185 Further muddying his pitch: Bruce Mohl, “Mass. Antiabortion Group Backs Romney,” The Boston Globe, September 8, 1994.
185 He supported raising: Interview with Mitt Romney on This Week with David Brinkley, ABC, October 16, 1994.
185 He rejected: Rod Dreher, “Kennedy Avoids Haymaker in Final Debate with Romney,” Washington Times, October 28, 1994.
185 He backed two gun-control measures: Scott Helman, “Romney’s Record on Guns Questioned,” The Boston Globe, April 5, 2007; Scot Lehigh, “Lakian Vows to Fight Gun Control,” The Boston Globe, August 19, 1994.
185 Romney also discouraged: Bradlee and Golden, “Strategies Shaped an Epic Race.”
185 And he distanced himself: Dreher, “Kennedy Avoids Haymaker in Final Debate with Romney.”
186 He expressed lukewarm support: Scot Lehigh and Frank Phillips, “Romney, Lakian Debate Crime, Tax and Abortion,” The Boston Globe, September 7, 1994.
186 He was critical: Jeff Jacoby, “Lessons for Romney in Kennedy’s Success,” The Boston Globe, July 12, 1994.
186 Late in the race: John B. Judis, “Stormin’ Mormon,” The New Republic, November 7, 1994, 20.
186 A linchpin of Chafee’s plan: Paul Starr, “What Happened to Health Care Reform?,” The American Prospect, Winter 1995, 20–31.
186 “I told people”: Interview with Mitt Romney.
186 Kennedy came out for “workfare”: Peter G. Gosselin and Anthony Flint, “Liberties Taken with Some Facts,” The Boston Globe, October 26, 1994.
186 And he tried: Lehigh, “Kennedy, Romney Battle for the Middle.”
186 Everyone was there: Interviews with former campaign aides, 2011.
186 He later apologized: Frank Phillips, “Rep. Kennedy Apologizes to Romney on Mormon Issue,” The Boston Globe, September 24, 1994.
187 “Where is Mr. Romney”: Scot Lehigh, “Kennedy Believes Mormon-Racial Questions Proper,” The Boston Globe, September 27, 1994.
187 “I do not speak”: Scot Lehigh and Frank Phillips, “Romney Hits Kennedy on Faith Issue,” The Boston Globe, September 28, 1994.
187 “George Romney literally dove”: Interview with former Romney aide, 2011.
187 “I think it is absolutely wrong”: Lehigh and Phillips, “Romney Hits Kennedy on Faith Issue.”
187 “Every time”: Bradlee and Golden, “Strategies Shaped an Epic Race.”
187 “All my life”: Ibid.
188 “I would ask Ann”: Interview with former aide, 2011.
188 George’s schedule was his own: Ibid.
188 “He’s better”: Hugh McDiarmid, “Ex-Governor Basks in Son’s Strong Bid,” Detroit Free Press, October 7, 1994.
189 A series of campaign appearances: Campaign Almanac, C-SPAN, 1994.
189 There was the time: Interview with former Romney aide, 2011.
189 Romney made a point: Interview with Rick Reed.
189 About a week before election day: Frank Phillips and Sally Jacobs, “Tracking Poll Shows Romney Gaining Ground,” The Boston Globe, November 2, 1994.
189 Romney asked him: Interview with Ken Smith, 2011.
190 The day of the Boston debate: Bradlee and Golden, “Strategies Shaped an Epic Race.”
190–191 “I saw little old ladies”: Interview with former aide, 2011.
191 Kennedy basked: TV news coverage of October 1994 debate.
191 “You could stay overnight”: Bradlee and Golden, “Strategies Shaped an Epic Race.”
192 “I think the election is over”: Interview with John Lakian.
192 “That question”: Bradlee and Golden, “Strategies Shaped an Epic Race.”
192 But Kennedy fared better: Canellos, Last Lion, 300.
192 With less than two weeks: Frank Phillips and Scot Lehigh, “Kennedy Opens Up 20-Point Lead in Poll,” The Boston Globe, October 27, 1994.
