33. Jack Bass, “Southern Republicans: Their Plight Is Getting Worse,” Washington Post, July 12, 1977, A4.
34. Ronald Reagan, “Ronald Reagan Speaks Out,” Citizens for the Republic Newsletter, February 1, 1977.
35. Cindy Tapscott Canevaro, in discussion with the author, November 3, 2006.
36. James Stockdale, in discussion with the author, February 15, 2007.
37. Fred Ryan, in discussion with the author.
38. Walter R. Mears, Associated Press, June 13, 1977.
39. Ronald Reagan, Reagan, In His Own Hand: The Writings of Ronald Reagan That Reveal His Revolutionary Vision for America, ed. Kiron K. Skinner, Annelise Anderson, and Martin Anderson (New York: Free Press, 2001), xvi.
40. Hedrick Smith, “Carter So Far: Mix of Symbol and Substance,” New York Times, March 6, 1977, 144; Jimmy Carter, Keeping Faith, 27.
41. Douglas E. Kneeland, “Carter's Style as President Has Drawn Mixed Reviews,” New York Times, February 13, 1977, 26.
42. Jimmy Carter, Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President (New York: Bantam Books, 1982), 27.
43. Dennis Franey, “GOP's Old Pros Take Stock of Jimmy Carter,” Wall Street Journal, June 27, 1977, 10.
44. A Time for Choosing: The Speeches of Ronald Reagan, 1961–1982 (Chicago: Regnery Gateway, 1983) 183.
45. Ibid., 184.
46. Ibid., 185.
47. Ibid., 189.
48. Ibid., 200–201.
49. Ibid., 185.
50. Lou Cannon, “Reagan Criticizes Carter for Proposing Defense Budget Cuts,” Washington Post, February 6, 1977, 20.
51. David Broder, in discussion with the author.
52. Howard Phillips, in discussion with the author.
53. Lou Cannon, “Tapping the Little Guy,” Washington Post, March 6, 1977, A1.
54. Ronald Reagan, Reagan's Path to Victory: The Shaping of Ronald Reagan's Vision: Selected Writings, ed. Kiron K. Skinner, Annelise Anderson, and Martin Anderson (New York: Free Press, 2004), 132.
55. Associated Press, June 27, 1977;Walter R. Mears, Associated Press, June 13, 1977.
56. Don McLeod, Associated Press, June 10, 1977; Joseph B. Treaster, “Reagan Is Critical of Carter on Rights,” New York Times, June 10, 1977, 5.
57. Washington Star, “Much Ado about Panama,” May 2, 1976.
58. Eric Pace, “Reagan Declares Canal Treaties Should Be Rejected by the Senate,” New York Times, August 26, 1977, A1.
59. Reagan, Reagan, In His Own Hand, 201.
60. United Press International, “Ford Gives Support to New Agreement on Panama Canal,” New York Times, August 17, 1977, A1.
61. “Panama; A Doomed Treaty?” U. S. News & World Report, September 19, 1977, 18.
