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53
. Deaver, discussion.

54
.
Human Events
, January 17, 1976.

55
. H. Josef Hebert, “Reagan Spending Cut Plan Stirs N.H. Fears of State Taxes,”
Boston Globe
, January 2, 1976.

56
.
Human Events,
January 17, 1976.

57
.
Boston Globe
, “Ford Reagan Tied in Gallup GOP Poll,” January 11, 1976.

58
. Hebert,
Boston Globe
, January 2, 1976.

59
.
Boston Globe
, “Reagan Zeroes in on N.H.,” January 4, 1976.

60
.
New York Times
, “11 Presidential Contenders Get First U.S. Funds for Campaigns,” January 3, 1976.

61
.
Human Events
, “When George Will Writes, Should Conservatives Heed?” January 24, 1976.

62
.
Baltimore Sun
, “Reagan is Not Acting,” November 21, 1975.

63
. James Reston, “Presidential Script is Best Reagan’s Ever Had,”
Washington Star
, November 20, 1975.

64
. Gary Wills, “Being Fair to Reagan,”
Boston Globe,
January 21, 1976.

65
. Benjamin Taylor, “Ronald Reagan: The Rhetoric Vs. the Record,”
Boston Globe
, January 4, 1976.

66
. Benjamin Taylor, “Reagan Tries to Calm N.H. State Tax Fears,”
Boston Globe,
January 6, 1976.

67
. Taylor,
Boston Globe,
January 6, 1976.

68
. Mary McGrory, “Reagan Ford’s Big Asset in N.H.,”
Boston Globe
, January 10, 1976.

CHAPTER SIX — Reagan’s Reversal

1
. Jules Witcover,
Marathon: The Pursuit of the Presidency, 1972-1976
(New York: Viking Press, 1977), 61.

2
. John J. Casserly,
The Ford White House: The Diary of a Speechwriter
(Lincoln, NE: iUniverse.com, 2000), p.138; Mike Barnicle, “Granite State Hails the Chief,”
Boston Globe
, January 19, 1976.

3
.
Time
, “The Ridicule Problem,” January 5, 1976, 33.

4
. “New Hampshire Strategy,” President Ford Committee Records, Callaway NH, Box A7, Gerald Ford Presidential Library, Ann Arbor, MI.

5
. David Nyhan, “Ford: Growing Optimism of an Incumbent.”
Boston Globe,
January 18, 1976.

6
. Peter Hannaford,
The Reagans: A Political Portrait
(New York: Coward-McCann, 1983), 92; Peter Hannaford, in discussion with the author, January 8, 2004.

7
. Lesley Oelsner, “Supreme Court Upholds Winner-Take-All Rule for California’s Republican Presidential Primary.”
New York Times
, January 20, 1976.

8
. Warren Weaver Jr., “Election Board Loses Most of Power,”
New York Times
, March 23, 1976.

9
. Witcover,
Marathon,
219-220.

10
. M. Stanton Evans, in discussion with the author, February 25, 2004.

11
. R.W. Apple Jr., “Carter Defeats Bayh by 2-1 in Iowa,”
New York Times
, January 20, 1976.

12
. Associated Press, “Reagan, Conceding ‘Mistake,’ Attempts to Clarify Program,”
New York
Times
, January 13, 1976.

13
. Martin Anderson, in discussion with the author, June 23, 2004.

14
. Benjamin Taylor, “Ford Backers Prepare for Reagan’s Return to N.H. Today,”
Boston Globe
, January 15, 1976.

15
. Fred Barnes, “Budget Tailored to Conservatives,”
Washington Star
, January 21, 1976.

16
.
Human Events
, “Reagan Threat Reflected In Ford’s 1977 Budget,” January 31, 1976.

17
. Fred Barnes, “4 of Ford’s Speech Writers Get Ax,”
Washington
Star, January 22, 1976.

18
. Lawrence K. Altman, “Presidential Rivals Found in Good Health,”
New York Times
, January 28, 1976.

19
. Richard Bergholz, “Governor Reagan Disavows List of Program Costs,”
Boston Globe
, January 28, 1976.

20
. Bergholz,
Boston Globe
, January 28, 1976.

21
. Bergholz,
Boston Globe
, January 28, 1976.

22
. Gerald R. Ford,
A Time To Heal
(New York: Harper and Row, 1979), 361.

23
. David Nyhan, “Ford’s Political Map: To the Left of Reagan, Right of Democrats,”
Boston
Globe,
January 20, 1976.

