Rendezvous with Destiny: Ronald Reagan and the Campaign that Changed America (139 page)

123.
Anthony Lewis, “Kennedy Denies a Johnson Feud,”
New York Times
, March 13, 1964, 1.

124.
Memorandum from N. P. Callahan to the Director, “The Congressional Record,” United States Government, April 6, 1964.

125.
“The Choice of Humphrey, Step by Step,”
New York Times
, August 27, 1964, 1.

126.
Paul Corbin, in discussion with the author.

127.
Joseph A. Loftus, “'draft Kennedy' Unit Files in Wisconsin,”
New York Times
, March 11, 1964, 1.

128.
Adam Walinsky, in discussion with the author, June 10, 2005.

129.
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, in discussion with the author, December 18, 2007.

130.
Adam Walinsky, in discussion with the author, June 10, 2005.

131.
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, in discussion with the author, December 18, 2007.

132.
Adam Walinsky, in discussion with the author, June 10, 2005.

133.
John Seigenthaler, in discussion with the author, March 25, 2008.

134.
Ibid.

135.
Ray Thomasson, in discussion with the author, February 12, 2007; Joseph Sweat, in discussion with the author, February 12, 2007.

136.
“Ray Blanton: A Synonym for Controversy,” United Press International, June 9, 1981.

137.
Sue Allison, “Blanton Takes Political Spotlight,” United Press International, July 30, 1988.

138.
Ray Thomasson, in discussion with the author, February 12, 2007; Joseph Sweat, in discussion with the author, February 12, 2007; Kirk Loggins, “Legendary Sheriff Fate Thomas Dies,”
Tennessean
, July 26, 2000, 1A.

139.
Joseph Sweat, in discussion with the author, February 12, 2007.

140.
Ray Thomasson, in discussion with the author, February 12, 2007.

141.
Joseph Sweat, in discussion with the author, February 12, 2007.

142.
Adam Walinsky, in discussion with the author, June 10, 2005.

143.
John Seigenthaler, in discussion with the author, November 15, 2007.

144.
Bill Peterson and Basil Talbott Jr., “Carter Scores in Iowa Straw Ballot, but Kennedy Parries in Cook County,”
Washington Post
, November 6, 1979, A6; David S. Broder, “It Was a Family Picnic, Touched by Eloquence and Poignancy,”
Washington Post
, October 21, 1979, A4.

145.
Walter Mondale, in discussion with the author, February 28, 2007.

146.
Jimmy Carter Presidential Library, Atlanta, GA, “Oral Histories at the Jimmy Carter Library,”
http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.org/library/oralhist.phtml
; Dom Bonafede, “At the White House, You Can't Tell the Players without a Scorecard,”
National Journal
, October 6, 1979, 1641.

147.
Bonafede, “At the White House”; Broder, “It Was a Family Picnic.”

148.
Bonafede, “At the White House”; Alice J. Porter, “All the President's Men and Women,”
National Journal
, November 17, 1979, 195;Associated Press, November 11, 1979; Robert Dunn, in discussion with the author, June 23, 2009.

149.
“The FBI Didn't Even Ring Once,”
Washington Post
, March 18, 1984, C4.

150.
Porter, “All the President's Men and Women.”

151.
Bill Schulz, in discussion with the author, January 23, 2007.

152.
Ibid.

153.
David Keene, in discussion with the author; Adam Walinsky, in discussion with the author, June 10, 2005.

154.
Charles Bartlett, in discussion with the author, November 4, 2007.

155.
“Casey Affidavit,”
Washington Post
, May 24, 1984, A16.

156.
Gregory Gordon, “Casey Submits to House Interview,” United Press International, November 9, 1983.

157.
Mary McGrory, “Where's the Liar?”
Washington Post
, May 27, 1984, C1.

158.
David Keene, in discussion with the author, June 10, 2005.

159.
David Keene, in discussion with the author, October 10, 2006;Adam Walinsky, in discussion with the author, June 10, 2005.

160.
Patrick Lucey, in discussion with the author, December 5, 2006.

161.
House Committee report, 114.

162.
Ibid., 114; Gregory Gordon, “Consultant Visited Casey's Office Three Days Before Debate,” United Press International, January 8, 1984.

163.
Howard Kurtz, “Timing of Visit Poses Questions in Debate Case,”
Washington Post
, January 9, 1984, A5.

164.
House Committee report, 114–15.

165.
Gregory Gordon, “The Briefing Papers Mystery: Leaked? Stolen? Investigations Spawn Contradictions, Unanswered Questions,” United Press International, July 24, 1983.

