Rendezvous with Destiny: Ronald Reagan and the Campaign that Changed America (144 page)

49.
William J. Eaton, “Reagan Says Carter May Rig Report on Price Index,”
Los Angeles Times
, October 24, 1980, B16.

50.
Terence Smith, “Carter Gets Rights Leader's Pledge and Seeks Help of Black Ministers,”
New York Times
, October 24, 1980, A16.

51.
Jackson, “Reagan Puts Increasing Stress on Theme That Carter Is a Dangerous Incompetent.”

52.
Clay F. Richardson, “Carter, Reagan Prepare for Crucial Debate,” United Press International, October 27, 1980.

53.
House Committee report, 110.

54.
“Excerpts From Reagan TV Address on the Economy,”
New York Times
, October 25, 1980, 10.

55.
Ibid.

56.
Ibid.

57.
Ibid.

58.
Gregory Nokes, “Reagan Says Carter's Spending, Tax Policies Caused Inflation,” Associated Press, October 25, 1980.

59.
Jackson, “Reagan Puts Increasing Stress on Theme That Carter Is a Dangerous Incompetent.”

60.
U. S. News & World Report
, October 20, 1980, 18.

61.
Richard Halloran, “Libyans Are Challenging U. S. Forces in War of Nerves,”
New York Times
, October 24, 1980, A8.

62.
Howell Raines, “Reagan Focus Is on Carter Competence as Key Issue,”
New York Times
, October 24, 1980, A16.

63.
Steven R. Weisman, “Carter Asserts Reagan Shifted on Embargo,”
New York Times
, October 26, 1980, 41.

64.
“Today's News,”
Washington Star
, October 24, 1980, A1.

65.
Weisman, “Carter Asserts Reagan Shifted on Embargo.”

66.
Patrick Caddell, in discussion with the author, May 13, 2009.

67.
Jody Powell, in discussion with the author, April 10, 2006.

68.
Rich Jaroslovsky, “Carter, Reagan Teams Sketch Game Plan for Face-Off Tentatively Set for Oct. 28,”
Wall Street Journal
, October 20, 1980, 4.

C
HAPTER
35: C
LEVELAND

1.
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.,
Journals: 1952–2000
(New York: Penguin Press, 2007), 504.

2.
Elizabeth Drew,
Portrait of an Election: The 1980 Presidential Campaign
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 1981), 307.

3.
Martin Schram, “Carter Goes into Debate with Lead in New Poll,”
Washington Post
, October 28, 1980, A1.

4.
“Campaign Notes,”
Washington Post
, October 25, 1980, A6.

5.
John F. Stacks, “Right Now: a Dead Heat,”
Time
, November 3, 1980.

6.
“A Slugfest in the Midwest; Third in a Series of Regional Surveys,”
U. S. News & World Report
, October 20, 1980, 22.

7.
“Survey Finds Missouri Race Nearly Even,”
Washington Star
, October 24, 1980, A6.

8.
“Carter, Reagan—How They Rate,”
U. S. News & World Report
, October 20, 1980, 11.

9.
Howell Raines, “Reporter's Notebook: Tension Grips Gipper's Camp,”
New York Times
, October 27, 1980, B6.

10.
Ken Khachigian, in discussion with the author, May 2007.

11.
Thomas M. DeFrank,
Write It When I'm Gone: Remarkable Off-the-Record Conversations with Gerald R. Ford
(New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2007), 113.

12.
Alison Muscatine, “Carter Might Make ‘Political’ Deal for Hostages' Release, Ford Says,”
Washington Star
, October 20, 1980, A3.

13.
Richard Allen, in discussion with the author, April 12, 2008.

14.
Michael Putzel, “Carter Aide Calls Ford Charge on Hostages ‘Trash,’” Associated Press, October 28, 1980.

15.
Ellen Hume, “Civil Rights Leader Calls Reagan a Racist,”
Los Angeles Times
, October 28, 1980, B15.

16.
Associated Press, “Birch Society Narrows Comments on Reagan,”
New York Times
, October 30, 1980, B19.

17.
Allan J. Mayer, Gerald C. Lubenow, Gloria Borger, and Diane Camper, “Beyond the Melting Pot,”
News-week
, October 20, 1980, 29.

