Reagan's Revolution (73 page)

120
. David Keene, in discussion with the author, December 16, 2003.

121
. Witcover,
Marathon
, 75; 1976 New Hampshire Presidential Primary, February 24, 1976: Republican Results, http://www.politicallibrary.org/TallState/1976rep.html.

122
. Witcover,
Marathon
, 397.

123
. Witcover,
Marathon
, 396.

CHAPTER SEVEN — Against the Wall

1
. Martin Anderson, in discussion with the author, June 23, 2004.

2
. Rowland Evans and Robert Novak, “Reagan Put on Offensive,” Boston
Globe
, February 26, 1976.

3
.
Human Events
, “Florida Primary Now Crucial for Reagan,” March 6, 1976.

4
. Elizabeth Drew,
American Journal: The Events of 1976
(New York: Vintage Books, 1976), 353.

5
. Richard H. Stewart, “Reagan,”
Boston Globe
, February 25, 1976.

6
. Frank Reynolds,
ABC News
, February 25, 1976, White House Communications Agency Collection, Gerald Ford Presidential Library, Ann Arbor, MI.

7
. Robert Healy, “Long, Hot Road for GOP Rivals,”
Boston Globe
, February 25, 1976.

8
. Ron Nessen,
It Sure Looks Different From the Inside
(Chicago: Playboy Press, 1978), 199.

9
. Lou Cannon, “Reagan Hurt, Ford Aide Believes,” Washington
Post
, February 8, 1976.

10
. Edward Walsh, “Ford Says Reagan Can’t Win,” Washington
Post
, February 18, 1976; Fred Barnes, “Prime Time and the Price is Right,”
Washington Star
, February 18, 1976.

11
. Walsh,
Washington Post
, February 18, 1976; Barnes,
Washington Star
, February 18, 1976.

12
. Loye Miller, “Reagan Camp Seeking Some Way to Stop Ford,”
Miami Herald
, March 2, 1976.

13
. James Nolan, “State Aides Urge Reagan to Openly Attack Ford,”
Miami Herald
, March 3, 1976.

14
. Al Cardenas, in discussion with the author, July 13, 2004.

15
. Rick Reed, in discussion with the author, March 18, 2004; Kathy Regan, in discussion with the author, March 21, 2004.

16
. William Loeb, “President Ford is in Trouble,”
Manchester Union-Leader
, February 26, 1976.

17
. David Keene, in discussion with the author, December 16, 2003.

18
. Dick Wirthlin, in discussion with the author, March 11, 2004.

19
. Benjamin Taylor, “Ford Got His Support Where Aides Expected,”
Boston Globe
, February 26, 1976.

20
.
Boston Globe
, “Ronald Reagan Wants Spending Cuts,” February 29, 1976.

21
. Benjamin Taylor, “Reagan and Ford Play Numbers Game With Bay State Primary Predictions,”
Boston Globe
, February 27, 1976; David Nyhan, “Ford Aide Fears Trick by Reagan,”
Boston Globe
, March 1, 1976.

22
. Taylor,
Boston Globe
, February 27, 1976.

23
. Taylor,
Boston Globe
, February 27, 1976.

24
. Benjamin Taylor, “GOP Voters Turn Down Reagan by Nearly 2 to 1,”
Boston Globe
, March 3, 1976.

25
.
Boston Globe
, “Ford’s Narrow N.H. Win Leaves Reagan Smiling,” February 25, 1976.

26
. Benjamin Taylor, “GOP Contest Lead Seesaws Into Morning,”
Boston Globe
, February 25, 1976.

27
. Peter Hannaford, in discussion with the author, January 8, 2004.

28
. John Sears, in discussion with the author, March 18, 2004.

29
.
Washington Post
, “Ford taking Advantage of Incumbency,” March 2, 1976.

30
. James M. Naughton, “Ford Stresses His on the Job Experience,”
New York Times,
March 1, 1976.

31
. Drew,
American Journal
, 64.

32
. John R. Coyne Jr., “Slipping Landslide,”
National Review
, April 2, 1976.

33
. David Nyhan, “Reagan Florida Lead Slipping,”
Boston Globe
, February 29, 1976.

34
. Richard Stewart, “Vermont Gives Carter, Ford Easy Victories,”
Boston Globe
, March 3, 1976.

35
. Drew,
American Journal
, 24.

36
. Robert Cooke, “Ford Voters Span Spectrum, Polls Show,”
Boston Globe
, March 3, 1976.