24
.
Boston Globe
, “Bay State to Host 8 Presidential Candidates This Week,” January 27, 1976.

25
.
Time
, “The White House: Hoping to Win by Working on the Job,” January 12, 1976, 12.

26
.
Boston Globe
, “Aide May Urge Ford to Debate Reagan,” January 28, 1976.

27
. Ford,
A Time To Heal,
361-362.

28
. John Fialka, “Reagan Seems a Natural to Challenge a President,”
Washington Star
, January 18, 1976.

29
. Benjamin Taylor, “Reagan Assails Big Government,”
Boston Globe
, January 30, 1976.

30
. Taylor,
Boston Globe
, January 30, 1976.

31
. Reynolds, discussion.

32
. Reynolds, discussion.

33
. Reynolds, discussion.

34
. Reynolds, discussion

35
. Michael Deaver, in discussion with the author, December 23, 2003.

36
. Lyn Nofziger,
Nofziger
(Washington DC: Regnery Gateway, 1992), 185.

37
. Loye Miller, “Ford’s Political Advisers Differ on Health of His Florida Campaign,”
Boston
Globe
, January 29, 1976.

38
. Dana Rohrabacher, in discussion with the author, June 10, 2004.

39
. Jim Lake, in discussion with the author, January 16, 2004.

40
. Witcover,
Marathon,
386.

41
. Dave Riley, “No ‘Dirty Tricks’ Says Ford Aide,”
Boston Globe,
January 29, 1976.

42
. David S. Broder, “Reagan Scores Ford Backers’ ‘Dirty Tricks,’”
Washington Post,
January 29, 1976.

43
. Rowland Evans and Bob Novak, “Reagan Slays One Monster, But Runs Into Another,”
Boston Globe,
editorial, January 30, 1976.

44
. Evans and Novak,
Boston Globe,
January 30, 1976.

45
. Benjamin Taylor, “Technocrat Works Both Sides of GOP Race in N.H.,”
Boston Globe
, February 2, 1976.

46
. Taylor,
Boston Globe
, February 2, 1976.

47
. Taylor,
Boston Globe
, February 2, 1976.

48
.
Boston Globe
, “Ford Holds Narrow Lead as Reagan Gains Steadily,” February 2, 1976.

49
. David Nyhan, “Ford Wants Abortion Left Up to States,”
Boston Globe
, February 4, 1976.

50
.
Boston Globe
, “From the Ford’s: 2 Abortion Views,” February 4, 1976.

51
.
Boston Globe
, “Mr. Ford Vs. Mrs. Ford,” editorial, February 5, 1976.

52
. Nyhan,
Boston Globe
, February 4, 1976.

53
.
Boston Globe
, “Reagan Fears NEA Impact on Schools,” February 5, 1976.

54
.
Boston Globe
, “Rockefeller’s Situation is Fluid,” February 6, 1976.

55
. Richard Stewart, “Ford Seeks Primary Votes Today in N.H.,”
Boston Globe,
February 7, 1976.

56
. David Nyhan, “Reagan Untested, Ford Tells Newsmen in N.H.,”
Boston Globe,
February 9, 1976.

57
. Witcover,
Marathon
, 385.

58
. Maria Karagianis, “Stumping for Husband, Mrs. Ford Wins Votes Herself,”
Boston Globe
, February 8, 1976.

59
. Nyhan,
Boston Globe,
February 9, 1976.

60
.
Boston Globe
, “Sidelights of Ford’s New Hampshire Campaign,” February 9, 1976.

61
. Nyhan,
Boston Globe,
February 9, 1976.

62
. Nyhan,
Boston Globe,
February 9, 1976.

63
. Rachelle Patterson, “Ford Takes Credit For Jobless-rate Dip,”
Boston Globe
, February 7, 1976.

64
.
Wall Street Journal
, “Fordism, Reaganism and Extremism,” January 5, 1976.

65
.
Boston Globe
, “How N.H. Voters Size Up Ford, Reagan,” February 8, 1976.

66
.
Boston Globe
, “How N.H. Voters Size Up Ford, Reagan,” February 8, 1976.

67
.
Boston Globe
, “Gallup Poll: Ford, Reagan in Dead Heat in Latest Test,” February 9, 1976;
Boston Globe,
“Brooke Could Swing Votes, Black Caucus Leader Says,” February 9, 1976.

68
. Benjamin Taylor, “Political Styles of Ford and Reagan,”
Boston Globe,
February 9, 1976.

69
. Jack Nelson, “Republicans Take Gloves Off,”
Boston Globe
, February 11, 1976.

