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249 The classic statement of the Southern concept of liberalism as liberality is Ryhs L. Isaac,
The Transformation of Virginia, 1740-1790
(Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1982). My account of the development of LBJ's liberalism in the context of Southwest history is drawn from Lloyd C. Gardner, “From the Colorado to the Mekong,” in Lloyd C. Gardner and Ted Gittinger, eds.,
Vietnam: The Early Decisions
(Austin: University of Texas Press, 1997), 37-57.

250 For the Employment Act of 1946, see Robert M. Collins, “Growth Liberalism in the Sixties: Great Societies at Home and Grand Designs Abroad,” in David Farber, ed.,
The Sixties: From Memory to History
(Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1994).
The Dallas Morning News marveled:
John Kessel,
The Goldwater Coalition: Republican Strategies in 1964
(Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1968), 253.

250 LBJ's limiting of contested votes is in Richard Franklin Bensel,
Sectionalism and American Political Development, 1880-1980
(Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1984), 191. See also the incisive account of LBJ's legislative strategy in Ellen Proxmire,
One Foot in Washington: The Perilous Life of a Senator's Wife
(Washington, D.C.: R. B. Luce, 1964), 24. For an excellent description of “The Treatment,” see Alan Brinkley,
Liberalism and Its Discontents
(Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1998), 204.

251 For the Teddy White interview with Jackie Kennedy, see Christopher Matthews,
Kennedy and Nixon: The Rivalry That Shaped Postwar America
(New York: Touchstone, 1996), 243. For best-sellers, see WP
Book Week,
January 12, 1964.

251 For LBJ's martyr epiphany and the “Let Us Continue” speech, see Robert Dallek,
Flawed Giant: Lyndon Johnson and His Times, 1961-1973
(New York: Oxford University Press, 1998), 56, 63; for text, see PPP: LBJ, 8-10.

251
The hottest political book of 1963:
John MacGregor Burns,
The Deadlock of Democracy: Four-Party Politics in America
(Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1963). For wheat sale amendment, see Thomas C. Reeves,
A Question of Character: A Life of John F. Kennedy
(New York: Free Press, 1991), 403; Beschloss, ed.,
Taking Charge,
37; and Dallek,
Flawed Giant,
70. His budget demand is in Dallek, 72.

252 For Johnson's two abiding humiliations, see Jeff Shesol,
Mutual Contempt: Lyndon Johnson, Robert Kennedy, and the Feud that Defined a Decade
(New York: Norton, 1997), 15, 88-113. LBJ's calls for guidance are in Beschloss, ed.,
Taking Charge,
19-21.

252 For new strategic calculations and “proper Republican” quote, see Novak,
Agony of the GOP,
252. For polls see GP, 1857.

253 For Lodge, DDE, and NYT, see William J. Miller,
Henry Cabot Lodge: A Biography
(New York: Heineman, 1967), 355; and Felix Belair Jr., “Eisenhower Urges Lodge to Pursue GOP Nomination,” NYT, December 8, 1963.

253 For Nixon's trip to Gettysburg, see Miller,
Henry Cabot Lodge,
355. For book deal and cancellation, see Rowland Evans and Robert Novak, “The Unmaking of a President,”
Esquire,
November 1964. For post-assassination politicking, see Evans and Novak; December 6, 1963, speech transcript in RAC, Box 10/775; and White with Gill,
Suite 3505,
240.

253
“I'm still wishing something”: Time,
November 22, 1963. For injury and depression, see Novak,
Agony of the GOP,
266
. He wrote people like the editor:
Author interview with Allan Ryskind. For JFK and BMG's displays of affection and campaign proposal, see Gilbert A. Harrison, “Way Out West: An Interim Report on Barry Goldwater,” TNR, November 23, 1963; and Stephen Shadegg,
What Happened to Goldwater?: The Inside Story of the 1964 Republican Campaign
(New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston), 81.

254 About BMG's love of flying, see, for example,
Newsweek,
April 10, 1961; for ham radio,
Time,
June 14, 1963; jazz and trombone,
Time,
March 22, 1963, Jack Paar show appearance, AHFAV, BG-C/2; for
Indian Art of the Americas
and air-conditioning, James M. Perry,
A Report in Depth on Barry Goldwater: The Story of the 1964 Republican Presidential Nominee
(Silver Spring, Md.: National Observer, 1964); about his Thunderbird, Newsweek, April 10, 1961; regarding the Senate machine shop, John B. Judis,
William F. Buckley, Jr.: Patron Saint of the Conservatives
(New York: Touchstone, 1990), 172; on the Heathkit, Karl Hess,
Mostly on the Edge: An Autobiography
(Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus, 1999), 176.

