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18
. R.W. Apple Jr., “Ford Is Found Preferred By Uncommitted Delegates,”
New York Times
, May 16, 1976.

19
.
Time
, “The Bruising Numbers Game,” July 5, 1976, 32.

20
.
Time
, “They’re So Close—And Yet So Far,” July 19, 1976.

21
. Keene, discussion.

22
. Mounger, discussion.

23
. Harry S. Dent,
The Prodigal South Returns to Power
(New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1978), 31.

24
. Dent,
The Prodigal South
, 21.

25
. Dent,
The Prodigal South
, 42.

26
. Drew,
American Journal
, 321.

27
. Witcover,
Marathon
, 446.

28
. Witcover,
Marathon
, 449.

29
. Dent,
The Prodigal South
, 36.

30
. Dent,
The Prodigal South
, 36-37.

31
. Mounger, discussion.

32
. James M. Naughton, “Shift of Mississippi G.O.P. To Ford Termed Imminent,”
New York
Times
, July 22, 1976.

33
. Witcover,
Marathon
, 453.

34
. Witcover,
Marathon
, 454.

35
. James M. Naughton, “Mississippi Slate Delays Endorsing Until G.O.P. Meets,”
New York
Times
, July 26, 1976.

36
. Mounger, discussion.

37
. Mounger, discussion.

38
. Witcover,
Marathon
, 465.

39
. Witcover,
Marathon
, 465.

40
. John Sears, in discussion with the author, March 18, 2004.

41
. Mounger, discussion.

42
. Witcover,
Marathon
, 466.

43
. Keene, discussion.

44
. Witcover,
Marathon
, 467; Keene, discussion.

45
. Keene, discussion.

46
. Witcover,
Marathon
, 467.

47
. Dent,
The Prodigal South
, 43.

48
. Dent,
The Prodigal South
, 43.

49
. Keene, discussion.

50
. Lou Cannon, “GOP Leaders In Mississippi Backs Ford,”
Washington Post
, July 29, 1976.

51
.
Time
, “A Gamble Gone Wrong,” August 9, 1976, 14.

52
. Cannon,
Washington Post
, July 29, 1976.

53
. James M. Naughton, “Mississippi Slate Delays Endorsing Until G.O.P. Meets,”
New York
Times
, July 26, 1976.

54
. Dent,
The Prodigal South
, 44.

55
.
Time
, “Republicans: Down to the Wire, and Still a Horse Race,” August 16, 1976, 9.

56
. Drew,
American Journal
, 345.

57
. R.W. Apple Jr., “Battle to Control G.O.P. Convention,”
New York Times
, July 5, 1976.

CHAPTER FOURTEEN — Kansas City

1
. Charles M. Roberts, “Can the GOP Unite Itself?”
Washington Post
, August 13, 1976.

2
. Scott Stanley, “Mutation in Kansas City,”
The Review Of The News
, September 1, 1976.

3
.
Time
, “A Gracious Town in the Heartland,” August 16, 1976, 11.

4
.
Time
, August 16, 1976, 12.

5
. Robert T. Nakamura, “Impressions of Ford and Reagan,”
Political Science Quarterly
, Vol. 92, Num. 4, 652.

6
. Jules Witcover, “Reagan Claims Gain of 12 Delegates,”
Washington Post
, August 3, 1976.

7
. Memorandum from David A. Keene to Governor Reagan, “Additional Telephone Calls,” July 2, 1976, Delegate Memos, Box 447-446, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, CA.

8
. Richard Cheney, in discussion with the author, June 9, 2004.

9
. Lou Cannon and Edward Walsh, “Ford Unit Shakeup,”
Washington Post
, August 5, 1976.

10
.
Time
, “A Gamble Gone Wrong,” August 9, 1976, 7.

11
. Edward Walsh, “Ford, Reagan Aides Disagree On Delegate Voting Proposal,”
Washington
Post
, August 7, 1976.

12
.
Time
, “Who Would Lose Less to Carter?” June 28, 1976, 11.

13
. Margot Hornblower, “Reagan, Schweiker Pick Up 6 Delegates in Northeast,”
Washington
Post
, August 6, 1976.

14
. Edward Walsh, “President To Delay on No. 2,”
Washington Post
, August 6, 1976.