62. Tom Raum, Associated Press, September 8, 1977.
63. Walter R. Mears, Associated Press, November 4, 1977.
64. Charles Black, in discussion with the author, January 16, 2007.
65. Associated Press, December 20, 1977.
66. Ibid.
67. United Press International, “Reagan Protests Party Fund Drive,” New York Times, December 21, 1977, A14.
68. Ibid.
69. Albert R. Hunt, “Reagan: ‘A Man, a Plan, a Canal…,’” Wall Street Journal, August 26, 1977, 8.
70. Rowland Evans and Robert Novak, “Reagan in '80?” Washington Post, January 16, 1978, A21.
71. James R. Dickenson, “Reagan's Man Sears Is Ready to Roll,” Washington Star, February 26, 1979, D1.
CHAPTER 2: RETURN OF THE REPUBLICANS
1. Terence Smith, “Carter, in TV Talk, Asks Canal Backing,” New York Times, February 2, 1978, A1.
2. Ibid.
3. Donald M. Rothberg, Associated Press, February 8, 1978.
4. Robert G. Kaiser, “Senate Votes First Canal Treaty, 68–32,” Washington Post, March 17, 1978, A1.
5. Donald M. Rothberg, Associated Press, April 18, 1978.
6. Associated Press, April 18, 1978.
7. Associated Press, May 24, 1978.
8. Albert R. Hunt, “Carter and the '78 Elections,” Wall Street Journal, December 27, 1977, 8.
9. “Generals of a Rebellion by California Taxpayers: Howard Arnold Jarvis and Paul Gann,” New York Times, June 8, 1978, A25.
10. Wallace Turner, “Brown, in Shift, Now Sees Opportunities in Tax Cut,” New York Times, June 8, 1978, A25.
11. Doug Willis, Associated Press, June 7, 1978.
12. “Generals of a Rebellion by California Taxpayers.”
13. Susanna McBee, “Prop 13 Spawns Tax-Curb Votes on 16 State Ballots,” Washington Post, November 1, 1978, A4.
14. Rowland Evans and Robert Novak, “A New Tax-Cut Theology for the GOP,” Washington Post, June 8, 1978, A23.
15. Arthur Laffer, in discussion with the author, January 18, 2007.
16. Ibid.
17. Ann Crittenden, “The Economic Wind's Blowing Toward the Right—for Now, New York Times, July 16, 1978, F1.
18. Jeb Bush, in discussion with the author, August 22, 2006.
19. U. S. News & World Report, June 13, 1977, 16.
20. “Tax-Cut Plan Gives GOP a New Issue and a New Face,” Wall Street Journal, September 19, 1978, 1.
21. Bill Peterson, “Rep. Crane Informs Reagan of Plans for '80 Presidential Bid,” Washington Post, July 27, 1978, A3.
22. Richard Pyle, Associated Press, July 28, 1978.
23. Adam Clymer, “Rep. Crane Weighs Race for President,” New York Times, July 20, 1978, A17.
24. John W. Mastheck, Thomas J. Foley, and Jack McWethy, “'80 Sweepstakes: At Starting Gate,” U.S. News & World Report, June 4, 1979, 28.
25. Michael K. Deaver with Mickey Herskowitz, Behind the Scenes: In Which the Author Talks About Ronald and Nancy Reagan… and Himself (New York: William Morrow, 1987), 75.
26. Frank Donatelli, in discussion with the author, July 26, 2006.
27. PostScript, Washington Post, August 28, 1978, A3.
28. Ronald Reagan, Reagan: A Life in Letters, ed. Kiron K. Skinner, Annelise Anderson, and Martin Anderson (New York: Free Press, 2003), 116.
29. Peter Hannaford, The Reagans: A Political Portrait (New York: Coward-McCann, 1983), 175.
30. John Milne, “‘New Right’ Exclusion Cost Sears,” Miami Herald, March 2, 1980, 23A.
31. Lou Cannon, “Reagan Described as Ready to Campaign Hard and Early for the Presidency,” Washington Post, August 13, 1978, A3.
32. Ibid.
33. Walter R. Mears, Associated Press, October 16, 1978.
34. George Gallup, “Kennedy Gains as Top 1980 Choice,” Washington Post, August 13, 1978, A15.
35. Associated Press, October 6, 1978.
36. Victor F. Zonana, “California Is Roiled by a New Initiative, Over Homosexuals,” Wall Street Journal, October 10, 1978, 1.
37. Ed Meese, in discussion with the author.
38. Lyn Nofziger, in discussion with the author.
39. “After Elections—Challenges for Carter and Congress,” U. S. News & World Report, November 20, 1978, 20.
40. “Looking Ahead to 1980 Elections,” U. S. News & World Report, April 16, 1979, 37.
41. Nancy Reagan with William Novak, My Turn: The Memoirs of Nancy Reagan (New York: Random House, 1989), 189.
42. Deaver with Herskowitz, Behind the Scenes, 85.
43. “Going Far by Going Slow,” Time, January 21, 1980, 32.