70
. Nelson,
Boston Globe
, February 11, 1976.

71
. Memorandum by Tim Ryan, President Ford Committee Records, Box D13, February 27, 1976, Gerald Ford Presidential Library, Ann Arbor, MI.

72
. Witcover,
Marathon,
391.

73
.
Boston Globe
, “Ford People Say Nixon Hurt Them,” February 25, 1976.

74
. Martin F. Nolan, “Reagan vs. the Calendar,”
Boston Globe
, February 29, 1976.

75
. Taylor,
Boston Globe
, February 11, 1976.

76
. Taylor,
Boston Globe
, February 11, 1976.

77
. Nyhan,
Boston Globe
, February 9, 1976.

78
. Robert Healy, “Ford Hitting Reagan Hard,”
Boston Globe
, February 13, 1976.

79
. Benjamin Taylor, “McCloskey Stumps N.H. for Ford, Says Reagan Spells Disaster for Party,”
Boston Globe
, February 15, 1976.

80
.
Human Events
, “Ford Shatters ‘11th Commandment,’” February 28, 1976.

81
. Associated Press, “Kissinger Says Reagan Hurting World Peace,”
Boston Globe
, February 13, 1976.

82
. Taylor,
Boston Globe
, February 15, 1976.

83
. Frank Cormier, “Ford For Death Penalty,”
Boston Globe
, February 15, 1976.

84
. Nofziger,
Nofziger
, 177.

85
. Rachelle Patterson, “Oil, Gas Donations Flowing to Reagan,”
Boston Globe
, February 15, 1976.

86
.
Boston Globe
, “Loeb Says Reagan Loss Possible in N.H. Primary,” February 16, 1976.

87
.
Boston Globe
, “Ford to Miss Boston on N.H. Trip,” February 17, 1976.

88
. Witcover,
Marathon
, 391.

89
. David Nyhan, “The Races,”
Boston Globe
, February 17, 1976.

90
. Benjamin Taylor, “Ford and Reagan play out hands in New Hampshire,”
Boston Globe
, February 19, 1976.

91
. Robert Healy, “Ford’s Hopes: Two Opinions,” Political Circuit,
Boston Globe
, February 20, 1976.

92
. David Nyhan, “Ford, Back in N.H., Attacks Reagan on Social Security,”
Boston Globe
, February 20, 1976.

93
. Nyhan,
Boston Globe
, February 20, 1976.

94
. Richard Stewart, “Reagan, in N.H., Says He Supports Social Security,”
Boston Globe
, February 22, 1976.

95
. Stewart,
Boston Globe
, February 22, 1976.

96
. Peter Hannaford, in discussion with the author, January 8, 2004.

97
. Dick Wirthlin, in discussion with the author, March 11, 2004; Hannaford, discussion; Witcover,
Marathon
, 394.

98
. Dick Wirthlin,
The Greatest Communicator: What Ronald Reagan Taught Me about Politics,
Leadership, and Life
(Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2004), 20-22.

99
. Lou Cannon,
Reagan
(New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1982), 209.

100
. Witcover,
Marathon
, 394.

101
. Lake, discussion.

102
.
Manchester Union-Leader
, “Polls Show Reagan Ahead in Tight Race,” February 24, 1976.

103
.
Manchester Union-Leader
, “Polls Show Reagan Ahead in Tight Race.”

104
. Martin F. Nolan, “Reagan vs. the Calendar,”
Boston Globe,
February 29, 2004.

105
. Witcover,
Marathon
, 28.

106
. Witcover,
Marathon
, 395.

107
. Witcover,
Marathon
, 395.

108
. Witcover,
Marathon
, 395.

109
. Lake, discussion.

110
. Stuart Spencer, in discussion with the author, June 21, 2004.

111
. Sears, discussion.

112
. Lake, discussion.

113
. Lyn Nofziger, in discussion with the author, 2004; Wirthlin, discussion.

114
. Spencer, discussion.

115
. Marty Anderson, in discussion with the author, June 23, 2004.

116
. Witcover,
Marathon
, 397.

117
. Stephen F. Hayward,
The Age of Reagan: The Fall of the Old Liberal Order
(Roseville, CA: Forum, 2001), 462.

118
. Sears, discussion; Anderson, discussion; Lee Edwards,
Ronald Reagan: A Political Biography
(Houston: Norland Publishing International, 1981), 180.

119
. Donn Tibbetts, “City Votes Called Decisive,”
Manchester-Union Leader
, February 26, 1976.

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