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52. Clymer, “Carter Campaign Ad Attacked as a ‘Smear.’”
53. John H. Averill, “Reagan Accuses Carter of Trying to Hide '81 Deficit,” Los Angeles Times, September 20, 1980, A28.
54. United Press International, “Reagan Aide Hits Carter ‘Mudthrowing,’” Washington Post, September 20, 1980, A4.
55. “Laxalt Calls Carter Hypocrite on Rights,” Washington Star, September 20, 1980, A3.
56. David M. Alpern, Eleanor Clift, Gloria Borger, Thomas M. DeFrank, “And Then There Were Two,” News-week, September 22, 1980, 22.
57. Jack Nelson, “Reagan Backs Legalizing Mexican Aliens, Letting Them Stay as Long as They Want,” Los Angeles Times, September 17, 1980, B20.
58. Howell Raines, “League Eliminates Chair from Debate,” New York Times, September 18, 1980, B10.
59. Felicity Barringer and Dale Russakoff, “Baltimore's 2 Faces: A Stage for the Great Debate, Rubble and Renovation,” Washington Post, September 22, 1980, A10.
60. United Press International, “Public Limited to 100 Seats,” New York Times, September 18, 1980, B10.
61. Associated Press, “Moyers to Be Moderator for First Campaign Debate,” New York Times, September 19, 1980, B4.
62. Jules Witcover, “Two Candidates Differ on Most Issues in Debate,” Washington Star, September 22, 1980, A1.
63. “Transcript of Campaign's First Presidential Debate, with Reagan vs. Anderson,” New York Times, September 22, 1980, B6.
64. David S. Broder, Lou Cannon, Bill Peterson, and Maralee Schwartz, “Debate Shows Rivals'Wide Differences,” Washington Post, September 22, 1980, A1.
65. United Press International, September 27, 1980.
66. Walter Isaacson, Christopher Ogden, and Douglas Brew, “Throwing High and Inside,” Time, September 29, 1980,
67. Phil Gailey, “New Carter Remarks Keep the Issue Alive,” Washington Star, September 24, 1980, A1.
68. “What's News,” Wall Street Journal, September 24, 1980, 1.
69. Lisa Myers, “Reagan Describes Carter as Liberal ‘McGovernite,’” Washington Star, September 23, 1980, A1.
70. Edward Walsh and Lou Cannon, “Carter Assailed for Depicting a Warlike Reagan,” Washington Post, September 24, 1980, A1.
71. Jack Nelson, “Reagan Upset, Says Carter Implies He's a Warmonger,” Los Angeles Times, September 24, 1980, B1.
72. Walsh and Cannon, “Carter Assailed for Depicting a Warlike Reagan.”
73. Ibid.
74. Lisa Myers, “‘Beneath Decency’ Challenger Cries,” Washington Star, September 24, 1980, A1.
75. Associated Press, “Reagan Links Iran-Iraq War to Vacillation by Carter,” New York Times, September 25, 1980, B11.
76. Ibid.
77. Jack W. Germond and Jules Witcover, “Perhaps Carter Should Leave Reagan Alone,” Washington Star, September 24, 1980, A3.
78. McGrory, “Character Isn't Carter's Issue in This Campaign.”
79. Adam Clymer, “Hostage Issue: The Incumbent's Advantage,” New York Times, September 25, 1980, B10.
80. United Press International, September 28, 1980.
81. Jordan, Crisis, 345.
82. Donald M. Rothberg, “Reagan Uses Carter ‘Family Suffering Index,’” Associated Press, September 22, 1980.
83. Lisa Myers, “Reagan Vetoes 2d Debate for Anderson, Hits Carter,” Washington Star, September 22, 1980, A4.
84. United Press International, “Candidate Ronald Reagan Autographs a Cast for a Fan During a Campaign Appearance at Springfield, Mo.,” Washington Star, September 25, 1980, A3.
85. “Reagan the Man Is Easy to Read; the Record Is Not,” Washington Star, September 29, 1980, A5.