44. Jack W. Germond and Jules Witcover, “Retooling Ronald Reagan,” Washington Star, August 15, 1979, A11
45. Jeffrey Bell, in discussion with the author.
46. Germond and Witcover, “Retooling Ronald Reagan.”
47. Hannaford, The Reagans, 177–81.
48. James Reston, “When Old Men Dream,” New York Times, January 26, 1979, A25.
49. Jack W. Germond and Jules Witcover, “Connally Hits N.H. First Time Pouring Out Political Confidence,” Washington Star, March 22, 1979, A4.
50. David Keene, in discussion with the author.
51. I
bid.
52. David Keene, in discussion with the author, October 10, 2006.
53. Ibid.
54. David Keene, in discussion with the author, March 17, 2006.
55. “Dole Files with Election Panel,” New York Times, February 22, 1979, A20.
56. Douglas E. Kneeland, “Republican Hopefuls Tread the Carter Path to Iowa,” New York Times, March 4, 1979, E4.
57. Bill Peterson, “Reagan for President Committee Is Formed, but He Hasn't Announced Candidacy—Yet,” Washington Post, March 8, 1979, A2.
58. Hannaford, The Reagans, 201.
59. Peterson, “Reagan for President Committee Is Formed.”
60. Jeffrey Bell, in discussion with the author.
61. Reagan with Novak, My Turn, 205.
62. Memorandum from Peter Hannaford to Governor Reagan, “Your Access to the News Media,” October 26, 1979, Peter Hannaford Collections, Hoover Institution, Stanford, CA.
CHAPTER 3: LE MALAISE
1. Eugene Kennedy Franklin, “The Looming '80s,” New York Times Magazine, December 2, 1979, 17.
2. Time, “Now, the Self-Centered Generation,” September 23, 1974, 85.
3. Ibid.
4. Ibid.
5. Chris Connell, Associated Press, October 23, 1979.
6. Columbia University Augustine Club, “Text of Address by Alexander Solzhenitsyn at Harvard Class Day Afternoon Exercises, A World Split Apart, June 8, 1978,” Columbia University, http://www.columbia.edu/cu/augustine/arch/solzhenitsyn/harvard1978.html.
7. Lee Lescaze, “Solzhenitsyn Says West Is Failing as Model for World,” Washington Post, June 9, 1978, A1.
8. Ibid.
9. Ibid.
10. Ibid.
11. George Will, “Solzhenitsyn's Critics,” Washington Post, June 18, 1978, B7.
12. Reuters, “New Year's Day Brings New York a Homicide Record,” Washington Post, January 3, 1980, A14.
13. Jack W. Germond and Jules Witcover, “Pollster's Cleveland Poll Offers Unkindest Cut of All for Carter,” Washington Star, May 20, 1979, A4.
14. Steven V. Roberts, “Carter, at Midterm, Is Still ‘Outsider’ to Many in Congress,” New York Times, March 7, 1979, A18.
15. Lee M. Cohn, “0.7 Pct. Rise in GNP Just Above Recession Level,” Washington Star, April 19, 1979, A16.
16. Michael Getler, “OPEC Increases Oil Price by 9%, Allows Surcharge,” Washington Post, March 28, 1979, A1.
17. Rowland Evans and Robert Novak, “Shameful Treatment of the Shah,” Washington Post, April 27, 1979, A23.
18. United Press International, “Kennedy Leading Carter by 2 to 1 in Poll of New Hampshire Voters,” New York Times, April 12, 1979, A20.
19. Donald M. Rothberg, Associated Press, June 13, 1979.
20. Kati Marton, Hidden Power: Presidential Marriages That Shaped Our Recent History (New York: Pantheon Books, 2001), 236–38.
21. James R. Dickenson, “Crane's Fledgling Presidential Campaign Beset by Full Share of Woes,” Washington Star, May 13, 1979, A4.
