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83. Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation, Ronald Reagan: 100 Years: Official Centennial Edition (New York: Harper Design, 2010), 224.
84. Special Report, ABC News Transcripts, June 5, 2004.
85. Jeff Wilson, “Nancy at Reagan’s Side Until the End,” Associated Press, June 5, 2004.
86. Nancy Reagan and William Novak, My Turn: The Memoirs of Nancy Reagan (New York: Random House, 1989), 60.
87. Nancy Reagan and Ronald Reagan, I Love You, Ronnie: The Letters of Ronald Reagan to Nancy Reagan (New York: Random House, 2000), 184.
88. Special Report, ABC News Transcripts, June 5, 2004.
89. Reagan, I Love You, Ronnie, 184.
90. Bernard Weinraub and Elisabeth Bumiller, “Her Home Silent, Nancy Reagan Found a Voice,” New York Times, June 7, 2004, A1.
91. LeDuff and Broder, “Shrines Show Reagan’s Reach; Services Will Attest to Historic Heft.”
92. Vincent J. Schodolski and Michael Martinez, “Nation Mourns with Gestures Simple, Grand,” Chicago Tribune, June 7, 2004, 1.
93. Frank Donatelli, in discussion with the author.
94. NewsNight with Aaron Brown, “Ronald Reagan Dies,” CNN, June 5, 2004.
95. Pete Souza, “Along for the Ride of a Lifetime,” Chicago Tribune, June 7, 2004, 1.
96. Adam Nagourney, “Reagan Legacy Looming Large Over Campaign,” New York Times, June 7, 2004, A1.
97. Donald M. Rothberg, “Failed Rescue Mission Casts Cloud Over Presidential Campaign,” Associated Press, April 25, 1980.
98. Tucker Carlson, “The Decline and Fall of the Republican Party,” Cato’s Letter, Spring, 2006, 4, no. 2.
99. Jodi Wilgoren, “Deferring to Reagan, Kerry Quiets Campaign for Week,” New York Times, June 7, 2004, A14.
100. Nagourney, “Reagan Legacy Looming Large Over Campaign.”
101. Weinraub and Bumiller, “Her Home Silent, Nancy Reagan Found a Voice.”
102. Ibid.
103. Altman, “A Warm Smile, a Vacant Stare, and One Last House Call.”
104. Ibid.
105. Ibid.
106. Ibid.
107. Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., Journals: 1952–2000 (New York: Penguin, 2007), 204–205.
CHAPTER 5 A RANCH IN THE SKY
1. Thomas Jefferson, The Jefferson Papers 1770–1826 (Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 1900), 144.
2. Ronald Reagan, Reagan: A Life in Letters, eds. Kiron K. Skinner, Annelise Anderson and Martin Anderson (New York: Free Press, 2003), 812.
3. Ibid., 815.
4. Ronald Reagan, The Reagan Diaries, ed. Douglas Brinkley (New York: HarperCollins, 2007), 693.
5. Dan Riehl, “Exclusive: Young America’s Foundation Presents New Reagan Documentary,” Breitbart.com, February 2, 2011, www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2011/02/02/Exclusive—Young-Americas-Foundation-Presents-New-Reagan-Documentary.
6. Stuart Spencer, in discussion with the author, February 4, 2014.
7. Michael Deaver, in discussion with the author.
8. Libertas, “The More I Visit the Ranch . . .,” 27, no. 3, 14.
9. Ronald Reagan, “Farewell Address to the Nation,” January 11, 1989, www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1989/011189i.htm.
10. John Greiner, “Reagan Often Hit Trail in Oklahoma,” Oklahoman, June 6, 2004, 13A.
11. Jon Meacham, in discussion with the author, January 10, 2014.
12. Travis Lively, “Route to Poplar Forest,” July 14, 2010, monticello.org, www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/route-to-poplar-forest.
13. Marilyn Fisher, in discussion with the author, September 23, 2014.
14. Peter Hannaford, Presidential Retreats: Where the Presidents Went and Why They Went There (New York: Threshold Editions, 2012), 261.
15. Jon Meacham, in discussion with the author, January 10, 2014.
16. Pete Souza, “Along for the Ride of a Lifetime,” Chicago Tribune, June 7, 2004, 1.
17. Sunday Morning, “Remembering Reagan; Ranch in Southern California Where Ronald Reagan’s Spent Much of His Time,” CBS News Transcripts, June 6, 2004.
18. Confidential interview with the author.
19. Marilyn Fisher, in discussion with the author, April 4, 2014.
20. Memorandum by Marilyn Fisher, “Fun Facts: Ronald Reagan/Ranch,” January 16, 2014, Reagan Ranch and Ranch Center, Santa Barbara, CA.