193 Then, in his final debate: Bradlee and Golden, “Strategies Shaped an Epic Race.”
193 “legacy of Kennedy country”: Phillips and Jacobs, “Tracking Poll Shows Romney Gaining Ground.”
193 “What do you expect”: Frank Phillips and Scot Lehigh, “Poll: Kennedy Keeps Big Lead,” The Boston Globe, October 29, 1994.
193 On the Southeast Expressway: Robert W. Trott, “Romney Angers Dorchester Residents with Remark About Urban Blight,” Associated Press, October 28, 1994.
193 Ann Romney hadn’t helped things: Thomas, “Ann Romney’s Sweetheart Deal.”
193 The campaign spent $100,000: Frank Phillips, “Romney Planning Half-Hour TV Spots,” The Boston Globe, November 4, 1994.
193 TED KENNEDY OUT: Michael Cooper, “Romney Eclectic in Final Sprint,” The New York Times, November 6, 1994.
193 In the days leading up: Interview with former Romney aide, 2011.
194 At about 8:45 a.m.: Anthony Flint, “Romney Run Comes to Bittersweet End,” The Boston Globe, November 9, 1994.
194 That night, Romney put on: Ibid.
194 Ann Romney, worn out: Interview with former aide, 2011.
194 “You couldn’t pay me”: Bradlee and Golden, “Strategies Shaped an Epic Race.”
194 But she also left an opening: Flint, “Romney Run Comes to Bittersweet End.”
195 “Why couldn’t he”: Interview with former adviser, 2011.
195 He had sunk $3 million: Frank Phillips and Scot Lehigh, “GOP Captures Congress; Weld, Kennedy Reelected; Roosevelt, Romney Fall as State Bucks National Trend,” The Boston Globe, November 9, 1994.
195 “I was surprised”: Frank Phillips and Scot Lehigh, “Romney Says He’d Mull a Run Against Kerry,” The Boston Globe, November 23, 1994.
195 “I think people were searching”: Interview with Rick Reed.
195 “His main cause”: Interview with longtime Republican, 2011.
195 Over dinner: Interview with Republican, 2011.
196 “I’m sure I ruffled a lot of feathers”: Romney, Turnaround, 15.
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197 In their sixty-four years: Associated Press, “Lenore Romney, Widow of Former Governor, Dies,” Daily Globe [Ironwood, Mich.], July 8, 1998.
197 At the dawn of their courtship: Marya Saunders and Bob Gains, “The Missionary Side of George Romney,” Family Weekly, March 3, 1963, 5.
197 A little after 9 a.m: Ron Dzwonkowski and Angela Tuck, “Michigan Visionary; Colleagues Remember a Man of Uncommon Energy and Vision,” Detroit Free Press, July 27, 1995; interview with former Romney aide, 2011.
198 On his birthday: Myrna Oliver, “George Romney; Governor Ran for President,” Los Angeles Times, July 27, 1995.
198 “He got why I was”: Interview with Jane Romney, 2006.
198 “His whole life”: Interview with John Wright, 2011.
198 Some twelve hundred mourners: Malcolm Johnson, “Governor, Children Have Praise for George Romney,” Associated Press, August 1, 1995.
198 “The experience of walking”: Mitt Romney, Turnaround: Crisis, Leadership, and the Olympic Games (Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, 2004), 16.
198 “I don’t know”: Interview with Mitt Romney, 2007.
199 The next five years: Romney, Turnaround, 16.
199 “I was in the investment business”: Jo-Ann Barnas, “Romney Gives His All to Games; Michigan Native Saves Scandalous Olympics,” Detroit Free Press, February 14, 2011.
199 In 1996, he was so concerned: David Warsh, “The Next Generation,” The Boston Globe, February 21, 1999.
199 A couple years later: Interview with associate, 2011.
199 Romney also inquired: Interview with Republican, 2007.
200 Years earlier: Interviews with Grant Bennett and Ken Hutchins, 2011.
200 In the mid-1990s: Sridhar Pappu, “In Mitt Romney’s Neighborhood, A Mormon Temple Casts a Shadow,” The Washington Post, December 15, 2007.