15
. Hornblower,
Washington Post
, August 6, 1976.

16
. Margot Hornblower, “Reagan, Schweiker Find Pa. Delegates Hard to Persuade,”
Washington Post
, August 7, 1976.

17
. Rowland Evans and Robert Novak, “Losing the Schweiker Gamble,”
Washington Post
, August 7, 1976.

18
. David Keene, in discussion with the author, March 3, 2004.

19
. Cheney, discussion; John Sears, in discussion with the author, March 18, 2004.

20
. Lou Cannon and Jules Witcover, “Reagan Forces Preparing Early Test of Strength,”
Washington Post
, August 10, 1976.

21
. Tom Ellis, in discussion with the author, May 10, 2004.

22
. Sears, discussion.

23
. David S. Broder, “Rules Panel Blocks Move On No. 2,”
Washington Post
, August 10, 1976.

24
. Cannon and Witcover,
Washington Post
, August 10, 1976.

25
. Broder,
Washington Post
, August 10, 1976.

26
. David S. Broder, “Ford Forces Win a Clash On Delegates,”
Washington Post
, August 11, 1976.

27
. Eric Sevareid,
CBS News,
August 12, 1976, White House Communications Agency Collection, Gerald Ford Presidential Library, Ann Arbor, MI.

28
. Leslie Stahl,
CBS News,
August 12, 1976, White House Communications Agency Collection, Gerald Ford Presidential Library, Ann Arbor, MI.

29
. Spencer Rich, “GOP Unit Backs Abortion Plank,”
Washington Post
, August 11, 1976.

30
. Rich,
Washington Post
, August 11, 1976.

31
. Phyllis Schlafly, in discussion with the author, March 3, 2004.

32
.
Time
, “A Gamble Gone Wrong,” August 9, 1976, 14.

33
. Edward Walsh, “President to Delay on No. 2,”
Washington Post
, August 6, 1976.

34
.
Time
, August 9, 1976, 15.

35
. Walsh,
Washington Post
, August 6, 1976.

36
. Jules Witcover, “Ford Follows Carter’s Lead On No. 2 Spot,”
Washington Post
, August 11, 1976.

37
.
Newsweek
, “Right They Are,” August 23, 1976, 21.

38
. Ellis, discussion.

39
. Harry Reasoner,
ABC News,
August 12, 1976, White House Communications Agency Collection, Gerald Ford Presidential Library, Ann Arbor, MI.

40
. Frank Reynolds,
ABC News,
August 12, 1976, White House Communications Agency Collection, Gerald Ford Presidential Library, Ann Arbor, MI.

41
. Lou Cannon, “Buckley Hints He Would Run As ‘Compromise,’”
Washington Post,
August 12, 1976.

42
. James A. Baker, in discussion with the author, March 25, 2004; Cannon,
Washington Post,
August 12, 1976.

43
. David S. Broder and Jules Witcover, “GOP Panel Endorses ERA, Opposes Busing: Warning on Liberals,”
Washington Post
, August 13, 1976.

44
. Jim Lake, in discussion with the author, January 16, 2004.

45
. Republican National Convention, 1976 Platform, Presidential Handwriting, Box 39, Gerald Ford Presidential Library, Ann Arbor, MI.

46
. Barry Sussman and William Chapman, “Delegates Found More Conservative Than 4 Years Ago,”
Washington Post
, August 15, 1976.

47
. Margot Hornblower, “A Subdued Reagan Says His Destiny Rests in Hands of Uncommitteds,”
Washington Post
, August 15, 1976.

48
. Margot Hornblower, “The Californian: ‘I’m Available for Giving That Input,’”
Washington
Post,
August 16, 1976.

49
.
Kansas City Times
, Chart: “Disparities in Delegate Tally,” August 2, 1976.

50
. Edward Walsh, “President to Begin His Most Important Political Journey,”
Washington Post
, August 15, 1976.

51
. Jules Witcover, “Ford Incumbency Not as Powerful as Predecessors’,”
Washington Post
, August 14, 1976.

52
. Hornblower,
Washington Post,
August 16, 1976.

53
. John J. O’Connor, “TV: Lively Convention,”
New York Times
, August 18, 1976.

54
. Lou Cannon, “Running-Mate Disclosure Bid Rejected, 59-44,”
Washington Post
, August 16, 1976.