22. Peter Goldman and Tony Fuller, “The Early Bird,” Newsweek, March 19, 1979, 37.
23. Ronald Reagan, The Reagan Diaries, ed. Douglas Brinkley (New York: HarperCollins, 2007), 227.
24. Diane Henry, “Weicker Joins Race for the Presidency,” New York Times, March 13, 1979, A1.
25. Ibid.
26. John W. Mashek, “Preview '80; Bush's Theme: Time for Insider in White House,” U. S. News & World Report, October 22, 1979, 65.
27. Dale Russakoff, “Cheerleader Style Further Blurs Bush Image,” Washington Post, November 3, 1984, A1.
28. Bill Curry, “Bush Declares Presidential Candidacy,” Washington Post, May 2, 1979, A3.
29. David Keene, in discussion with the author, March 17, 2006.
30. David Keene, in discussion with the author.
31. Adam Clymer, “Senator Dole Joins G.O.P. Race for '80 Presidential Elections,” New York Times, May 15, 1979, A1.
32. James R. Dickenson, “Dole Formally Joins Six Others in GOP Race,” Washington Star, May 14, 1979, A1.
33. James R. Dickenson, “Dole Seeks to Portray Self as GOP Pussycat in Presidential Campaign,” Washington Star, May 15, 1979, A3.
34. Associated Press, June 1, 1979.
35. Edward Walsh and Martin Schram, “Carter, Kennedy Clash Sharply on ‘Windfall’ Oil Tax,” Washington Post, May 1, 1979, A1.
36. Steven F. Hayward, The Real Jimmy Carter: How Our Worst Ex-President Undermines American Foreign Policy, Coddles Dictators, and Created the Party of Clinton and Kerry (Washington, DC: Regnery, 2004), 155.
37. William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King Richard III, ed. John Jowett (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000), 147–49.
38. Vermont Royster, “Thinking Things Over,” Wall Street Journal, February 22, 1978, 22.
39. Peter Goldman, James Doyle, Thomas M. DeFrank, Eleanor Clift, and Susan Agrest, “The Politics of Gas,” Newsweek, July 9, 1979, 29.
40. Frank Cormier, Associated Press, July 11, 1979.
41. Los Angeles Times, “Reagan, Ford in Near Tie in Gallup Poll,” June 3, 1979, A2.
42. Fred Barbash, “Reagan Raises $1.4 Million in Campaign Funds,” Washington Post, July 26, 1979, A8.
43. Douglas E. Kneeland, “Bush Is Buoyed by Iowa Straw Poll,” New York Times, May 24, 1979, B12.
44. Lou Cannon, “Bush Is Crushed by Wide Margin,” Washington Post, February 27, 1980, A1; R. W. Apple Jr., “Long Fight Likely,” New York Times, February 26, 1976, 1.
45. James Gerstenzang, Associated Press, May 16, 1980.
46. Harry Kelly, “Nation's Morale Torments Carter” Chicago Tribune, July 15, 1979, A12.
47. Roberta Hornig, “Aides in 'disarray' as Deadline Looms on Energy Policy,” Washington Star, July 6, 1979, A1.
48. Peter Goldman, Thomas M. DeFrank, Eleanor Clift, and Rich Thomas, “Carter's Secret Summit,” News-week, July 16, 1979, 19.
49. Dictionary.com, “Malaise,” http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/malaise.
50. “Transcript of President's Address to Country on Energy Problems,” New York Times, July 16, 1979, A10.
51. David S. Broder, “After 30 Months, Self-Criticism, Sense of Purpose,” Washington Post, July 16, 1979, A1.
52. “Transcript of President's Address,” New York Times.
53. Walter Mondale, in discussion with the author, February 28, 2007.
54. Mark O. Hatfield, with the Senate Historical Office, Vice Presidents of the United States, 1789–1993 (Washington: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1997), 517–25, http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/VP_Walter_Mondale.htm.