37
. Rowland Evans and Robert Novak, “In Florida, Reagan Swings Dull Blade,”
Boston Globe
, March 3, 1976.

38
. Evans and Novak,
Boston Globe
, March 3, 1976.

39
. Keene, discussion.

40
. Keene, discussion.

41
. Tom Wicker, “Florida: Decisive Battles?”
New York Times
, March 2, 1976.

42
. John Kifner, “Ford Tops Reagan,”
New York Times,
March 3, 1976.

43
.
New York Times
, “Biggest Allocation Goes to Jackson,” March 4, 1976.

44
. Jon Nordheimer, “Reagan, in Direct Attack, Assails Ford on Defense,”
New York Times
, March 5, 1976.

45
. Nordheimer,
New York Times
, March 5, 1976.

46
. James Nolan, “Reagan Changes Strategy, Attacks Ford on Military,”
Miami Herald
, March 5, 1976

47
. James M. Naughton, “Ford’s Reaction,”
New York Times
, March 5, 1976.

48
. David Rosenbaum, “Social Security a Major Issue in Florida as Primary Day Nears,”
New
York Times,
March 5, 1976.

49
. Rosenbaum,
New York Times,
March 5, 1976.

50
. Rosenbaum,
New York Times,
March 5, 1976.

51
. Rosenbaum,
New York Times
, March 5, 1976.

52
. David Rosenbaum, “Florida’s Elderly Raise Hopes of Ford and Jackson,”
New York Times,
March 6, 1976.

53
. Rosenbaum,
New York Times,
March 6, 1976.

54
. Jon Nordheimer, “Reagan Declares He’s in Race to the End,”
New York Times
, March 6, 1976.

55
. Steven F. Hayward,
Age of Reagan: The Fall of the Old Liberal Order
(Roseville, CA: Forum, 2001), 434.

56
. Hayward,
Age of Reagan
, 434.

57
. Martin Tolchin, “Buckley Differs With Rockefeller,”
New York Times
, March 7, 1976.

58
. Nick Thimmesch, “Fords for Ford,”
New York Times
, Sunday Magazine, March 7, 1976.

59
. Drew,
American Journal,
27.

60
. James M. Naughton, “Ford, Stumping in Illinois Cites ‘Proven Leadership,’”
New York
Times
, March 7, 1976.

61
. Naughton,
New York Times
, March 7, 1976.

62
. Naughton,
New York Times
, March 7, 1976.

63
. James Wooten, “A Significant but Eccentric Race,”
New York Times
, March 8, 1976.

64
. R.W. Apple Jr., “Ford, in Turnabout, Now Seems to Lead Reagan in Florida Vote,”
New
York Times
, March 8, 1976.

65
. Jon Nordheimer, “Reagan Says Committed Voters Favor Him in Florida Primary,”
New
York Times
, March 8, 1976.

66
. Nordheimer,
New York Times
, March 8, 1976.

67
. Nordheimer,
New York Times
, March 8, 1976.

68
. Jim Dickenson, “Is Reagan a Sprinter in Long-Distance Race?,”
Washington Star
, March 7, 1976.

69
. Nordheimer,
New York Times
, March 8, 1976.

70
.
New York Times
, “Tampa Tribune Backs Ford,” March 8, 1976.

71
. Philip Shabecoff, “Ford Says ‘We’re Going to Win’ Today,”
New York Times
, March 9, 1976.

72
. Shabecoff,
New York Times
, March 9, 1976.

73
. Roy Reed, “Political Rivals Find Economic Worry is Now Dominate in a Changed Florida,”
New York Times
, March 9, 1976.

74
. Jon Nordheimer, “Reagan Doubtful on Florida Voting,”
New York Times
, March 9, 1976.

75
. Gerald Pomper,
The Election of 1976
(New York: Longman, 1977), 21, 24.

76
. Pomper,
The Election of 1976
, 24.

77
. Roy Reed, “Ford Defeats Reagan in Florida; Carter is Winner Over Wallace in Democratic Vote, Jackson 3d,”
New York Times
, March 10, 1976.

78
. Jon Nordheimer, “Reagan Voices ‘Delight’ on Florida Vote,”
New York Times
, March 10, 1976.

79
. James M. Naughton, “Ford’s Aides Send Signal to Reagan,”
New York Times
, March 10, 1976.

80
. Reed,
New York Times
, March 10, 1976.

