89. Adler et al., “Reagan: Easy Rider.”
90. United Press International, “Reagan's Former Wife Is Happy Over Victory,” New York Times, November 6, 1980, A26.
91. Lisa Myers, “Reagan Finds His Victory ‘Humbling,’” Washington Star, November 5, 1980, A3.
92. Doug Bandow, in discussion with the author, October 10, 2006.
93. Barry Serafin, World News Tonight, ABC News, November 4, 1980.
94. Frank Reynolds, World News Tonight, ABC News, November 4, 1980.
95. Stuart Spencer, in discussion with the author, September 28, 2006.
96. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, in discussion with the author, December 18, 2007.
97. Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., Journals: 1952–2000 (New York: Penguin Press, 2007), 506.
98. David Keene, in discussion with the author, October 10, 2006.
99. Jimmy Carter, in discussion with the author, July 11, 2006.
100. Muriel Coleman, in discussion with the author, May 2, 2007.
101. Elisabeth Bumiller, “The Harrimans' Party for the Party That Was,” Washington Post, November 5, 1980, E1.
102. “Facts That Help Put Election in Focus,” U. S. News & World Report, November 17, 1980, 38; Mashek, “Massive Shift to Right Story of '80 Elections.”
103. Warren Weaver Jr., “Anderson Says He Feels No Bitterness and That He Might Consider 1984 Run,” New York Times, November 6, 1980, A27.
104. “Carter's Collapse: The Anatomy of Reagan's Victory,” National Journal, November 8, 1980, 1878.
105. Allan J. Mayer, Thomas M. DeFrank, Eleanor Clift, and Henry W. Hubbard, “Carter: A Long Day's Night,” Newsweek, November 17, 1980, 29.
106. “A Friendlier Congress for Ronald Reagan,” U. S. News & World Report, November 17, 1980, 31.
107. Edward Walsh, “Bill Brock: Architect of Republican Revival,” Washington Post, November 20, 1980, A21; “Election '80—New Faces in the House,” Washington Post, November 23, 1980, A15.
108. Associated Press, “White Upsets Clinton in Arkansas,” November 5, 1980.
109. Ken Khachigian, in discussion with the author, May 2007.
110. “Transcript of Reagan's Remarks,” New York Times, November 5, 1980, A22.
111. Church et al., “Nation: Reagan Coast-to-Coast.”
112. “Transcript of Reagan's Remarks.”
EPILOGUE: DESTINY
1. William Safire, Safire's Political Dictionary (New York: Oxford University Press, 2008), 154.
2. A Time for Choosing: The Speeches of Ronald Reagan, 1961–1982 (Chicago: Regnery Gateway, 1983), 189.
3. Helene Von Damm, At Reagan's Side: Twenty Years in the Political Mainstream (New York: Doubleday, 1988), 119.
4. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, “A Special Message,” National Review, June 28, 2004, 26.
5. Michael T. Kaufman, “Solzhenitsyn, Literary Giant Who Defied Soviets, Dies at 89,” New York Times, August 4, 2008, A1.
6. “Detente Comes Down to Earth,” Economist, July 26, 1976, 55.
7. Michael Waldman, ed., My Fellow Americans: The Most Important Speeches of America's Presidents, from George Washington to George W. Bush (Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, 2003), 253.
8. Jay Nordlinger, “Being Sharansky—On Russia, Israel, ‘Reaganite Readings’ …,” National Review, July 4, 2005.
9. Nicole Hoplin, “Cold War–Era European Leaders Reflect on Reagan and the Impact of Freedom,” Libertas, 30, no. 1.
10. A Time for Choosing, 186.
11. Karl Vick, “U. S., Soviet Diplomatic License Plates Retain Cold War Symbolism,” St. Petersburg Times, December 19, 1987, 8A.
12. Christopher Andrew and Vasili Mitrokhin, The Sword and the Shield: The Mitrokhin Archive and the Secret History of the KGB (New York: Basic Books, 2000), 242.
13. Newt Gingrich, in discussion with the author, May 21, 2006.
14. George Will, in discussion with the author.
15. R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr., “Mr. Can-Do Versus Mr. Can't,” Washington Post, September 15, 1980, A21.
16. Peter B. Sperry, “The Real Reagan Economic Record: Responsible and Successful Fiscal Policy,” Heritage Foundation, March 1, 2001, http://www.heritage.org/research/taxes/bg1414.cfm.
17. Peter Goldman, “The Republican Landslide,” Newsweek, November 17, 1980, 27
18. Richard Wirthlin, “Reagan for President Campaign Plan,” June 29, 1980, Richard Wirthlin Archives Collection.
19. Stanley Greenberg, Middle Class Dreams: The Politics and Power of the New American Majority (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996).
