38. Mike Shanahan, “Anderson Says He Will Wrest GOP Nomination from Reagan,” Associated Press, March 20, 1980.
39. David S. Broder and Martin Schram, “Bush, Vowing to Continue, Flays Rivals,” Washington Post, March 25, 1980, A4.
40. Dave Goldberg, Associated Press, March 22, 1980.
41. Myra MacPherson, “‘WOW!’ Said John Anderson After the Tuesday Count, but Can His Dark Horse Go the Distance?” Washington Post, March 6, 1980, D1.
42. Hedrick Smith, “President and Reagan Now Appear Likely Contenders in Fall Elections,” New York Times, March 20, 1980, A1.
43. Kathy Sawyer and Margot Hornblower, “Anderson, Chastened but Determined, Looks to Wisconsin,” Washington Post, March 20, 1980, A8.
44. Associated Press, “Crane Urges Supporters to Back Reagan's Drive,” New York Times, March 21, 1980, A17.
45. “The Candidates on Issues of Interest to New York and Connecticut,” New York Times, March 23, 1980, 30.
46. David E. Rosenbaum, “On the Issues: Ronald Reagan,” New York Times, March 22, 1980, 8.
47. “Reagan, President Ahead in Poll; Many Undecided,” Hartford (CT) Courant, March 23, 1980, 1.
48. “The Presidential Primary,” Hartford (CT) Courant, March 23, 1980, 34.
49. George F. Will, “The GOP's Own Class Struggle,” Newsweek, March 17, 1980, 108.
50. Donald Pfarrer, “Reagan's Ideas Worry Anderson,” Milwaukee Journal, March 20, 1980, 16.
51. Joel McNally, “Running or Not, Ford Leads Here as GOP Choice,” Milwaukee Journal, March 23, 1980, 1.
52. Daniel P. Hanley Jr., “Reagan Stumps for Votes,” Milwaukee Journal, March 23, 1980, 1.
53. Peter Hannaford, in discussion with the author.
54. David S. Broder, “Leader of the Opposition,” Washington Post, March 26, 1980, A19.
55. Bill Peterson and Robert G. Kaiser, “The Eagle's Nose Dive,” Washington Post, March 22, 1980, A1.
56. Douglas Shuit, “Reagan Says He Is in Tune with the People,” Los Angeles Times, March 25, 1980, B15.
57. James Gerstenzang, “Reagan Wins Connally Support,” Associated Press, March 25, 1980.
58. Frank Lynn, “Wide Margin in City,” New York Times, March 26, 1980, A1.
59. Robert Shrum, in discussion with the author, March 19, 2008; Robert Shrum, No Excuses: Concessions of a Serial Campaigner (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2007), 103; David Espo, “Kennedy Says He'll Go On,” Associated Press, March 24, 1980.
60. Peter Goldman, John Walcott, Jacob Young, James Doyle, Eleanor Clift, Thomas M. DeFrank, and Susan Agrest, “Carter Is in Trouble Again,” Newsweek, April 7, 1980, 22.
61. Robert Shogan, “Kennedy Upsets Carter in N.Y.,” Los Angeles Times, March 26, 1980, B1.
62. William Schneider, “Carter's New York Woes: Good News for Kennedy—and for Reagan,” Los Angeles Times, March 30, 1980, D1.
63. Maurice Carroll, “Republican Buoyed,” New York Times, March 26, 1980, A1.
64. Linda Charlton, “Campaign Report,” New York Times, March 27, 1980, B6.
65. Warren Weaver Jr., “Reports on Expense Show Bush in Lead,” New York Times, March 27, 1980, B7.
66. Steven V. Roberts, “Anderson Pins Hopes on Belief Anything Can Happen,” New York Times, March 29, 1980, 8.
67. David S. Broder, Edward Walsh, Lou Cannon, T. R. Reid, and Maralee Schwartz, “Mathematics Working Against Kennedy and Bush,” Washington Post, March 27, 1980, A1.
68. Max Robinson, World News Tonight, ABC News Transcripts, March 26, 1980.
69. Brit Hume, World News Tonight, ABC News Transcripts, March 26, 1980.
70. George Strait, World News Tonight, ABC News Transcripts, March 21, 1980.
71. James Gerstenzang, Associated Press, May 22, 1977.
CHAPTER 15: REAGAN'S DEMOCRATS
1. Steven V. Roberts, “Crossovers Are Forsaking Tradition in Wisconsin,” New York Times, March 30, 1980, 18.
2. Lynn Sherr, World News Tonight, ABC News Transcripts, March 30, 1980.
3. “But Can Reagan Be Elected?” Time, March 31, 1980.
4. Muriel Coleman, in discussion with the author, May 2, 2007.
5. Ibid.
6. Memorandum, unsigned, “Governor Reagan Detailed Schedule for Trip to Milwaukee Area,” October 31, 1980, Colin Clark Archives Collection.
