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.