254
He had a favorite Western maxim:
transcript of Hy Gardner radio show, WOR-NEW York, September 26, 1963, RAC, Box 10/766.
“Doggone it,” he told The Chicago Tribune:
CT, January 3, 1964, A1.
He worried whether he had:
ibid.
What would he be then:
Shadegg,
What Happened,
79-80.

254 For fund-raising after the assassination, see Frank Kovac, “Finance Highlights Report No. 19,” WAR, Box 155/7. For youth telegram campaign I rely on an author
interview with Lee Edwards, and Novak,
Agony of the GOP,
267. For White's continuing, see Novak, 265; and White with Gill,
Suite 3505,
252-53. 254 For White's incredulity at Kitchel's political ignorance, see ibid., 199-213. For Kitchel's personality, see Rowland Evans and Robert Novak, “The Men Around Goldwater,” SEP, October 24, 1964.

255
Then Dick Kleindienst began working:
Harrison, “Way Out West.”
Then came an administrative assistant:
White with Gill,
Suite 3505,
202. For Burch biography, see NYHT, July 17, 1964; Novak,
Agony of the GOP,
247 (for Mississippi rumor); and Evans and Novak, “The Men Around Goldwater” (for black ties). For pride in outsider status I rely especially on author interview with Richard Kleindienst. For clannish style, see Novak,
Agony of the GOP,
285. For AEI additions to Kitchel office: White with Gill,
Suite 3505,
201-3, 222-23; Kitchel to Lamp, March 30, 1965, DK, Box 3; Novak,
Agony of the GOP,
246; and author interview with Charles Lichenstein.

255 For Baroody's approach to Kitchel, see Edwards,
Goldwater,
182; and author interview with William Rusher. For the
National Review
double cross: Shadegg,
What Happened,
68-70; Judis,
William F. Buckley,
183; and author interview with William F. Buckley.

255 For Baroody's personality and character I rely on author interviews with W. Glen Campbell, Milton Friedman, William Rusher, and Charles Lichenstein.

256 For AEI history I rely on James Smith,
The Idea Brokers: Think Tanks and the Rise of the New Policy Elite
(New York: Free Press, 1991); Milton Friedman and Rose Friedman,
Two Lucky People: Memoirs
(Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998), 343-45; GRR, April 13, 1964; the notes and documents in Richard Dudman Papers, AEI file, Library of Congress; and Friedman and Campbell interviews.

256
“I really can't say whether”:
Evans and Novak, “The Men Around Goldwater.”

256 For Recordak, see Kessel,
Goldwater Coalition,
153; White with Gill, Suite
3505,
202; and NYHT, January 29, 1964. July 4, 1964.
“Who's Arthur Summerfield?”:
Shadegg,
What Happened,
65. For the notebook White prepared for Kitchel, see F. Clifton White with Jerome Tuccille,
Politics as a Noble Calling
(Ottawa, Ill.: Jameson Books, 1994), 155. Kitchel's hearing: Evans and Novak, “The Men Around Goldwater.”

257 For the meeting in BMG's apartment, see Richard Kleindienst,
Justice: The Memoirs of an Attorney General
(Ottawa, Ill.: Jameson Books, 1985), 31; Edwards,
Goldwater,
151; Shadegg,
What Happened,
81; White with Gill,
Suite 3505,
254; and Edwards interview in A&E Television Network,
Barry Goldwater: The Conscience of Conservatives
(1996, cat. no. AAE-14345).

257
Draft Goldwater met on December 11:
White with Gill,
Suite
3505, 256.

258 For the cancellation of White's Phoenix plans, see ibid., 161.

258 For Len Hall and Kitchell, see Novak,
Agony of the GOP,
245.

258 Kleindienst's trip back from the Rose Bowl is narrated in Kleindienst,
Justice,
30. DDE's participation, and Kiwanis speech, are in Jon Margolis,
The Last Innocent Year: America in 1964: The Beginning of the “Sixties”
(New York: Morrow, 1999), 64.

259 BMG's joke about his daughter is from author interview with Jameson Campaigne Jr. Other details in McDowell,
Barry Goldwater,
247; and Male to BMG planning memo, January 3, 1964, AHF, Box 1⅗1.

259 For BMG's wife on day of announcement, see Harold Faber, ed.,
The Road to the White House: The Story of the 1964 Election by the Staff of the New York Times
(New York: McGraw-Hill, 1965), 15. For Margaret Goldwater generally: transcript of interview on
Art Linkletter's House Party,
CBS-TV, April 22, 1964, RAC, Box 10; and Robert Alan Goldberg,
Barry Goldwater
(New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1995), 115.
“If that's what you want”:
White with Gill,
Suite 3505,
255
.