21. Thomas P. O’Neill Jr., Man of the House: The Life and Political Memoirs of Speaker Tip O’Neill (New York: Random House, 1987), 151.
22. Memorandum by Marilyn Fisher, “Fun Facts: Ronald Reagan/Ranch,” January 16, 2014, Reagan Ranch and Ranch Center, Santa Barbara, CA.
23. Steven F. Hayward, The Age of Reagan: The Conservative Counterrevolution, 1980–1989, (New York: Crown Publishing Group, 2010), 396.
24. Robert A. Rankin and Ron Hutcheson, “ ‘The Great Communicator’ Was Architect of an Era,” Kansas City Star, June 6, 2004, 1.
25. Dennis LeBlanc, in discussion with the author, May 31, 2012.
26. Ibid.
27. Dennis LeBlanc, in discussion with the author, October 1, 2014.
28. Dennis LeBlanc, in discussion with the author, May 31, 2012.
29. Clark Judge, in discussion with the author.
30. Memorandum by Marilyn Fisher, “List of Books in Reagan Ranch Library Bearing Inscriptions to Ronald Reagan or Signatures by Authors,” May 30, 2012, Reagan Ranch and Ranch Center, Santa Barbara, CA.
31. Ronald Reagan, An American Life: The Autobiography (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990), 199.
32. Jeff Wilson, “Post–White House Reagan: The Gipper Gradually Faded from Public Eye,” Associated Press, June 5, 2004.
33. Patti Davis, “Happy Trails,” Town & Country, November 2012, www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/patti-davis-on-reagan-family-rancho-del-cielo.
34. Frank Donatelli, in discussion with the author, February 20, 2014.
35. Dennis LeBlanc, in discussion with the author, May 31, 2012.
36. Ibid.
37. Wallace Turner, “Anti-Reagan Protests Continue for 3d Day on California Campus,” New York Times, November 7, 1980, A16.
38. CNN Breaking News, “Reagan Dies,” CNN, June 5, 2004.
39. Dennis LeBlanc, in discussion with the author, May 31, 2012.
40. Marc and Kristen Short, in discussion with the author, March 28, 2014.
41. Dennis LeBlanc, in discussion with the author, May 31, 2012.
42. Marc and Kristen Short, in discussion with the author, March 28, 2014.
43. Ibid.
44. Dennis LeBlanc, in discussion with the author, May 31, 2012.
45. Memorandum by Marilyn Fisher, “Karl Mull’s Diaries,” September 26, 2014, Reagan Ranch and Ranch Center, Santa Barbara, CA.
46. John Barletta, Riding With Reagan: From the White House to the Ranch (New York: Citadel, 2005), 215.
47. Ibid.
48. Steve Colo, in discussion with the author, June 3, 2014.
49. Ibid.
50. Marilyn Berger, “Ronald Reagan Dies at 93; Fostered Cold-War Might and Curbs on Government,” New York Times, June 6, 2004, 1.
51. Rene Sanchez, “A Nation and the World Pay Tribute to Reagan,” Washington Post, June 7, 2004, A1.
52. Todd S. Purdum, “An Impact Seen, and Felt, Everywhere,” New York Times, June 7, 2004, A18.
53. Nicole Hoplin, “Cold War–Era European Leaders Reflect on Reagan and the Impact of Freedom,” Libertas, Spring 2009, 30.
