Rendezvous with Destiny: Ronald Reagan and the Campaign that Changed America (130 page)

45.
E. J. Dionne Jr., “Iran and Wisconsin Primary,”
New York Times
, April 3, 1980, 36.

46.
Charles Mohr, “Iran Reports Conciliatory Message from Carter, but U. S. Issues Denial,”
New York Times
, March 30, 1980, 1.

47.
Associated Press, “Iran Timing Aided Carter, Caddell Says,”
Washington Star
, April 3, 1980, A3.

48.
Clymer, “Carter, Reagan Take Wisconsin.”

49.
Associated Press, “Reagan Wins Overwhelmingly in Kansas Primary.”

50.
Walter R. Mears, “Carter Half-Way to Nomination; Reagan Marches Upward,” Associated Press, April 2, 1980.

51.
Bill Peterson, “Anderson Damaged by Twin Defeats,”
Washington Post
, April 2, 1980, A1.

52.
Iris Kelso, “Bush Talk Light Rap at Reagan,”
Times-Picayune
(LA), April 4, 1980, 7.

53.
Associated Press, “Carter and Reagan Enjoy Victories Won in Louisiana Primary Contest,”
New York Times
, April 7, 1980, D9.

54.
Ed Anderson, “Carter, Reagan Sweep Louisiana Primaries,”
Times-Picayune
(LA), April 6, 1980, 1.

55.
Ed Anderson, “La. Campaign Workers Bemoan Low Turnout,”
Times-Picayune
(LA), April 7, 1980, 14.

56.
Associated Press, “Carter and Reagan Enjoy Victories Won in Louisiana Primary Contest,”
New York Times
, April 7, 1980, D9.

57.
Anderson, “La. Campaign Workers Bemoan Low Turnout.”

58.
David Broder, “Kennedy Falters; Brown Withdraws,”
Washington Post
, April 2, 1980, A1.

59.
Howell Raines, “Reagan's Campaign Style Is Creating a Varied Coalition of ‘Shared Values,’”
New York Times
, April 12, 1980, 10.

60.
Peterson, “Anderson Damaged by Twin Defeats.”

61.
Albert R. Hunt, “Carter and Reagan Win Races in Kansas and Wisconsin to Solidify Lead Positions,”
Wall Street Journal
, April 2, 1980, 2.

62.
Francis X. Clines, “Visit with an Election-Year Lobbyist,”
New York Times
, March 31, 1980, D10.

63.
Hunt, “Carter and Reagan Win Races in Kansas and Wisconsin.”

64.
Greenfield, “Jimmy Carter Talking About Himself.”

65.
Stephen J. Lynton, “President Rebukes Brezhnev, Assails ‘False’ Response,”
Washington Post
, January 1, 1980, A1.

66.
Editorial, “Iran: Enough,”
Washington Post
, April 6, 1980, E6.

67.
Jonathan C. Randal, “Bani-Sadr, Clergy in Power Struggle,”
Washington Post
, April 4, 1980, A1.

68.
David S. Broder, “Jimmy Carter's ‘Good News’ Strategy,”
Washington Post
, April 6, 1980, E7.

69.
Terence Smith, “Iran's Shadow on Primary,”
New York Times
, April 2, 1980, A1.

70.
Anthony Lewis, “With Flexible Firmness,”
New York Times
, April 3, 1980, 23.

71.
Linda Charlton, “Campaign Report,”
New York Times
, April 2, 1980, A18.

72.
Tom Wicker, “Looking to the Future,”
New York Times
, April 6, 1980, E17.

73.
Warren Weaver Jr., “Message for John Anderson: Independents Fare Not Well,”
New York Times
, April 13, 1980, E4.

74.
Leslie Bennetts, “Strong Wives Keeping Pace with Front-Runners,”
New York Times
, April 5, 1980, 1.

75.
Nancy Reynolds, in discussion with the author, October 3, 2006.

76.
Nancy Reagan,
I Love You, Ronnie: The Letters of Ronald Reagan to Nancy Reagan
(New York: Random House, 2000), 132–33.

77.
William Safire, “Women and Power,”
New York Times
, May 19, 1980, A21.

78.
Ibid.

79.
Melinda Beck, Gerald C. Lubenow, and Martin Kasindorf, “The Woman Behind Reagan,”
Newsweek
, April 28, 1980, 33.

80.
Leslie Bennetts, “Strong Wives Keeping Pace with Front-Runners,”
New York Times
, April 5, 1980, 1.

81.
Mary Thornton, “Carter Is 5 Months Late on Iran, Reagan Says,”
Washington Star
, April 9, 1980, A3.

82.
Ibid.

C
HAPTER
16: T
HE
A
PPALACHIAN
T
RAIL

1.
Rick Nichols, “Bush Takes the Road of the Moderate,”
Philadelphia Inquirer
, April 12, 1980.

2.
Paul Taylor, “How Pa. Stacks Up: Carter-Kennedy Race Close,”
Philadelphia Inquirer
, April 14, 1980, 1A.

3.
Maida Odom, “Bush Pursues Ethnic Vote,”
Philadelphia Inquirer
, April 14, 1980, 3A.

4.
Nichols, “Bush Takes the Road of the Moderate.”

5.
Lee Egerstrom, “All a Mistake,”
Philadelphia Inquirer
, April 16, 1980, 4A.

6.
“A Time of Wild Gyrations,”
Time
, April 7, 1980.