20. George J. Church, Christopher Ogden, and Laurence I. Barrett, “Nation: Reagan Coast-to-Coast,” Time, November 17, 1980.
21. Peter J. Wallison, “Reagan Co-opted,” American Spectator, July–August 2007; James MacGregor Burns, “Risks of the Middle,” Washington Post, October 24, 1999, B7.
22. Edward Kennedy, “Reagan Brought ‘A Special Grace,’” Boston Irish Reporter, July 31, 2004.
23. Adam Miller, “Wyman Hails Her Great Ex,” New York Post, June 12, 2004, 13.
24. Theodore H. White, “The Small-Town Boys Who Seek to Govern,” Washington Star, September 29, 1980, A1.
25. Lou Cannon, President Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime (New York: Norton, 2000), 113.
26. Lou Cannon, “Role of a Lifetime,” Newsweek, October 4, 1999, 31.
27. Gerald C. Lubenow, Martin Kasindorf, Frank Maier, and James Doyle, “Ronald Reagan Up Close,” Newsweek, July 21, 1980, 25.
28. Ralph Z. Hallow, “A Not-So-Mellow Skeptic Sees a GOP with No Focus,” Washington Times, November 23, 2005, A1.
29. Phil Alexander, in discussion with the author.
30. Steven V. Roberts, “Reagan's Final Rating Is Best of Any President Since '40s,” New York Times, January 18, 1989, A1.
31. John McConnell, in discussion with the author, March 30, 2006.
32. Grover Norquist, in discussion with the author, March 21, 2006.
33. Newt Gingrich, in discussion with the author, May 21, 2006.
34. William F. Buckley Jr., in discussion with the author.
35. Ron Robinson, in discussion with the author; “Commencement Address,” University of Notre Dame, May 17, 1981; Ronald Reagan, “Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session with the Students and Faculty,” Moscow State University, May 31, 1988.
36. Karen Spencer, in discussion with the author, December 20, 2006.
37. Newt Gingrich, “What Would Lincoln Say to Us Today?” Newsmax, February 2009, 62.
38. Ed Blakely, in discussion with the author, April 17, 2007.
39. Richard Cheney, in discussion with the author, March 19, 2007.
40. Philip Kennicott, “Reagan's Legacy, Where ‘Angels’ Dares to Tread,” Washington Post, December 21, 2003, N2.
41. Steve Neal, “Scripts Have Changed, but Reagan Remains a Star,” Chicago Tribune, March 7, 1980, 1.
42. Melinda Beck, Mary Lord, Gloria Borger, Martin Kasindorf, and Jerry Buckley, “A Star-Studded Inaugural,” Newsweek, January 26, 1981, 32.
43. Tip O'Neill with William Novak, Man of the House: The Life and Political Memoirs of Speaker Tip O'Neill (New York: Random House, 1987), 360.
44. David S. Broder, “When Partisan Venom Didn't Rule,” Washington Post, January 29, 2006, B7.
45. Ronald Reagan, An American Life: The Autobiography (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1990), 215; Nancy Reagan with William Novak, My Turn: The Memoirs of Nancy Reagan (New York: Random House, 1989), 212–213.
46. Arlie Schardt, Lucy Howard, George Hackett, Eric Gelman, and Renee Michael, “TV's Rush to Judgment,” Newsweek, July 28, 1980, 72.
47. Veronique de Rugy and Tad DeHaven, “On Spending, Reagan Is No Bush,” Cato Institute Tax and Budget Bulletin, August 2003, no. 15; Chris Edwards, “Number of Federal Subsidy Programs Tops 1800,” Cato Institute Tax and Budget Bulletin, April 2009, no. 56.
48. Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives, “Presidential Vetoes,” http://cler
k.house.gov/art_history/house_history/vetoes.html.
49. Paul Krugman, The Conscience of a Liberal (New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 2007), 178.
50. Robert Shrum, in discussion with the author, March 19, 2008.
51. Peter Hannaford, in discussion with the author; Ken Khachigian, in discussion with the author.
52. David E. Rosenbaum, “The Gridiron: Bush and Quayle Join in an Evening's Ribbing,” New York Times, April 3, 1989, A18.
53. John Sears, “Reagan: How He Decides,” Washington Post, July 16, 1980, A19.
54. Wallace Turner, “Anti-Reagan Protests Continue for 3d Day on California Campus,” New York Times, November 7, 1980, 16.