200 After a visit: Interview with Grant Bennett.
200 “a reminder to the world”: Michael Paulson, “A Visible Faith; for Mormon Church, Opening of Temple on Hill in Belmo
nt Is Fulfillment of Dream, ‘Reminder to the World,’ ” The Boston Globe, August 27, 2000.
200 “It makes you feel proud”: Ibid.
200 But there was one glaring omission: Ibid.
200 One afternoon: Brian MacQuarrie, “Old Rivals Tour Mormon Temple,” The Boston Globe, September 9, 2000.
201 The following spring: Michael Paulson and Caroline Louise Cole, “For Mormons, a Secular Victory; SJC Says Temple Can Have Its Steeple,” The Boston Globe, May 17, 2001.
201 The more tests the doctor did: Interview with Mitt Romney.
201 “There weren’t many”: Ibid.
202 “She’s failing test after test”: Ibid.
202 “When I heard”: Interview with Tagg Romney, 2007.
202 “It continued for Mitt”: Interview with Jane Romney.
202 The diagnosis also came: Niraj Warikoo, “Wife of Former Governor Had Opinions of Her Own,” Detroit Free Press, July 8, 1998.
202 “Craig, I’m not going to die”: Mike Melanson, “Ann Romney Tackles Multiple Sclerosis Head-On,” The Boston Globe, September 13, 2003.
202 “I frankly would”: Paula Parrish, “Mitt Romney Embraces Challenges, and This Might Be His Biggest,” Scripps Howard News Service, February 4, 2002.
202 She was so weak: Annie Eldridge, “Dressage Makes Ann Romney’s Soul Sing,” Chronicle of the Horse, January 3, 2008.
203 She received intravenous: Shira Schoenberg, “Trail No Obstacle for Ann Romney; Uses Discipline to Manage MS,” The Boston Globe, September 22, 2011.
203 “A lot of people”: Interviews with John Wright and Grant Bennett.
203 Eventually, Ann hit upon: Michael Levenson, “Romney’s Wife Opens Up on Campaign Issues,” The Boston Globe, February 16, 2007.
203 “Riding exhilarated me”: Eldridge, “Dressage Makes Ann Romney’s Soul Sing.”
203 “You don’t have to be perfect”: Interview with Tagg Romney.
203 “I am very strong right now”: Matthew Rodriguez, “Romney Presses MS Awareness,” The Boston Globe, May 12, 2004.
203 The lesson that she did not: Romney, Turnaround, 346.
204 So he went first to Ann: Ibid., 5.
204 Robert Garff, the chairman: Interview with Robert Garff, 2007.
205 “white knight”: John Powers, “Hub’s Romney Takes on Salt Lake City Games,” The Boston Globe, February 12, 1999.
205 “Mitt had his father’s”: Interview with Robert Garff.
205 “I was looking for”: Interview with Michael Leavitt, 2007.
205 With Romney emerging: Kristen Moulton, “Romney May Lead Salt Lake Committee,” Associated Press, February 10, 1999.
205 “A search was never”: Lisa Riley Roche and Alan Edwards, “ ‘White Knight’ for SLOC Is Mitt Romney,” Deseret News, February 11, 1999.
205 Huntsman would later assist: Thomas Burr, “Governor Supports McCain for President,” The Salt Lake Tribune, July 20, 2006.
206 “Based on the fact”: Interview with Michael Leavitt.
206 “Just think about it”: Romney, Turnaround, 6.
206 One of his campaign consultants: Interview with Rick Reed, 2011.
206 “It was serendipitous”: Interview with Robert Garff.
206 “It would have been a circus”: Interview with Romney associate, 2011.
206 “We were facing a crucial event”: Bob Gay, “Finding the Needle in a Haystack: Thoughts on Being Morally Courageous in Business,” speech, 2003.
207 David D’Alessandro’s office: Interview with David D’Alessandro, 2007.
207 “If this doesn’t work”: Ibid.
207 “I think he took it”: John Powers, “Golden Opportunity,” The Boston Globe Magazine, February 3, 2002.
207 “He loves emergencies”: Ibid.
208 “We were in a psychological zombie-land”: Barnas, “Romney Gives His All to Games.”