18.
David Bird, “George Scott Is Chary of Giving Political Advice,”
New York Times
, October 27, 1980, A21.

19.
“Newspapers Make Endorsements,”
New York Times
, October 27, 1980, B8.

20.
Editorial, “Ronald Reagan for President,”
Chicago Tribune
, October 26, 1980, A4.

21.
“Newspapers Make Endorsements.”

22.
House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Subcommittee on Human Resources,
Unauthorized Transfers of Nonpublic Information During the 1980 Presidential Election
, 98th Cong., 2d sess., 1984, Committee Print 98–12, 111.

23.
Marc Rotterman, in discussion with the author, March 15, 2007.

24.
Michael Putzel, Associated Press, September 26, 1984.

25.
Robert G. Kaiser, “Grueling Prep Work Precedes Critical Clash,”
Washington Post
, September 26, 2008, A6.

26.
Memorandum from Anthony R. Dolan to Ed Meese, “Debates,” September 1980, Box 139, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, CA.

27.
Dudley Clendinen, “Campaign Report,”
New York Times
, October 28, 1980, A24.

28.
Eleanor Randolph, “On Eve of Debate, Carter Accuses Reagan of Switching Roles,”
Los Angeles Times
, October 28, 1980, B16.

29.
Jody Powell, in discussion with the author, April 10, 2006; United Press International, October 26, 1980.

30.
Memorandum from Martin D. Franks, “Memorandum on the Reagan Book,” September 10, 1980, Carter/Mondale Re-Election Committee, Jimmy Carter Presidential Library, Atlanta, GA.

31.
United Press International, October 28, 1980.

32.
Schram, “Carter Goes into Debate with Lead in New Poll.”

33.
James A. Baker III and Steve Fiffer,
Work Hard, Study… and Keep Out of Politics!
(New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2006), 108.

34.
“Horoscope;Tuesday, October 28,”
Chicago Tribune
, October 28, 1980, E6.

35.
Rebecca Donatelli, in discussion with the author, July 14, 2006.

36.
Memorandum from Paul Manafort to RPDSs, State Chairmen, Executive Directors, and Campaign Directors, “Debate Consequences and Considerations,” October 18, 1980.

37.
John J. O'Connor, “TV: Instant Poll Steals Past-Debate Scene,”
New York Times
, October 30, 1980, C26.

38.
Michael K. Deaver with Mickey Herskowitz,
Behind the Scenes: In Which the Author Talks About Ronald and Nancy Reagan… and Himself
(New York: William Morrow, 1987), 98.

39.
Walter Mondale, in discussion with the author, February 28, 2007.

40.
Peter G. Bourne,
Jimmy Carter: A Comprehensive Biography from Plains to Postpresidency
(New York: Scribner, 1997), 471.

41.
Walter R. Mears, “Reagan Would Pull SALT from Senate,” Associated Press, October 1, 1980.

42.
Hamilton Jordan,
Crisis: The Last Year of the Carter Presidency
(New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1982), 302.

43.
Walter R. Mears, Associated Press, October 28, 1980.

44.
“Transcript of the Presidential Debate Between Carter and Reagan in Cleveland,”
New York Times
, October 29, 1980, A26.

45.
Ibid.

46.
Ibid.

47.
Ibid.

48.
Robert A. Rosenblatt, “Carter, Reagan Agree Oil Prices Must Increase,”
Los Angeles Times
, October 27, 1980, B8.

49.
“Transcript of the Presidential Debate Between Carter and Reagan in Cleveland.”

50.
George H.W. Bush, in discussion with the author, February 16, 2007.

51.
“Transcript of the Presidential Debate Between Carter and Reagan in Cleveland.”

52.
Ibid.

53.
Ibid.

54.
Walter Isaacson, Laurence I. Barrett, and Christopher Ogden, “Now, a Few Words in Closing,”
Time
, November 10, 1980.

55.
“Transcript of the Presidential Debate Between Carter and Reagan in Cleveland.”