7.
“And Reagan Catches Carter,”
Time
, April 14, 1980.

8.
David Smick, in discussion with the author, October 18, 2006; Bruce Eberle, in discussion with the author, March 4, 2007; Jim Roberts, in discussion with the author, July 2006; Randal C. Teague, in discussion with the author, August 22, 2006.

9.
Allan J. Mayer, Gerald C. Lubenow, and James Doyle, “Search for a Running Mate,”
Newsweek
, March 31, 1980, 26.

10.
Paul Taylor and Robert R. Frump, “Green Gives Backing to Kennedy,”
Philadelphia Inquirer
, April 16, 1980, 1A.

11.
David M. Alpern, Richard Manning, Tony Fuller, and Howard Fineman, “A Third Party for Anderson,”
Newsweek
, April 7, 1980, 25.

12.
Bill Peterson and Lou Cannon, “For Anderson, the (Grand Old) Party's Over,”
Washington Post
, April 25, 1980, A1.

13.
“Reagan Rejects Charge by Carter on Criticism,”
Washington Star
, April 11, 1980, A3.

14.
Max Robinson,
World News Tonight
, ABC News Transcripts, April 10, 1980.

15.
Lou Cannon, “Reagan Turns Testy on Misstatements,”
Washington Post
, April 11, 1980, A3.

16.
Terence Hunt, “Reagan's Changes Tune on Veteran Charge,” Associated Press, April 10, 1980.

17.
Cannon, “Reagan Turns Testy.”

18.
Jeff Greenfield,
The Real Campaign: How the Media Missed the Story of the 1980 Campaign
(New York: Summit Books, 1982), 89.

19.
Gerald C. Lubenow, “Reagan: Secret of Success,”
Newsweek
, April 7, 1980, 26.

20.
Bill Stall and William Endicott, “Record Doesn't Always Support Reagan's Claims,”
Los Angeles Times
, April 12, 1980, A1.

21.
Howell Raines, “Reagan Attacks Press Analyses Calling His Speeches Inaccurate,”
New York Times
, April 11, 1980, D14.

22.
Steven Rattner, “Ronald Reagan's Economic Policy,”
New York Times
, April 13, 1980, F1.

23.
Peter Goldman, James Doyle, and Martin Kasindorf, “How's That Again, Ronnie?”
Newsweek
, April 21, 1980, 47.

24.
Douglas E. Kneeland, “Challenges to Statements Putting Reagan on the Defensive,”
New York Times
, April 13, 1980, 16.

25.
Edwin Guthman, “Compared to the Facts, Reagan's Story Falls Apart,”
Philadelphia Inquirer
, April 13, 1980, 9L.

26.
Richard Bergholz, “Reagan, Editors Face Each Other; It's a Standoff,”
Los Angeles Times
, April 9, 1980, C17.

27.
Lou Cannon, “Reagan Preaches ‘New Economics’ Gospel,”
Washington Post
, April 9, 1980, A3.

28.
Guthman, “Compared to the Facts, Reagan's Story Falls Apart.”

29.
“And Reagan Catches Carter,”
Time
, April 14, 1980.

30.
Washington Star
, April 8, 1980.

31.
“And Reagan Catches Carter.”

32.
Robert Scheer, “Reagan Views Issues at Home, Abroad,”
Los Angeles Times
, March 6, 1980, B1.

33.
Maida Odom, “Bush Pursues Ethnic Vote,”
Philadelphia Inquirer
, April 14, 1980, 3A.

34.
Thomas Ferric Jr., “Presidential Race Narrows in Pennsylvania,”
Philadelphia Inquirer
, April 15, 1980, 3A.

35.
Merrill Hartson, “Kennedy Rips Carter on Inflation; Reagan Wins Dole Support,” Associated Press, March 30, 1980.

36.
Curtis B. Gans, “A Force, Not a Candidate,”
Washington Post
, April 8, 1980, A19.

37.
Robert J. Rosenthal, “He Is a Man of Myth—and Mystique,”
Philadelphia Inquirer
, April 16, 1980, 10A.

38.
Lou Cannon, “Assertive, Optimistic Support Reagan, Pollster Says,”
Washington Post
, April 9, 1980, A3.

39.
Ibid.

40.
“On the Road: Long Hours but High Praise from His Fans,”
U. S. News & World Report
, April 7, 1980, 24.