55. Anthony Lewis, “The Tidal Wave,” New York Times, November 6, 1980, A35.
56. Wesley G. Pippert, United Press International, October 19, 1980.
57. Judy Bachrach, “Reagan Tries Hard to Avoid Communicating,” Washington Star, October 3, 1980, A4.
58. Walter Wisniewski, “Soviets Warn Reagan They Will Not Lose Arms Race,” United Press International, November 7, 1980; “World News Summary,” United Press International, November 7, 1980.
59. Michele Davis, “1980 Diary,” November 6 and 7, 1980, Michele Davis Archives Collection.
60. “Job Seekers Take Notice,” Human Events, November 22, 1980, 4.
61. Douglas Brinkley, The Unfinished Presidency: Jimmy Carter's Quest for Global Peace (New York: Viking, 1998), 3.
62. Chet Currier, “Markets Surge on GOP Victory,” Associated Press, November 5, 1980.
63. John Tierney, “A Cold Morning in Vermont,” New York Times, June 13, 2004, 38.
64. Muriel Coleman, in discussion with the author, May 2, 2007.
65. Jeb Bush, in discussion with the author, August 22, 2006.
66. Adam Clymer, “‘Minority Party’ Strives for a Wider Appeal,” New York Times, July 14, 1980, A9.
67. Lou Cannon, Governor Reagan: His Rise to Power (New York: PublicAffairs, 2003), 97–98.
68. Ronald Reagan, “Homosexual Rights: Policy Statement,” April 1, 1980, Box 371, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, CA.
69. A Time for Choosing, 199.
70. Ronald Reagan, First Inaugural Address, January 20, 1981, http://www.bartleby.com/124/pres61.html.
71. Jack Diggins, in discussion with the author, August 4, 2006.
72. Roberts, “Reagan's Final Rating Is Best of Any President Since '40s.”
73. George F. Will, “The Candidates at Bay,” Newsweek, October 22, 1984; George F. Will, “‘Fresh Start’?” Washington Post, October 31, 1985; George F. Will, “Bad Advice from Washington,” Washington Post, July 7, 1991; George F. Will, “The Limits of Sunniness,” Washington Post, February 11, 2007; George F. Will, “The Cosmopolitan,” Washington Post, August 3, 2008.
74. Neil Reynolds, “Freed Poles Build One for the Gipper,” Globe and Mail (Toronto), July 4, 2007, B2.
75. Edward Crane, “The Rise and Fall of the GOP,” Cato Policy Report, November/December 2003, 2.
76. “Transcript of Reagan's Farewell Address to American People,” New York Times, January 12, 1989, B8.
77. James Rosen, “Tom Wolfe's Washington Post,” Washington Post, July 2, 2006, B5.
78. Crane, “The Rise and Fall of the GOP.”
79. Al Neuharth, “Two‘Iron Ladies’ at Reagan's Funeral,” USA Today, June 11, 2004, 13A.
80. Parke May, “A National Farewell for a Beloved Leader,” Washington Times, June 19, 2004, B6; Evan Thomas and Eleanor Clift, “As the Shadows Fell,” Newsweek, June 21, 2004, 22.
81. James Stockdale, in discussion with the author, February 15, 2007.
82. Ibid.
83. Tarron Lively and Jeffrey Sparshott, “Funeral Procession Fuels Record Usage of Metro,” Washington Times, June 11, 2004, A12.
84. “Cashing in on Reagan Funeral,” The Hill, June 22, 2004, 10.
85. Confidential interview with the author.
86. Julie Mason, “Friends Travel to D.C. to Reminisce,” Houston Chronicle, June 11, 2004, 17.
87. Colleen McCain Nelson, “Visitors Passing on Presidential Libraries,” Dallas Morning News, March 24, 2006, 1A; Carl Schoettler and Seth Michelson, “They Provide Stamps of Approval,” Baltimore Sun, April 6, 1997, 3J.
88. Mark Steyn, “The Joke's on Them,” National Review, June 28, 2004, 56.
89. “The Week,” National Review, June 28, 2004.
90. Adrian Wooldridge, “The Great Delegator,” New York Times, January 29, 2006, 11.
91. Bill Carter, “Shifting 'Reagans' to Cable Has CBS Facing New Critics,” New York Times, November 5, 2003, 1
92. James Reston, “The Evils of 2 Lessers,” New York Times, September 28, 1980, E21.
93. Nancy Reynolds, in discussion with the author, October 3, 2006.
94. Lubenow et al., “Ronald Reagan Up Close.”
95. John F. Stacks, Watershed: The Campaign for the Presidency, 1980 (New York: Times Books, 1981), 13–14.
96. William F. Buckley Jr., in discussion with the author.
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