56.
Ibid.

57.
Ibid.

58.
Ibid.

59.
Ibid.

60.
Ibid.

61.
Ibid.

62.
Ibid.

63.
Ibid.

64.
Ibid.

65.
Ibid.

66.
Ibid.

67.
Ibid.

68.
Ibid.

69.
Ibid.

70.
Ibid.

71.
Ibid.

72.
Ibid.

73.
Ibid.

74.
Ibid.

75.
Ibid.

76.
Ibid.

77.
Ibid.

78.
Ibid.

79.
Ibid.

80.
Ibid.

81.
Ibid.

82.
Ibid.

83.
Ibid.

84.
Ibid.

85.
Ibid.

86.
Ibid.

87.
Brad Knickerbocker, “A Governor's Report Card,”
Christian Science Monitor
, October 1, 1980, 13.

88.
“Transcript of President's State of the Union Message to Nation,”
New York Times
, January 27, 1982, A16.

89.
“Transcript of the Presidential Debate Between Carter and Reagan in Cleveland.”

C
HAPTER
36: M
ELTDOWN

1.
Lou Cannon,
Reagan
(New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1982), 294.

2.
Hedrick Smith, “Carter and Reagan Voicing Confidence on Debate Showing,”
New York Times
, October 30, 1980, A1.

3.
Walter R. Mears, Associated Press, October 29, 1980.

4.
Jimmy Carter,
Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President
(New York: Bantam Books, 1982), 565.

5.
Memorandum from Gerald M. Rafshoon to the President, “1980 General Election Themes,” July 3, 1980, Rafshoon Communications, Susan Clough Files, Box 5, Jimmy Carter Presidential Library, Atlanta, GA.

6.
“Both Sides Claim Their Man Won the Debate,”
Los Angeles Times
, October 29, 1980, B2.

7.
Jimmy Carter, in discussion with the author, July 11, 2006.

8.
Peter Goldman, James Doyle, Martin Kasindorf, Eleanor Clift, and Thomas M. DeFrank, “The Great Homestretch Debate,”
Newsweek
, November 10, 1980, 34.

9.
Memorandum from Rafshoon to the President, “1980 General Election Themes,” July 3, 1980.

10.
“Full Transcript of Debate Between Reagan and Carter,”
Washington Star
, October 29, 1980, A4.

11.
Hans Christian Andersen,
The Emperor's New Clothes
, illus. by Virginia Lee Burton (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004), 11.

12.
Jack W. Germond and Jules Witcover, “Debate Offers No Real ‘Hook’ for Undecided,”
Washington Star
, October 29, 1980, A1.

13.
Robert G. Kaiser, “Looking for Old Ghosts,”
Washington Post
, October 30, 1980, A1.

14.
David S. Broder, “Carter on Points, but No KO,”
Washington Post
, October 29, 1980, A1.

15.
Tom Shales, “Live, from Cleveland, It's… Debatable!”
Washington Post
, October 29, 1980, B1.

16.
Mary McGrory, “No Surprises, but Both Men Debated Well,”
Washington Star
, October 29, 1980, A4.

17.
Fred Barnes, in discussion with the author, September 29, 2008.

18.
Bernard Weinraub, “Area Panel's Scorecard on the Debate: Reagan Won It by a Wide Margin,”
New York Times
, October 30, 1980, B20.

19.
“Both Sides Claim Their Man Won the Debate,”
Los Angeles Times
.

20.
R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr., “The Wise and the Wisenheimers,”
Washington Post
, November 3, 1980, A21.

21.
Mary McGrory, “Big Debate Failed to Sway Undecideds,”
Washington Star
, October 31, 1980, A4.

22.
Sam Donaldson, in discussion with the author.

23.
Robert Shrum, in discussion with the author, March 19, 2008.

24.
Kaiser, “Looking for Old Ghosts.”

25.
Dick Wirthlin, in discussion with the author.

26.
“CBS Poll on the Carter-Reagan Debate,”
Washington Star
, October 30, 1980, A4.

27.
Dudley Clendinen, “Campaign Report,”
New York Times
, October 30, 1980, B14.

28.
Editorial, “The Choice for President,”
Washington Post
, October 31, 1980, A14.

29.
“Endorsements,”
Washington Star
, October 31, 1980, A4.

30.
Fay Willey, “Carter Blasts Rupert Murdoch,”
Newsweek
, October 27, 1980, 33.

31.
James R. Dickenson, “President Hammers at Rival's Image,”
Washington Star
, October 30, 1980, A1.

32.
Jules Witcover, “Carter's Hopes in West Are Necessarily Modest,”
Washington Star
, October 30, 1980, A1.

33.
Kenneth Reich, “Carter, Reagan to Contest California to the End,”
Los Angeles Times
, October 30, 1980, 5.