208 “There is no justification”: Salt Lake Organizing Committee news release, “W. Mitt Romney Acceptance Speech,” February 11, 1999.
208 Whereas Nagano had plied: Mike Gorrell, “How the Games Were Won: Generosity or Bribery?,” The Salt Lake Tribune, October 26, 2003.
208 Salt Lake City had handed out: Linda Fantin, “Top GOP Strategist Crafted 2002 Bid,” The Salt Lake Tribune, July 3, 2000.
208–209 a stunning trove of booty: Special Collections on 2002 Olympic Winter Games, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah.
209 T-shirts that depicted: Jerry Spangler, “Is SLOC Stifling Free Speech?,” Deseret News, June 9, 1999.
209 “The best way”: Interview with David D’Alessandro.
209 some people in Utah: Linda Fantin, “Huntsman Blasts [Olympic] Fund Raising,” The Salt Lake Tribune, July 11, 1999.
209 In a state where nearly every: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Pres. Hinckley Speaks During Pioneer Devotional,” July 28, 2001, http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/40269/Pres-Hinckley-speaks-during-Pioneer-devotional.html.
209 Documents in Garff’s archives: Robert Heiner Garff Papers, J. Willard Marriott Library, Special Collections, University of Utah.
210 He had requested: Special Collections on 2002 Olympic Winter Games, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah.
210 “We’ve got a chairman”: Fantin, “Huntsman Blasts [Olympic] Fund Raising.”
210 But church leaders: Interview with Richard Garff.
211 “was going to be”: Powers, “Golden Opportunity”; interview with Fraser Bullock, 2007.
211 “We could be liquidated”: Romney, Turnaround, 109.
211 After that he ordered pizza: Ibid., 55.
211 “Mitt was very adamant”: Interview with Joan Guetschow, 2007.
211 “I ate more chili”: Interview with David D’Alessandro.
211 When a local paper: Powers, “Golden Opportunity.”
211 A review of archived records: Special Collections on 2002 Olympic Winter Games, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah.
212 Direct federal aid: Interview with Robert Bennett, 2007.
212 “Most of the federal money”: Ibid.
212 “Yes, we were out”: Interview with Richard Garff.
212 But Fraser Bullock said: Interview with Fraser Bullock, 2007.
212 “The tsunami”: Romney, Turnaround, 52.
212 “The I.O.C.’s sponsorships”: Jeré Longman, “Potential Olympic Sponsors Said to Be Uneasy,” The New York Times, January 21, 1999.
213 That cleared the way: Interview with Fraser Bullock.
213 His salesmanship: Special Collections on 2002 Olympic Winter Games, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah.
213 The company had paid: “NBC Lands Sydney, Salt Lake Olympics,” United Press International, August 7, 1995.
213 “the most powerful person”: “The Sporting News: Most Powerful 100,” Sporting News, December 30, 1996.
213 “I have no doubt”: Interview with Dick Ebersol, 2007.
213 Yet Romney himself: Interview with Fraser Bullock.
213 “That’s not a conflict”: Interview with Mitt Romney.
213 In Garff’s view: Interview with Richard Garff.
214 To be sure, Romney’s entanglements: Mike Gorrell, “Romney Takes On Top Job at SLOC,” The Salt Lake Tribune, February 12, 1999.
214 “They removed the people”: Interview with Glenn Bailey, 2007.
214 Romney acted quickly: Romney, Turnaround, 29.
214 “We amassed significant”: Interview with Max Wheeler, 2007.
214 “If you’re going to fault”: Interview with Zianibeth Shattuck-Owen, 2007.
215 “All we did”: Interview with Richard Garff.
215 But Romney barred: Jennifer Toomer-Cook, “Wall of Honor Omits Welch and Johnson,” Deseret News, December 8, 2001.
215 And he went so far: Interview with Tom Welch, 2007.
215 “Mitt called”: Interview with Sydney Fonnesbeck, 2007.
215 “Tom was represented”: Interview with Max W
heeler.
215 Yet even after the charges were dismissed: Romney, Turnaround, 23.
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