86. Alpern et al., “And Then There Were Two.”
87. William Endicott, “Reagan Rejects One-on-One Debate with Carter,” Los Angeles Times, September 26, 1980, B8.
88. Mike Feinsilber, “League Appealing for Candidates to Agree on Debates,” Associated Press, September 27, 1980.
89. United Press International, “Bush Accepts Challenge for Debate with Mondale,” New York Times, July 23, 1980, A14.
90. George H. W. Bush, in discussion with the author, February 16, 2007; Walter Mondale, in discussion with the author, February 28, 2007.
91. William Endicott, “Rep. McCloskey Endorses Reagan,” Los Angeles Times, September 26, 1980, B9.
92. Lisa Myers, “Reagan, McCloskey Hold Unity Show in California,” Washington Star, September 26, 1980, A3.
93. David S. Broder, “Ford Is Campaigning with a Vengeance—Against Carter,” Washington Post, September 26, 1980, A4.
94. Associated Press, “Reagan Judged Best to Handle U. S. Economy,” Washington Star, September 27, 1980, A3.
95. Raines, “Lyn Nofziger.”
96. Hedrick Smith, “Poll Finds Reagan Leads After Debate,” New York Times, September 28, 1980, 1;William Endicott, “Reagan Would Be Happy If There Were No More Debates Unless He Slips in Polls,” Los Angeles Times, September 27, 1980, A28.
CHAPTER 32: MISSION FROM GOD
1. Walter R. Mears, “Reagan Rated Ahead in Presidential Race with Month to Go,” Associated Press, October 4, 1980.
2. Barry Sussman and David S. Broder, “Carter, Reagan Close in 7 Key States,” Washington Post, October 12, 1980, A1.
3. Jeffrey Bell, in discussion with the author.
4. Gene I. Maeroff, “In Spotlight, Reagan's School Is Wary,” New York Times, September 23, 1980, C1.
5. Advertisement, New York Times, September 28, 1980, 56.
6. Bernard Weinraub, “TV Battlefield Tests Presidential Strategies,” New York Times, October 8, 1980, B8.
7. Robert G. Kaiser, “Carter and Reagan Media Strategies,” Washington Post, October 12, 1980, A2.
8. Edward Walsh and David S. Border, “Carter Camp Sees Anderson 'decline,'” Washington Post, October 1, 1980, A3.
9. Steven R. Weisman, “Carter Campaign Says Attack Strategy Is Working,” New York Times, September 26, 1980, A18.
10. Tom Wicker, “A Calculated Contempt,” New York Times, September 28, 1980, E21.
11. Memorandum from Karl Struble to Tim Kraft, “General Election Observations,” May 12, 1980, Carter/Mondale Presidential Committee, Jimmy Carter Presidential Library, Atlanta, GA.
12. “Reagan Accused of 'duplicity,'” New York Times, September 27, 1980, 8.
13. Howell Raines, “Reagan Backs Cautious Advisers in Split on a Debate with Carter,” New York Times, September 23, 1980, B8.
14. Edward Cowan, “GOP Senators Lose in Bid to Bring Up Tax Cut Legislation,” New York Times, September 26, 1980, A1.
15. Warren Weaver Jr., “Anderson Assails President for Implying Only He Can Keep World Peace,” New York Times, September 24, 1980, A26.
16. Warren Weaver Jr., “Anderson Says Carter and Reagan Have ‘Folly’ Alliance on Atom War,” New York Times, September 25, 1980, B10.
17. Howell Raines, “Reagan Presses ‘High Road’ Response,” New York Times, September 24, 1980, A26.
18. Ibid.
19. Associated Press, “Bush Faults Carter on Foreign Policy,” New York Times, September 26, 1980, A19.
20. “UPI Survey Shows Reagan Way Ahead,” United Press International, October 11, 1980.
