Debate Leads to Dispute,”
Los Angeles Times
, February 24, 1980, 1.

73.
David Nyhan and Robert Healy, “Nashua Debate Turns into a Fight to Speak,”
Boston Globe
, February 24, 1980, 1.

74.
Hedrick Smith, “Excluded from G.O.P. Debate, Four Attack Bush,”
New York Times
, February 24, 1980, 1.

75.
Jim Roberts, in discussion with the author, July 2006.

76.
Ronald Reagan,
An American Life: The Autobiography
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 1990), 213.

77.
Lou Cannon,
Reagan
(New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1982), 253.

78.
Don Campbell, “Bush and Reagan Debate Ends Up a Party Battle,”
Burlington
(VT)
Free Press
, February 24, 1980, 1.

79.
Peter Hannaford,
The Reagans: A Political Portrait
(New York: Coward-McCann, 1983), 238.

80.
Shogan, “Reagan Effort to Expand Debate.”

81.
David Keene, in discussion with the author, March 17, 2006.

82.
Mears, “Bush and Reagan Poised to Square Off.”

83.
David Nyhan, “‘Just Politics’ or a ‘Lockout,'”
Boston Globe
, February 25, 1980, 1; Rochelle Share, “Shadow Outshines Nashua Debate,”
Concord
(NH)
Monitor
, February 25, 1980, 1.

84.
Jack W. Germond and Jules Witcover, “GOP Rivals Gang Up on Bush as Debate Turns into a Brawl,”
Washington Star
, February 24, 1980, A1.

85.
James R. Dickenson, “Fallout Over Debate Could Decide GOP's Primary Contest,”
Washington Star
, February 26, 1980, A1.

86.
Robert Healy, “Nashua Debate and a New Unity,”
Boston Globe
, February 25, 1980, 6.

87.
Richard Bergholz, “Carter Holds Lead as N.H.Vote Nears,”
Los Angeles Times
, February 25, 1980, 1.

88.
William Loeb, “
Only a Bush Leaguer
”
Manchester
(NH)
Union-Leader
, February 25, 1980, 1.

89.
Mears, “Bush and Reagan Poised to Square Off.”

90.
Richard Bergholz, “Reagan and Bush Battle for Lead in N.H. Primary,”
Los Angeles Times
, February 26, 1980, 2A.

91.
Clay F. Richards, United Press International, “GOP Rivals Blast Bush,”
State
(SC), February 25, 1980, 2A.

92.
John Sears, in discussion with the author, July 26, 2006.

93.
Walter R. Mears, “New Hampshire Tests Kennedy, GOP Challengers in First Primary,” Associated Press, February 26, 1980.

94.
David Espo, Associated Press, “On the Road with Ted,”
Nashua
(NH)
Telegraph
, February 25, 1980, 11.

95.
Warren Weaver Jr., “Carter Far Ahead of Kennedy on Campaign Funds,”
New York Times
, February 22, 1980, A14.

96.
Patrick Riordan, “Lions Fatten President's War Chest,”
Miami Herald
, February 25, 1980, 1A.

97.
Thomas Oliphant, “New Hampshire: The Image and the Reality,”
Boston Globe
, February 26, 2.

C
HAPTER
10: R
EAGAN
R
OMPS

1.
Lou Cannon, Martin Schram, Myra McPherson, Judy Nicol, Art Harris, and David S. Broder, “Bush Is Crushed byWide Margin,”
Washington Post
, February 27, 1980, A1.

2.
U. S. News & World Report
, February 25, 1980, 23.

3.
David S. Broder, in discussion with the author, June 23, 2006.

4.
Lou Cannon,
Reagan
(New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1982), 249.

5.
Cannon et al., “Bush Is Crushed byWide Margin.”

6.
David S. Broder, “Dramatic Reversal of Fortune in New Hampshire,”
Washington Post
, February 28, 1980, A1.

7.
Associated Press, “Debate Fiasco: Who's to Blame?”
Miami Herald
, February 25, 1980, 25A.

8.
Remer Tyson and Saul Friedman, “Republican Campaign Turns Nasty,”
Miami Herald
, February 25, 1980, 25A.

9.
Richard Bergholz, “N.H. Voting in Presidential Primary Today,”
Los Angeles Times
, February 26, 1980, A10.

10.
Gerald Carmen, in discussion with the author, July 25, 2006.

11.
Tyson and Friedman, “Republican Campaign Turns Nasty.”

12.
Associated Press, “Debate Fiasco.”

13.
Bruce Nichols, United Press International, “Bush Labels Debate Furor Ploy,”
Nashua
(NH)
Telegraph
, February 26, 1980, 1.

14.
Tom Oppel, “Reagan and Bush Stands Similar,”
Nashua
(NH)
Telegraph
, February 25, 1980.

15.
Tom Wicker, “A Trail of Peanut Hulls,”
New York Times
, February 24, 1980, E19.

16.
Remer Tyson and David Hoffman, “Bush Fears Debate Flap Backlash,”
Miami Herald
, February 26, 1980, 11A.

17.
Walter R. Mears, “Poll Says Carter Over Kennedy; Bush, Reagan in Squeaker,” Associated Press, February 25, 1980.

18.
United Press International, “Reagan ‘Sandbagged Me,’ Bush Says of Debate,”
Miami Herald
, February 26, 1980, 8A.

19.
Warren Pease, “George Bush: Often a Candidate, Rarely Chosen,”
Manchester
(NH)
Union-Leader
, January 15, 1980, 1.

20.
James Wooten,
World News Tonight
, ABC News Transcripts, February 24, 1980.

21.
Walter R. Mears, “New Hampshire Tests Kennedy, GOP Challengers in First Primary,” Associated Press, February 26, 1980.

22.
Walter R. Mears, “Poll Says Carter Over Kennedy; Bush, Reagan in Squeaker,” Associated Press, February 25, 1980.

23.
“Read All About It …,”
Miami Herald
, February 26, 1980, 11A.

24.
Tom Oppel, “Joan Kennedy Ventures into Primary,”
Nashua
(NH)
Telegraph
, February 20, 1980, 3.