55
. Cannon,
Washington Post
, August 16, 1976.

56
. Witcover,
Marathon
, 490-1.

57
. Lou Cannon and William Claiborne, “Ford Gains Votes As Sessions Open,”
Washington
Post
, August 17, 1976.

58
. Baker, discussion.

59
. Rowland Evans and Robert Novak, “Reagan, Without Ideology,”
Washington Post
, August 16, 1976.

60
. Dick Wirthlin,
The Greatest Communicator: What Ronald Reagan Taught Me about Politics,
Leadership, and Life
(Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2004), 18.

61
. Witcover,
Marathon
, 493.

62
. Billy Mounger, in discussion with the author, April 19, 2004.

63
. John Chancellor,
NBC News,
August 16, 1976, White House Communications Agency Collection, Gerald Ford Presidential Library, Ann Arbor, MI.

64
. Don Totten, in discussion with the author, June 8, 2004.

65
. Zorine Bhappu Shirley, in discussion with the author, 2004.

66
. Brad Minnick, in discussion with the author, March 4, 2004.

67
. Cannon and Caliborne,
Washington Post
, August 17, 1976.

68
.
Washington Post
, Chart: “How Delegates View GOP Chances in November,” August 18, 1976.

69
. R.W. Apple Jr., “Ford Gains Edge Over Reagan; Baker or Ruckelshaus Listed As Likely Choice For No. 2 Spot,”
New York Times
, August 18, 1976.

70
. Cannon and Claiborne,
Washington Post
, August 17, 1976; R.W. Apple Jr., “Ford’s Commitments Reach Goal On First Day of the Convention, But Reagan Presses Vote Battle,”
New York Times
, August 17, 1976.

71
. Witcover,
Marathon
, 494.

72
. Witcover,
Marathon
, 492.

73
. Witcover,
Marathon
, 495.

74
. Witcover,
Marathon
, 496.

75
. Witcover,
Marathon
, 496-497.

76
. R.W. Apple Jr., “Ford Gains Edge Over Reagan; Baker or Ruckelshaus Listed As Likely Choice For No. 2 Spot,”
New York Times
, August 18, 1976.

77
.
CBS News
, August 17, 1976, CBS, White House Communications Agency Collection, Gerald Ford Presidential Library, Ann Arbor, MI.

78
. Witcover,
Marathon,
497.

79
. Dan Rather,
CBS News
, August 17, 1976, CBS, White House Communications Agency Collection, Gerald Ford Presidential Library, Ann Arbor, MI.

80
. Tom Pettit,
NBC News
, August 17, 1976, NBC, White House Communications Agency Collection, Gerald Ford Presidential Library, Ann Arbor, MI.

81
. Apple,
New York Times
, August 18, 1976.

82
. Tom Brokaw,
NBC News
, August 17, 1976, NBC, White House Communications Agency Collection, Gerald Ford Presidential Library, Ann Arbor, MI.

83
. Apple,
New York Times
, August 18, 1976.

84
. Carl Stern,
NBC News
, August 17, 1976.

85
. Cheney, discussion.

86
. David S. Broder, “Ford Passes Critical Test,”
Washington Post
, August 18, 1976.

87
. Cheney, discussion.

88
. Cheney, discussion.

89
. Witcover,
Marathon
, 500-1.

90
. Frank van der Linden,
The Real Reagan: What he believes, What he has accomplished, What
we can expect from him
(New York: William Morrow, 1981), 142.

91
. Peter Hannaford, in discussion with the author, January 8, 2004.

92
. Ellis, discussion.

93
. Lyn Nofziger, in discussion with the author, 2004.

94
. R.W. Apple Jr., “Ford Takes Nomination on First Ballot; Reveals Vice-Presidential Choice Today,”
Washington Post
, August 19, 1976.

95
. James A. Baker, in discussion with the author, March 25, 2004.

96
. Hannaford, discussion; Arthur Laffer, in discussion with the author, June 8, 2004.

97
. Cheney, discussion.

98
. Schweiker, discussion.

99
. Ernie Angelo, in discussion with the author, May 4, 2004.

100
. Charles Mohr, “Ford Said to Plan Talk to Reagan,”
New York Times
, August 18, 1976.

101
. Chuck Tyson, in discussion with the author, May 12, 2004.