21. Jeff Prugh, “The South: It May Not Rise So Solidly Again for Carter,” Los Angeles Times, October 11, 1980, A1.
22. Howell Raines, “Reagan Is Balancing 2 Different Stances,” New York Times, October 4, 1980, 9.
23. Hedrick Smith, “Democrats in Jersey Fear Loss of Blue-Collar Vote,” New York Times, September 26, 1980, A18.
24. Richard Bergholz, “Reagan Renews Call for Parochial-School Tax Credits,” Los Angeles Times, October 2, 1980, B20.
25. Lou Cannon, “Reagan, Echoing ‘New Deal,’ Woos Hard-Hats,” Washington Post, October 2, 1980, A4.
26. James R. Dickenson, “Reagan Claims Carter Copied His Steel Plan,” Washington Star, October 2, 1980, A3.
27. Robert Shogan, “Carter Assai
ls Reagan on Arms Treaty, Warns of Nuclear Race,” Los Angeles Times, October 3, 1980, 6.
28. Edward Walsh, “Carter Chides Reagan on Debate Issue,” Washington Post, October 1, 1980, A2.
29. Robert Shrum, in discussion with the author, March 19, 2008.
30. Sheilah Kast, “Unemployment Declines; Producer Prices Take a Dip,” Washington Star, October 3, 1980, A1.
31. Edward Walsh, “Carter Loads the Guns of Incumbency,” Washington Post, October 5, 1980, A1.
32. David Wood, “House Ousts Myers on 376–30 Vote,” Washington Star, October 3, 1980, A1.
33. Kenneth R. Walker and Adrienne Washington, “Past Bauman Encounters Cited by FBI,” Washington Star, October 4, 1980, A1.
34. Saundra Saperstein and Donald P. Baker, “Bauman in the Balance,” Washington Post, October 26, 1980, A1.
35. Judy Bachrach, “Reagan Tries Hard to Avoid Communicating,” Washington Star, October 3, 1980, A4.
36. Beverly Beyette, “NOW Assails Reagan's ‘Medieval Stance on Women,’ Withholds Support for Carter,” Los Angeles Times, October 6, 1980, B8.
37. Wayne Slater, “Mondale Criticizes Reagan on SALT,” Associated Press, October 11, 1980.
38. Jan Carroll, “Muskie Assails Reagan as Warmonger,” Associated Press, October 11, 1980.
39. B. Drummond Ayres Jr., “Barbs and Gossamer Line First Lady's Political Trail,” New York Times, October 12, 1980, 34.
40. Philip Shabecoff, “Labor Political Action Groups Mobilize in Bid to Defeat Reagan in Pennsylvania,” New York Times, October 8, 1980, B6.
41. Steven Rattner, “Rating Carter on the Economy,” New York Times, October 8, 1980, D1.
42. Clay F. Richards, United Press International, October 6, 1980.
43. Norman C. Miller, “Perspective on Politics,” Wall Street Journal, October 9, 1980, 28.
44. Richard L. Madden, “Anderson Accuses 2 Foes of ‘Low-Level’ Politics,” New York Times, October 8, 1980, B6.
45. Douglas E. Kneeland, “Reagan Declares Carter Is at ‘a Point of Hysteria,’” New York Times, October 8, 1980, B6.
46. Steven R. Weisman, “Carter Plans Shift in Campaign Tactics,” New York Times, October 9, 1980, B8.
47. William J. Eaton, “Carter Says He Erred in Sharply Assailing Reagan,” Los Angeles Times, October 9, 1980, B1.
48. Michele Davis, “1980 Diary,” October 8, 1980, Michele Davis Archives Collection.
49. Eaton, “Carter Says He Erred in Sharply Assailing Reagan.”
50. Terence Smith, “But President Still Attacks,” New York Times, October 10, 1980, A1.
51. Eaton, “Carter Says He Erred in Sharply Assailing Reagan.”
52. James Gerstenzang, Associated Press, October 8, 1980.
53. Richard L. Madden, “Anderson, in Manhattan, Says Rivals Flip-Flopped,” New York Times, October 10, 1980, A1.
54. Smith, “But President Still Attacks.”
55. Jimmy Carter, Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President (New York: Bantam Books, 1982), 561.
56. Howell Raines, “In Move to the Center, Reagan Plans to Alter 2 Antiunion Positions,” New York Times, October 9, 1980, A1.