54. Purdum, “An Impact Seen, and Felt, Everywhere.”
55. Ibid.
56. Peter Hannaford, in discussion with the author.
57. Lou Cannon, “Actor, Governor, President, Icon,” Washington Post, June 6, 2004, A28.
58. Robert Perez, “Reagan Is in Country’s Hearts,” Orlando Sentinel, June 10, 2004, H1.
59. Rene Sanchez, “In Calif., Admirers Gather at Museum, Chapel,” Washington Post, June 6, 2004, A27.
60. Mike Downey, “Reagan Was Hero, Just Like Smarty,” Chicago Tribune, June 6, 2004, C1.
61. Chicago Tribune “Deaths Last Week,” June 6, 2004, D4.
62. Alessandra Stanley, “Once Again, Reagan Lands the Big Television Moment,” New York Times, June 7, 2004, A18.
63. Editorial, “Ronald Reagan,” New York Times, June 7, 2004, A26.
64. Bob Dole, “Forever the Optimist,” New York Times, June 7, 2004, A27.
65. David Brooks, “Reagan’s Promised Land,” New York Times, June 8, 2004, A25.
66. Clyde Haberman, “Reality Check During a Time of Mourning,” New York Times, June 8, 2004, B1.
67. New York Times, “Cuomo and Koch Face Off in a War of Printed Word,” April 18, 1984, B1.
68. Michael Cooper, “State but Not City Will Close on Friday to Honor Reagan,” New York Times, June 9, 2004, B2.
69. Bloomberg News, “Shares Are Modestly Higher, Up in a Short Trading Week,” New York Times, June 11, 2004, C5.
70. Robin Toner and Robert Pear, “Critics See a Reagan Legacy Tainted by AIDS, Civil Rights and Union Policies,” New York Times, June 9, 2004, A20.
71. Marilyn Fisher, in discussion with the author, February 24, 2014.
72. David Carr, “2 Weeklies’ Covers Separated by a Common Reagan Picture,” New York Times, June 8, 2004, C1.
73. Craig Shirley, Rendezvous with Destiny: Ronald Reagan and the Campaign Tthat Changed America (Wilmington, DE: ISI Books, 2009), 603.
74. Jacques Steinberg, “Viewership of Cable News Is Up, Barely,” New York Times, June 10, 2004, A20.
75. Ronald Reagan, “Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session with the Students and Faculty at Moscow State University,” May 31, 1988, www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1988/053188b.htm.
76. Elizabeth Kastor, “Harvard’s 350th: Pomp and a 600-Foot Rainbow,” Washington Post, September 4, 1986, A1.
77. John Morris, in discussion with the author.
78. Vincent J. Schodolski, “Reagan Dies,” Chicago Tribune, June 6, 2004, C1.
79. Eureka College, “Commencement Ceremony,” May 9, 1992, www.youtube.com/watch?v=96ybZulnXtc.
80. Ibid.
81. Jill Zuckman, “Kerry Calls Off Events, Gives Praise to Reagan,” Chicago Tribune, June 7, 2004, 14.
82. Elisabeth Bumiller, “Between 2 First Families, A Complicated Rapport,” New York Times, June 9, 2004, A21.
83. Nancy Reagan and William Novak, My Turn: The Memoirs of Nancy Reagan (New York: Random House, 1989), 315.
84. Maureen Dowd, “Epitaph and Epigone,” New York Times, June 10, 2004, A27.
85. Thom Shanker, “Gorbachev Honors His Enemy and Friend,” New York Times, June 11, 2004, A25.
86. Jeffrey Fleishman and David Holley, “The Reagan Legacy,” Los Angeles Times, June 7, 2004, A11.
87. David Stout, Carl Hulse and Glen Justice, “Washington, Accustomed to Ceremony, Focuses on Logistics for a Rare State Funeral,” New York Times, June 9, 2004, A21.
88. Ibid.
89. Ibid.
90. David Stout and Carl Hulse, “Cannons Echo as Washington Drills for Reagan’s State Funeral,” New York Times, June 8, 2004, www.nytimes.com/2004/06/08/politics/08CND-PREP.html.
91. New York Times, “The Funeral Procession,” Wednesday, June 9, 2004, A21.
92. Ibid.
93. Caryn James, “Good Grief: The Appeal of Public Sorrow,” New York Times, June 10, 2004, E1.
94. New York Times, June 9, 2004, B10.
95. New York Times, June 10, 2004, E8.
96. Ibid.
97. New York Times, June 10, 2004, E9.
98. Fred A. Bernstein, “Archive Architecture: Setting the Spin in Stone,” New York Times, June 10, 2004, F1.
99. Ibid.
100. Ibid.
101. Confidential interview with the author.
102. Ibid.
103. Fred Ryan, in discussion with the author, [date?].
104. Scott Shepard and A.L. May, “Boos on the N.Y. Campaign Trail Jews Upset with Brown, Wall Street with Clinton,” Atlanta Journal and Constitution, April 3, 1992, A5; George F. Will, “The Gifts of ’Greed,’ ” Washington Post, January 23, 1992, A25.
105. Vincent J. Schodolski and Michael Martinez, “Nation Mourns with Gestures Simple, Grand,” Chicago Tribune, June 7, 2004, 1.
106. Ibid.
107. Memorandum, Aboard Air Force One, “NR’s Feelings & Family RE: AF1 Returning to Wash. D.C.,” June 9, 2004, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, CA.