55. Walter Mondale, in discussion with the author, February 28, 2007.
56. Adam Clymer, “Reagan: The 1980 Model,” New York Times Magazine, July 29, 1979, SM6.
57. Hayward, The Real Jimmy Carter, 141.
58. Edwin Meese, in discussion with the author, May 6, 2006.
59. Lyn Nofziger, Nofziger (Washington, DC: Regnery Gateway, 1992), 236.
60. Ibid.
61. Barry Sussman, “Early Poll Shows Reagan Far in Lead,” Washington Post, June 23, 1979, A1.
62. Bill Peterson, “‘Long Shot’ Pressler Enters GOP List,” Washington Post, September 26, 1979, A6.
63. Jack W. Germond and Jules Witcover, “Admits His ‘Interest’ as Carter Slips,” Washington Star, August 5, 1979, A1.
64. Adam Clymer, “Ford Weighs a Low-Key Drive for G.O.P. Nomination,” New York Times, October 1, 1979, A12.
65. Richard Bond, in discussion with the author, October 4, 2006.
66. Victor Gold, in discussion with the author, April 5, 2007.
67. John F. Stacks, Watershed: The Campaign for the Presidency, 1980 (New York: Times Books, 1981), 55.
68. Victor Gold, in discussion with the author, April 5, 2007.
69. Tom Wicker, “A Balance for Bush,” New York Times, July 29, 1988, A27.
70. David Keene, in discussion with the author, March 17,
2006.
71. Rowland Evans and Robert Novak, “George Bush, Jogging,” Washington Post, August 8, 1979, A17.
72. James Reston, “When Old Men Dream,” New York Times, January 26, 1979, A25.
73. Michael Graczyk, “Texas Gov. John Connally Dead at 76,” Associated Press, June 16, 1993; James Reston, “When Old Men Dream,” New York Times, January 26, 1979, A25.
74. Paul Hendrickson, “The Long Journey of George Bush,” Washington Post, January 13, 1980, F1; Aaron Latham, “How History Would Vote,” Washington Post, October 23, 1988, C1.
75. James M. Perry, “To George Bush, Seeking Presidency Seems Almost a Duty,” Wall Street Journal, July 6, 1979, 1.
76. Ibid.
77. Maurice Carroll, “Bush Emphasizes His ‘Fantastic Credentials’ in Race,” New York Times, January 5, 1980, 10.
78. Rowland Evans and Robert Novak, “Connally's Populist Push,” Washington Post, August 13, 1979, A21.
79. United Press International, “Chappaquiddick Warning,” Washington Post, October 13, 1979, A5.
80. Douglas Hallett, “John Connally's Slick Image,” Wall Street Journal, May 17, 1979, 26.
81. James Gerstenzang, Associated Press, August 20, 1979; Bill Brock, in discussion with the author, October 15, 2006.
82. John W. Mashek, “Preview '80; Howard Baker Takes Aim at Carter's Southern Turf,” U. S. News & World Report, July 30, 1979, 49.
83. Myra MacPherson, “Talmadge Is Back on the Hill and the Tributes Flow,” Washington Post, March 2, 1979, E1.
84. Peter Goldman, Gerald C. Lubenow, Tony Fuller, and James Doyle, “A Royal Progress,” Newsweek, November 26, 1979, 50.
85. George F. Will, “Characteristically Connally,” Washington Post, October 18, 1979, A19.
86. Mike Feinsilber, “Today's Topic: Mother, May I?” Associated Press, September 14, 1979.
87. Adam Clymer, Edward M. Kennedy: A Biography (New York: Perennial, 1999), 226, 243–44, 252.
88. Confidential interview with the author, 1991.
89. Walter Mondale, in discussion with the author, February 28, 2007.
90. Associated Press, November 2, 1979.
91. Ann Blackman, Associated Press, September 7, 1979.
92. Associated Press, “Carter's Job Rating at 19%, The Lowest Since the 1950s,” Washington Post, September 14, 1979, A2.
93. Jack W. Germond and Jules Witcover, “Team of 3 Paves Way for Kennedy Campaign,” Washington Star, October 11, 1979, A3.
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