166.
House Committee report, 101–2.

167.
Gerald Rafshoon, in discussion with the author, March 20, 2008.

168.
Joseph E. Persico,
Casey: From the OSS to the CIA
(New York: Viking, 1990), 331.

169.
Weather Underground, Daily History for the District of Columbia, October 25, 1980,
http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KDCA/1980/10/25/DailyHistory.html?req_city=Washington&req_state=DC&req_statename=District+of+Columbia
.

170.
Stefan Halper, in discussion with the author, March 20, 2007.

171.
House Committee report, 114.

172.
Ibid., 7, 104.

173.
Ibid., 109–110.

174.
Ibid., 105.

175.
Wayne Valis, in discussion with the author, March 27, 2008.

176.
House Committee report, 5–6.

177.
Martin Schram, “‘Preposterous’: Carter Aide Says Debate-Book Rumor Dismissed,”
Washington Post
, July 10, 1983, A1.

178.
Laurence I. Barrett,
Gambling with History: Ronald Reagan in the White House
(New York: Penguin Books, 1984), 382.

179.
House Committee report, 6–7.

180.
David M. Alpern, Elaine Shannon, and Gloria Borger, “The Issue That Won't Die,”
Newsweek
, June 4, 1984, 24.

181.
Wayne Valis, in discussion with the author, March 27, 2008.

182.
House Committee report, 91–92.

183.
Ibid., 98.

184.
Adam Walinsky, in discussion with the author, June 10, 2005.

185.
Phil Gailey, “Casey Made Call on Carter Papers,”
New York Times
, July 4, 1983, 8.

186.
House Committee report, 113, 123; Mike Feinsilber, Associated Press, May 24, 1984.

187.
Martin Tolchin, “Inquiry on Carter Data Said to Focus on 2 Men,”
New York Times
, December 7, 1983, A15.

188.
House Committee report, 114.

189.
Ibid., 74.

190.
Ibid., 95.

191.
Don Albosta, in discussion with the author, January 5, 2007.

192.
House Committee report, 3.

193.
Ibid., 100.

194.
Ibid., 124.

195.
Don Albosta, in discussion with the author, January 5, 2007.

196.
House Committee report, 111–12.

197.
James Baker, in discussion with the author, September 6, 2006.

198.
Persico,
Casey
, 329.

199.
Richard Cheney, in discussion with the author, March 19, 2007; Persico,
Casey
, 327, 329.

200.
Tolchin, “Inquiry on Carter Data.”

201.
House Committee report, 2073.

202.
Adam Walinsky, in discussion with the author, June 10, 2005.

203.
“The Weather,”
Washington Post
, June 5, 1981, B2.

204.
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, in discussion with the author, December 18, 2007.

205.
Elisabeth Bumiller, “RFK and the Spirit of a Generation,”
Washington Post
, June 6, 1981, C1.

206.
B. Drummond Ayres Jr., “Reagan Joins a Kennedy Remembrance,”
New York Times
, June 6, 1981, 1.

207.
“Newsmakers,”
Newsweek
, June 15, 1981, 57.

C
HAPTER
29: G
ENERAL
Q
UARTERS

1.
Douglas E. Kneeland, “Reagan Resting Up at Ranch on Coast,”
New York Times
, August 14, 1980, A21.

2.
Alison Muscatine, “Reagan's Neighbors Shun Life in Fishbowl,”
Washington Star
, August 16, 1980, A3.

3.
Alison Muscatine, “Reagan Critical of the Oratory at Convention,”
Washington Star
, August 15, 1980.

4.
United Press International, “Parties' Platforms: The Contrasts on Issues,”
New York Times
, August 18, 1980, A14.

5.
Robert G. Kaiser, “The Jewish Voter: Giving Up on Carter,”
Washington Post
, August 17, 1980, A6.

6.
Associated Press, “115 Million Saw Convention, NBC Estimates,”
Washington Star
, August 16, 1980, A3.

7.
John W. Mashek, “Carter's Second Chance,”
U. S. News & World Report
, August 25, 1980, 16.

8.
“Carter Family: ‘Old Pros’ on Campaign Trail,”
U. S. News & World Report
, August 25, 1980, 58.