259
Kleindienst handed over his keys:
Kleindienst,
Justice,
31; Kleindienst interview.

259 For Shadegg's Senate run and purge from Goldwater circle, see Shadegg,
What Happened,
54;
Arizona Journal,
March 29, 1962, and April 3, 1962; NYT, September 7, 1962; and
Time,
September 7, 1962.

260
“He'd get more space”:
Frank Cormier,
LBJ the Way He Was: A Personal Memoir
(Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1977), 32. Advice to announce from Washington noted in Shadegg,
What Happened,
86.

260 Goldwater's meeting with Arizona Republican leaders, and his entrance onto patio, is narrated by radio announcer Ray Curtis, transcribed in RAC, Box 10/779; see also Faber, ed.,
Road to the White House,
15; Margolis,
Last Innocent Year,
78; Perry,
A Report in Depth on Barry Goldwater;
announcement in LAT, January 3, 1964, A1; and footage in A&E Television Network,
Barry Goldwater.

260 For press conference, see RAC, Box 10/779.

261
“At the LBJ Ranch, meanwhile”:
Cormier,
LBJ the Way He Was,
32. For Gallup poll and Heller statistics, see Margolis,
Last Innocent Year,
91.

261
“I am neither a summer soldier”:
LAT, January 4, 1964.

261 For the NAR-Nixon meeting see Nixon,
RN,
310.

262 For NAR's November 7, 1963, announcement see Faber, ed.,
Road to the White House,
22; Novak,
Agony of the GOP,
254; and Kessel,
Goldwater Coalition,
45. For Maryland Republicans and McKeldin quote, see James Reston column, November 3, 1963. For Miami and St. Louis:
Time,
November 22, 1963.

262 For APSA, West Virginia, and the Indiana Bar Association, see RAC, Box 12/946. For Illinois visit, see Novak,
Agony of the GOP,
224; for California visit, see speeches and “Dear News Editor” in RAC, Box 11/938. For audience with the Pope, see James Desmond,
Nelson Rockefeller: A Political Biography
(New York: Macmillan, 1964), 67. For cross-country staff, see Martin to Middendorf, May 5, 1964, FCW, Box 8/Wm. Middendorf. Memo on lighting is Danzig to NAR, January 14, 1964, RAC, Box 11/939.

262 For opposition research office, sources are author interview with Graham T. Molitor; BMG transcripts from April 1963 through June 1964 in RAC, Box 10; Molitor speech analyses in RAC, Box 11; and Issues Binder, Box 11/929.

263 For California public relations politics and Spencer-Roberts, see Bill Boyarsky,
The Rise of Ronald Reagan
(New York: Random House, 1968), 106; Gary Wills,
Reagan's America
(New York: Penguin, 1988), 292; Theodore H. White,
The Making
of the President 1964
(New York: Atheneum, 1965), 150; and Walton to White, FCW, Box 8/Rus Walton. For Hinman's approach, see Walton to White, November 1, 1963, FCW, Box 8/Rus Walton. For Rocky closing the deal, see Danzig expense voucher, October 29, 1963, RAC, Box 11/933; “Dear News Editor” letter in Box 11/938; and George Hinman press release, November 14, 1963, Box 11. For $2 million budget, see Goldberg,
Barry Goldwater,
190. For billboards, see Begg to White, January 17, 1964, FCW, Box 8/Baus and Ross.

264 For NAR delegates, see White,
Making of the President 1964
, 149. For Kuchel's reluctance, see Kessel,
Goldwater Coalition,
80. For his statement: NYHT, January 28, 1964, and statement for release January 28, 1964, RAC, Box 11/939.

264 For delegates' fear of zealots, see Kessel,
Goldwater Coalition,
81.
“There is a new wind blowing”:
Richard Whalen,
Fortune,
December 1963.

 

265
“COMPANY PROFITS ASTOUND EXPERTS”:
NYT, January 6, 1964.
“UCLA PUPILS NOT RADICAL”:
LAT, January 12, 1964.
In Washington, Labor Secretary Willard Wirtz:
LAT, January 1, 1964, op-ed.
The Los Angeles Times was also obliged:
LAT, January 2, 1964. For 1964 Mummers' Parade: CT, January 1, 1964, A1; LAT, January 5, 1964, A22. The magistrate said halting the parade would “do irrevocable harm to a tradition that dates back more than 100 years.” He perhaps wasn't aware that the tradition began as an annual excuse for whites to terrorize Philadelphia's free blacks. See David Roediger,
The Wages of Whiteness: Race and the Making of the American Working Class
(New York: Verso, 1991), 105-9. This year they merely chanted insults directed at the president of the NAACP into ABC's cameras.