57. Timothy D. Schellhardt, “Scratch One Carter Election Tactic, Courtesy of a Prescient Gov. Reagan,” Wall Street Journal, October 9, 1980, 31.
58. Raines, “In Move to the Center, Reagan Plans to Alter 2 Antiunion Positions.”
59. Joanne Omang, “Reagan Criticizes Clean Air Laws and EPA as Obstacles to Growth,” Washington Post, October 9, 1980, A2.
60. Winston Williams, “Ohio: The Beat of the Heartland,” New York Times, October 12, 1980, F1.
61. Lisa Myers, in discussion with the author.
62. Bill Prochnau, “Reagan Endorsement Flouts Union Chief,” Washington Post, October 11, 1980, A4.
63. United Press International, “Teamster Executive Board Unanimously Backs Reagan,” New York Times, October 9, 1980, B8.
64. Myron Mintz, in discussion with the author.
65. F. C. Duke Zeller, Devil's Pact: Inside the World of the Teamsters Union (Secaucus, NJ: Birch Lane Press, 1996), 47.
66. Mintz, in discussion with the author.
67. Lawrence Martin, “On the Campaign Trail: From Turkeys to Trees to Longshots,” Globe and Mail (Toronto), October 31, 1980.
68. Lou Cannon, Governor Reagan: His Rise to Power (New York: PublicAffairs, 2003), 308.
69. Michele Davis, “1980 Diary,” October 7, 1980, Michele Davis Archives Collection.
70. Jack Nelson, “Reagan Denies, Then Affirms Pollution Remark,” Los Angeles Times, October 10, 1980, 1.
71. Eleanor Randolph, “Reagan Rally in Northridge Draws Backers,” Los Angeles Times, October 11, 1980, C1.
72. Terence Smith, “Carter Asserts Reagan Presidency Would Be ‘Bad Thing’ for Country,” New York Times, October 11, 1980, 8.
73. Ibid.
74. Howell Raines, “Reagan's Camp Sees Carter as His Own Worst Enemy,” New York Times, October 12, 1980, 32.
75. Patrick Caddell, in discussion with the author, May 13, 2009.
76. Lee Lescaze, “Reagan, a Promising Campaigner, Makes Another One in Florida,” Washington Post, October 11, 1980, A2.
77. Douglas E. Kneeland, “Reagan Seeks Halt to an Income Curb,” New York Times, October 11, 1980, 8.
CHAPTER 33: STALLED
1. Mary Thornton, “Carter, Reagan Rated Even in Texas Survey,” Washington Star, October 9, 1980, A6.
2. Laurence I. Barrett, Edwin Warner, and Christopher Ogden, “The Jackpot States,” Time, October 13, 1980.
3. Bill Lauderback, in discussion with the author, August 2, 2006.
4. Owen Ullmann, “Carter Administration Announces More Help for Auto Industry,” Associated Press, October 14, 1980.
5. Peter Goldman, James Doyle, Eleanor Clift, Thomas M. DeFrank, Martin Kasindorf, and John Walcott, “The Electoral Numbers Game,” Newsweek, October 13, 1980, 38.
6. “Campaign Notes,” Washington Post, October 21, 1980, A3.
7. Winston Williams, “Ohio: The Beat of the Heartland,” New York Times, October 12, 1980, F1.
8. Adam Clymer, “Ohio Race Expected to Be Close as Labor Mobilizes for President,” New York Times, October 16, 1980, A1.
9. Barrett et al., “The Jackpot States.”
10. Ibid.
11. Martin Schram, “Solid Edge Seen in Florida, Texas,” Washington Post, October 22, 1980, A1.
12. Robert Shrum, in discussion with the author, March 19, 2008.
13. Bernard Weinraub, “Carter and Reagan Ads Try to Hit Right Negative Note,” New York Times, October 28, 1980, A26.
14. Jimmy Carter, in discussion with the author, July 11, 2006.
15. David S. Broder, “Reagan's a Fat Target—but He Goes Unpunctured,” Los Angeles Times, October 13, 1980, C7.
16. Joseph F. Sullivan, “Reagan, Campaigning in New Jersey, Receives an Unexpected Endorsement From a Mayor,” New York Times, October 7, 1980, D21.