81
. Loye Miller, “Ford Blitz Near Fatal to Reagan,”
Miami Herald
, March 10, 1976.

82
. Nordheimer,
New York Times
, March 10, 1976

83
. Nordheimer,
New York Times
, March 10, 1976.

84
. Jon Nordheimer, “Reagan Will Stay in Race; Denies Ford Won Triumph,”
New York Times
, March 11, 1976.

85
. James M. Naughton, “Reagan Criticism is Seen Spurring Ford,”
New York Times
, March 12, 1976.

86
. Naughton, March 12, 1976.

87
. Drew,
American Journal
, 355; Warren Weaver Jr., “Republicans Denounce Campaign Bill,”
New York Times
, March 12, 1976.

88
. James M. Naughton, “Ford Upholds Kissinger Against Reagan’s Attacks,”
New York Times
, March 13, 1976.

89
. Jon Nordheimer, “Reagan and Aide in Illinois Denounce Ford Campaign,”
New York Times
, March 13, 1976.

90
. Nordheimer,
New York Times
, March 13, 1976.

91
. James P. Sterba, “Connally Declines to Bar a Vice-Presidential Race,”
New York Times
, March 14, 1976.

92
. Jon Nordheimer, “Kissinger Scored on Campaign Role,”
New York Times
, March 16, 1976.

93
.
New York Times
, “Ford is Far Ahead of Reagan on Funds,” March 16, 1976.

94
. Pomper,
The Election of 1976,
24.

95
. Joel D. Weisman, “Ill. Primary Said Pivotal for Reagan,”
Washington Post
, January 1, 1976.

96
.
New York Times
, “ . . . Stronger Ford,” March 11, 1976.

97
. William E. Farrell, “Ford Decisively Defeats Reagan in Illinois Voting; Carter is a Solid Winner,”
New York Times
, March 17, 1976.

98
. Lou Cannon, “Tight Reagan Team,”
Washington Post
, August 9, 1976.

CHAPTER EIGHT — North Carolina

1
. Frank Reynolds,
ABC News,
August 17, 1976, White House Communications Agency Collection, Gerald Ford Presidential Library, Ann Arbor, MI.

2
. Lee Edwards,
The Conservative Revolution: The Movement that Remade America
(New York: Free Press, 1999), 201.

3
. James M. Naughton, “Campaign Without a Knockout Punch,”
New York Times
, Sunday Magazine, June 6, 1976.

4
. William Safire, “Life of the Party,”
New York Times
, March 16, 1976.

5
. Peter Hannaford, in discussion with the author, January 8, 2004.

6
. Paul Laxalt,
Nevada’s Paul Laxalt: A Memoir
(Reno, NV: Jack Bacon and Company, 2000), 291-292.

7
. Lyn Nofziger,
Nofziger
(Washington DC: Regnery Gateway, 1992), 179-180; Lyn Nofziger, in discussion with the author, February 25, 2004.

8
. Ned Cline, “True Believer,”
North Carolina,
April 2004, 50-51.

9
. John Sears, in discussion with the author, March 18, 2004; Jim Lake, in discussion with the author, January 16, 2004.

10
. Sears, discussion.

11
. Lou Cannon, in discussion with the author, June 28, 2004.

12
. Daniel C. Hoover, “Three Presidential Hopefuls Woo Tar Heels: Reagan,”
Raleigh News
and Observer
, March 19, 1976.

13
. Laxalt,
Nevada’s Paul Laxalt
, 292.

14
. Daniel C. Hoover, “Three Presidential Hopefuls Woo Tar Heels: Reagan,”
(Raleigh, N.C.) News and Observer
, March 19, 1976.

15
. Dick Wirthlin,
The Greatest Communicator: What Ronald Reagan Taught Me about Politics,
Leadership, and Life
(Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2004), 21.

16
. Tom Ellis, in discussion with the author, May 10, 2004.

17
. Carter Wrenn, in discussion with the author, May 12, 2004.

18
. Confidential interview with the author, May 2004.

19
. David Keene, in discussion with the author, December 16, 2003.

20
. Edmund Morris,
Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan
(New York: Random House, 1999), 89.

21
. Hannaford, discussion.

22
. “The Reagan Record in California,” Positions 1976, Box 447-446, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, CA.

23
. Arthur Finkelstein, in discussion with the author, 2004.

24
. Ellis, discussion.

25
. Paul Laxalt, in discussion with the author, April 21, 2004.

26
. Judy Sarasohn, in discussion with the author, July 9, 2004.