41.
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.,
Journals: 1952–2000
(New York: Penguin Press, 2007), 92.

42.
Howell Raines, “Reagan Says His Drive Is Backed by New Coalition of Middle Class,”
New York Times
, April 9, 1980, A24.

43.
“President Reagan?”
Economist
, March 29, 1980, 17.

44.
“Only One Prime Minister,”
Economist
, April 28, 1979, 13.

45.
Howell Raines, “Reagan's Campaign Style Is Creating a Varied Coalition of ‘Shared Values,’”
New York Times
, April 12, 1980, 10.

46.
Victor Gold, in discussion with the author, March 27, 2006.

47.
Ibid.

48.
Victor Gold, in discussion with the author, December 19, 2007.

49.
Stefan Halper, in discussion with the author, March 20, 2007.

50.
Robert Shogan, “Bush Accuses Reagan of ‘Economic Madness,’”
Los Angeles Times
, April 11, 1980, B20.

51.
Victor Gold, in discussion with the author, March 27, 2006.

52.
Shogan, “Bush Accuses Reagan of ‘Economic Madness.’”

53.
David Keene, in discussion with the author, March 17, 2006.

54.
Paul Taylor, “A Pol's Pol Strokes and Cheerleads for Reagan,”
Philadelphia Inquirer
, April 20, 1980, 21A.

55.
Ibid.

56.
Jack Germond and Jules Witcover, “A Poll on Reagan vs. Carter,”
Philadelphia Inquirer
, April 20, 1980, 11L.

57.
Albert R. Hunt, “Bush Hoping for Upset in, Pennsylvania, but Reagan Is Favorite in Primary Test,”
Wall Street Journal
, April 21, 1980, 12.

58.
Paul Taylor, “How Pa. Stacks Up: Carter-Kennedy Race Close,”
Philadelphia Inquirer
, April 14, 1980, 1A.

59.
Germond and Witcover, “A Poll on Reagan vs. Carter.”

60.
Rick Nichols, “He Wants to Be Powerful—and Nice, Too,”
Philadelphia Inquirer
, April 14, 1980, 1B.

61.
David Keene, in discussion with the author, March 17, 2006.

62.
David Broder, “Bush on the Comeback Trail?”
Philadelphia Inquirer
, April 16, 1980, 13A.

63.
Charles B. Fancher Jr., “Thornburgh Booed; Reagan Cheered,”
Philadelphia Inquirer
, April 17, 1980, 6A.

64.
Ibid.

65.
Robert R. Frump, “Kennedy Back Here, Buoyed,”
Philadelphia Inquirer
, April 14, 1980, 3A.

66.
Taylor, “How Pa. Stacks Up.”

67.
David Zucchino, “Candidates Fine-Tune Penna. Ad Campaign,”
Philadelphia Inquirer
, April 18, 1980, 1A.

68.
Robert R. Frump, Ray Holton, and Bruce Keidan, “Bush, Reagan Get Some Help from Their Friends Outside Pa.,”
Philadelphia Inquirer
, April 18, 1980, 8A.

69.
“A Costly Vote Goes to Bush,”
Philadelphia Inquirer
, April 18, 1980, 1D.

70.
Lee Linder, Associated Press, April 21, 1980.

71.
Dale Mezzacappa, “State GOP Takes a Right Turn to Reagan,”
Philadelphia Inquirer
, April 20, 1980, 1B; Terence Hunt, “Reagan Wins Endorsement of Howard Baker, Ohio Governor Rhodes,” Associated Press, April 20, 1980.

72.
Mezzacappa, “State GOP Takes a Right Turn to Reagan.”

73.
Associated Press, “Ford Rejects Running on Ticket with Reagan,”
Washington Star
, April 17, 1980, A4.

74.
Donald Kimelman, “Anderson to Begin His Run as Independent Next Week,”
Philadelphia Inquirer
, April 19, 1980, 1A.

75.
Ibid.

76.
Advertisements,
Philadelphia Inquirer
, April 20, 1980, 9L.

77.
Terence Hunt, “Reagan Wins Endorsement of Howard Baker, Ohio Governor Rhodes,” Associated Press, April 20, 1980.

78.
Walter R. Mears, Associated Press, April 21, 1980.

79.
Bill Peterson, “Baker Urges Unity, Endorses Reagan,”
Washington Post
, April 21, 1980, A1.

80.
James R. Dickenson, “Baker Endorses Reagan in Move Keyed to Primary,”
Washington Star
, April 21, 1980, A1.