CHAPTER 6 HOI POLLOI v. HOITY-TOITY
1. Steven F. Hayward, The Age of Reagan: The Fall of the Old Liberal Order, 1964–1980 (New York: Doubleday, 2009), 692.
2. David S. Broder, “The Great Persuader,” Washington Post, June 7, 2004, A23.
3. Marc Fisher, “The Old Warrior at the Wall,” Washington Post, September 13, 1990, D1.
4. Ibid.
5. Ronald Reagan, Reagan: A Life in Letters, eds. Kiron K. Skinner, Annelise Anderson and Martin Anderson (New York: Free Press, 2003), 821.
6. Lou Cannon, in discussion with the author, March 27, 2014.
7. Todd S. Purdum, “The Capital Pays Homage to ’a Graceful and a Gallant Man,’ ” New York Times, June 10, 2004, A20.
8. Memorandum, “Outline of Funeral Events in Honor of Ronald Wilson Reagan,” Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, CA.
9. Bob Kemper, “Ronald Reagan: 1911–2004: Funeral Steeped in Protocol,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, June 8, 2004, 7A.
10. Elisabeth Bumiller and Elizabeth Becker, “Down to the Last Detail, a Reagan-Style Funeral,” New York Times, June 8, 2004, A1.
11. Rick Ahearn, in discussion with the author, March 25, 2014.
12. Lewis L. Gould, “History in the Remaking,” Washington Post, June 13, 2004, B1.
13. Elisabeth Bumiller, Carl Hulse, Todd S. Purdum and Sheryl Gay Stolberg, “Reagan Team, a Bit Grayer, Gathers Again,” New York Times, June 10, 2004, A1.
14. Purdum, “The Capital Pays Homage to ’a Graceful and a Gallant Man.’ ”
15. Bumiller, Hulse, Purdum, Stolberg, “Reagan Team, a Bit Grayer, Gathers Again.”
16. Linda Bond, in discussion with the author, April 15, 2014.
17. Ibid.
18. Ronald Reagan, The Reagan Diaries, ed. Douglas Brinkley (New York: HarperCollins, 2007), 91.
19. David Von Drehle, “A Day of Ritual and Remembrance,” Washington Post, June 10, 2004, A1.
20. Ibid.
21. New York Times, June 10, 2004, A21.
22. Christi Parsons, “2nd Highway Named for Reagan,” Chicago Tribune, June 9, 2004, 22.
23. Jim Abrams, “Reagan Supporters Want to See Their Hero on U.S. Money,” Associated Press, June 8, 2004.
; 24. Grover Norquist, in discussion with the author.
25. Abrams, “Reagan Supporters Want to See Their Hero on U.S. Money.”
26. Memorandum by Joanne Drake, Office of Ronald Reagan, “Statement by Nancy Reagan Regarding Legislation to Put Ronald Reagan’s Face on the Dime,” December 5, 2003, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, CA.
27. Letter from Anna Eleanor Roosevelt to Nancy Reagan, January 25, 2004, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, CA.
28. Memorandum by Robert Garcia, Nixon Library, “Reagan Remembered at Nixon Library Public Invited to Sign Memorial Books, View Exhibit,” June 7, 2004, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, CA.
29. Claire Jellick, “Classmates, Lawmaker Remember Reagan’s Charisma,” Peoria (IL) Journal Star, June 6, 2004, A17.
30. Caryn James, “Good Grief: The Appeal of Public Sorrow,” New York Times, June 10, 2004, E1.
31. Michael E. Ruane, “A Somber Procession of Present and Past,” Washington Post, June 10, 2004, A21.
32. Jim Drinkard, “Along Caisson’s Route, a Sea of Admirers,” USA Today, June 10, 2004, 4A.
33. Vincent J. Schodolski and Michael Martinez, “Flood of Reagan Admirers Pay Tribute,” Chicago Tribune, June 9, 2004, 18.
34. Purdum, “The Capital Pays Homage to ’a Graceful and a Gallant Man.’ ”
35. Ruane, “A Somber Procession of Present and Past.”
36. Muriel Dobbin, “Nancy Reagan: Looking Past Final Days of ’Long Goodbye,’ ” Sacramento Bee, June 9, 2004, E1.
37. Carl Cannon, in discussion with the author.
38. Lyn Nofziger, in discussion with the author.
39. Ronald Reagan, Reagan: A Life in Letters, eds. Kiron K. Skinner, Annelise Anderson and Martin Anderson (New York: Free Press, 2003), 813.
40. Auxiliary, “The Riderless Horse,” May 2013, 32.
41. Galen Jackman, in discussion with the author, May 14, 2014.
42. Ruane, “A Somber Procession of Present and Past.”
43. David Stout, “From Lincoln on, a Time of Grieving Has Been One of Reconciling,” New York Times, June 11, 2004, A24.