9.
“How Carter Plans to Win; Needed: 270 Electoral Votes,”
U. S. News & World Report
, August 25, 1980, 18; Memorandum from Karl Struble to Tim Kraft, “General Election Observations,” May 12, 1980, Carter/ Mondale Presidential Committee, Jimmy Carter Presidential Library, Atlanta, GA.

10.
Memorandum from Tim Finchem to Hamilton Jordan, Jack Watson, and Landon Butler, “Political Appointees Fundraising Program—Talking Points,” September 26, 1980, Carter/Mondale Re-Election Committee, Box 142, Jimmy Carter Presidential Library, Atlanta, GA.

11.
Lisa Myers, “Carter Camp Shows Signs of Strategy Split,”
Washington Star
, August 16, 1980, A1.

12.
James M. Perry, “Carter Plans to Win by Depicting Reagan as Shallow, Dangerous,”
Wall Street Journal
, August 14, 1980, 1.

13.
Myers, “Carter Camp Shows Signs of Strategy Split.”

14.
Jack W. Germond and Jules Witcover, “Carter Is Stuck on Defensive as Clock Ticks,”
Washington Star
, August 8, 1980, A3.

15.
Memorandum from Tim Smith to Hamilton Jordan and Bob Strauss, “Preliminary Debate Discussions,” August 21, 1980, Carter/Mondale Presidential Committee, Box 55, Jimmy Carter Presidential Library, Atlanta, GA.

16.
Terence Hunt, “Reagan Proposes Only Two Campaign Debates,” Associated Press, August 25, 1980.

17.
“An Interview with Mondale,”
Time
, August 25, 1980.

18.
Lou Cannon, “Reagan: ‘Peace Through Strength,’”
Washington Post
, August 19, 1980, A1.

19.
Frank Reynolds,
World News Tonight
, ABC News Transcripts, August 18, 1980;Associated Press, “Reagan Calls Vietnam War a ‘Noble Cause,’”
Los Angeles Times
, August 18, 1980, A2.

20.
Martin Schram, Lou Cannon, Robert G. Kaiser, Edward Walsh, and Maralee Schwartz, “Post-Convention Surge,”
Washington Post
, August 20, 1980, A1.

21.
Ibid.

22.
Lou Cannon, “Reagan Asserts U. S. Security Is in Jeopardy,”
Washington Post
, August 21, 1980, A2.

23.
Thomas J. Foley and Stewart Powell, “Could Anderson Be President?”
U. S. News & World Report
, August 11, 1980, 25.

24.
“Candidates Battle Over Defense Policy,” Associated Press, August 19, 1980.

25.
David S. Broder and Robert G. Kaiser, “Anderson Close to Selecting Wisconsin Democrat Lucey,”
Washington Post
, August 22, 1980, A1.

26.
Associated Press, “Reagan and Bush to Stump in New Jersey Over Holiday,”
New York Times
, August 29, 1980, A14.

27.
Jeremiah O'Leary, “Carter Picks in Picnic in South for 1980 Campaign Kickoff,”
Washington Star
, August 24, 1980, A3.

28.
United Press International, “Bush to Open Campaign with Portland, Me., Rally,”
New York Times
, August 26, 1980, B7.

29.
O'Leary, “Carter Picks Picnic in South for 1980 Campaign Kickoff.”

30.
Howell Raines, “Reagan Campaign Runs into Unexpected Obstacles,”
New York Times
, August 24, 1980, 28.

31.
James J. Kilpatrick, “For Reagan, the Noble Truth Will Serve Well,”
Los Angeles Times
, August 29, 1980, F11.

32.
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak, “Making Reagan ‘Fail-Safe,’”
Washington Post
, August 22, 1980, A15.

33.
Henry S. Bradsher, “Muskie Reiterates U. S.'s Mild Response,”
Washington Star
, August 23, 1980, A1.

34.
Katharine Macdonald, “Reagan Acts to Reassure Peking on Ties,”
Washington Post
, August 17, 1980, A4.

35.
John Brecher and Melida Liu, “Bush Bombs in Peking,”
Newsweek
, September 1, 1980, 33.

36.
Jay Mathews, “Chinese Reiterate Attack on Reagan's Taiwan Stand,”
Washington Post
, August 23, 1980, A4.

37.
Peter Goldman, Gerald C. Lubenow, Thomas M. DeFrank, and Stryker McGuire, “The Battle of the Button,”
Newsweek
, September 1, 1980, 18.

38.
Lisa Myers, “Reagan Bids for Vote of Evangelicals,”
Washington Star
, August 23, 1980, A3.