7. Robert G. Kaiser, “TV Veteran Reagan Gets Good Reviews on Ad Performance,” Washington Post, March 25, 1980, A3.
8. Bill Peterson, “Restive Crossover Vote in Wisconsin May Benefit Reagan,” Washington Post, March 31, 1980, A3.
9. Ronald Reagan with Richard G. Hubler, Where's the Rest of Me?: The Ronald Reagan Story (New York: Duell, Sloan, and Pearce, 1965), 133.
10. Peterson, “Restive Crossover Vote.”
11. Jack W. Germond and Jules Witcover, “Reagan, Too, Goes Courting for Crossovers,” Washington Star, March 31, 1980.
12. “But Can Reagan Be Elected?”
13. “Kennedy Vows to Stay in Race, Reagan Shrugs Off Rivals for Veep,” Associated Press, March 23, 1980.
14. William Endicott, “Wisconsin Voting Uncertain at Best,” Los Angeles Times, March 31, 1980, B1.
15. T. R. Reid, “President Lashes Out at Kennedy as Wisconsin Primary Approaches,” Washington Post, March 31, 1980, A3.
16. Rowland Evans and Robert Novak, “On to Wisconsin,” Washington Post, March 31, 1980, A23.
17. Jules Witcover, “Kennedy ‘Rejuvenation’ Faces Wisconsin Test,” Washington Star, March 30, 1980, A3.
18. David S. Broder, “Mondale Rallies Carter Supporters in Wisconsin Blitz,” Washington Post, March 29, 1980, A3.
19. Lou Cannon, “The Reagan Paradox,” Washington Post, March 31, 1980, A1.
20. “Reagan Takes New York,” Wall Street Journal, March 27, 1980, 26.
21. Eileen Alt Powell, “Economists Predict Higher Inflation and Recession,” Associated Press, April 1, 1980.
22. “Chase Manhattan Lifts Prime Rate to 19¾ Percent,” Washington Star, April 1, 1980, A1.
23. Albert R. Hunt, “Which Conservatism, Traditional or Populist, Will Reagan Stress?” Wall Street Journal, March 27, 1980, 1.
24. Allan J. Mayer and Martin Kasindorf, “Reagan on the Key Issues,” Newsweek, March 31, 1980, 26.
25. Rowland Evans and Robert Novak, “Reagan, JFK and Taxes,” Washington Post, April 7, 1980, A25.
26. Frank Donatelli, in discussion with the author, July 26, 2006.
27. Paul Ingrassia, “Inflation's Rigors Mold Politics of One Group of Voters Aged 18 to 26,” Wall Street Journal, March 31, 1980, 1.
28. James Gerstenzang, “Reagan Goes to the Head of the Class,” Associated Press, March 26, 1980.
29. Frank Litsky, “Jesse Owens Dies of Cancer at 66; Hero of the 1936 Berlin Olympics,” New York Times, April 1, 1980, 1.
30. “Reagan Would Let Athletes Vote on Boycott of Moscow Olympics,” New York Times, April 1, 1980, B10.
31. Meg Greenfield, “Jimmy Carter Talking About Himself… His Record… His Campaign,” Washington Post, March 29, 1980, A13.
32. Marlene Cimons, “For Politicians, Humor Is a Serious Business,” Los Angeles Times, March 22, 1980, A1.
33. Walter Mondale, in discussion with the author, February 28, 2007.
34. Cimons, “For Politicians, Humor Is a Serious Business.”
35. Associated Press, “Reagan Pokes Fun at Former President,” Kansas City Times, March 24, 1980, A4.
36. Cimons, “For Politicians, Humor Is a Serious Business.”
37. Adam Clymer, “Kennedy Cheered on Eve of Primary in Wisconsin; Difference Cited by Reagan Two Appearances Canceled,” New York Times, April 1, 1980, B11.
38. Iris Kelso and Ed Anderson, “Reagan Is Seeking Big Win in Louisiana,” Times-Picayune (LA), April 1, 1980, 1.
39. Associated Press, “Reagan Wins Overwhelmingly in Kansas Primary; Carter Beats Kennedy,” New York Times, April 2, 1980, A18.
40. David Chartrand, “Dole's Support Goes
to Reagan,” Kansas City Times, March 31, 1980, B1.
41. Hedrick Smith, New York Times, “Wisconsin Voters Defy Political Forecasters, Go with Leaders,” Kansas City Times, April 2, 1980, A6.
42. James R. Dickenson, “Carter, Reagan Favored Today in Wis. Primary,” Washington Star, April 1, 1980, A3.
43. Adam Clymer, “Carter, Reagan Take Wisconsin; Brown Pulls Out,” New York Times, April 2, 1980, A1.
44. Walter R. Mears, Associated Press, “Brown Drops Out After Wisconsin,” Kansas City Times, April 2, 1980, A1.
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.
CHAPTER 16: THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL
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.
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