17. Martin Schram, “An Optimistic Camp: ‘Jimmy Carter Always Comes Back,’” Washington Post, September 16, 1980, A2.
18. Albert R. Hunt and James M. Perry, “Reagan's Momentum Is Slowing in States He Needs for Election,” Wall Street Journal, October 16, 1980, 1.
19. James Doyle, “The Boys in the Back Room,” Newsweek, October 6, 1980, 45.
20. Hedrick Smith, “Jersey Appears to Support Reagan; Carter Strives to Overcome Apathy,” New York Times, October 17, 1980, 1.
21. Owen Ullmann, “Confidential AFL-CIO Poll Shows Union Members Back Conservative Stands,” Associated Press, October 15, 1980.
22. Memorandum by Timothy L. Roper.
23. “Poll Shows Democrats Lead in Fight for House Control,” New York Times, October 13, 1980, B5.
24. Steven R. Weisman, “Carter Says His Programs Can Lead U. S. to an ‘Economic Renaissance,’” New York Times, October 13, 1980, B5.
25. Marjorie Hunter, “Mondale Stressing Reagan ‘Flip-Flops,’” New York Time
s, October 13, 1980, B6.
26. Terence Smith, “White House Repudiates Andrew Young Remarks,” New York Times, October 16, 1980, B6.
27. “GOP Candidate Gets Treed by the Wags in California,” Washington Post, October 15, 1980, A4.
28. Lou Cannon and Katharine MacDonald, “Reagan's California Swing Evokes the Clashes of 1966,” Washington Post, October 14, 1980, A5; Lisa Myers, “Reagan Assails Carter's Failure to Condemn Attacks on Jews; Says President Did Not Speak Out on the Issue,” Washington Star, October 14, 1980, A1.
29. Howell Raines, “Reagan Reiterates Warning on Schools,” New York Times, October 14, 1980, D22.
30. Jerry Hicks, “Orange County Rallies; 13,000 Flock to Hear Reagan,” Los Angeles Times, October 14, 1980, 1.
31. Richard Bergholz, “Reagan Defends His Views; Carter Vows Aid to Israel,” Los Angeles Times, October 14, 1980, B1.
32. Myers, “Reagan Assails Carter's Failure to Condemn Attacks on Jews.”
33. Terence Hunt, “Reagan Promises to Name Woman to Supreme Court,” Associated Press, October 14, 1980.
34. Edward Walsh, “Reagan Is Still the Women's Second Choice,” Washington Post, October 16, 1980, A1.
35. “Reagan Vows to Appoint Woman to Highest Court,” Wall Street Journal, October 15, 1980, 35.
36. Paul Conrad, Washington Post, October 18, 1980, A2.
37. Jerry Adler, Jane Whitmore, Phyllis Malamud, William D. Marbach, and Nancy Stadtman, “The Finer Art of Politics,” Newsweek, October 13, 1980, 74.
38. Michael Coakley, “Carter Pledges a Coal Empire,” Chicago Tribune, October 14, 1980, 8.
39. James R. Dickenson, “Carter Gets His Act Together, Woos Disaffected Party Members,” Washington Star, October 19, 1980, A1.
40. Robert McG. Thomas Jr., “Reagan, Briefed by Koch, Demurs on Welfare Help,” New York Times, October 18, 1980, 1.
41. Douglas E. Kneeland, “Reagan Opposes a City Aid Curb,” New York Times, September 28, 1980, 1.
42. Hunt and Perry, “Reagan's Momentum Is Slowing in States He Needs for Election.”
43. Martin Schram and Lou Cannon, “Key Is Voters League Decision on Anderson,” Washington Post, October 16, 1980, A1.
44. United Press International, “Reagan Electoral-Vote Lead Is Slipping, Survey Shows,” New York Times, October 19, 1980, 38.