The Real Romney (47 page)

83 A mission president: Ibid.

84 But when Nelson arrived: Ibid.

84 “You had this shock experience”: Interview with Dane McBride, 2007.

84 He resisted suggestions: Interview with Bruce Robinson.

84 “His resilience”: Interviews with Joel McKinnon.

85 But he wanted to keep: Interview with Mitt Romney.

85 Duane Anderson returned: Richard Anderson, writing in Leola Anderson’s journal.

85 he did lose one small battle: http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~timbaloo/SuchALife/pages/Ch3/8Miss/8Miss25c.htm.

85 He personally brought few new members: Interview with Mitt Romney.

86 “I wasn’t there for”: Henry B. Eyring, “Waiting upon the Lord,” speech at Brigham Young University, September 30, 1990.

86 “He came to respond”: Interview with Mitt Romney.

86 “This made me very painfully aware”: Ibid.

86 “I was frightened”: Ibid.

86 Romney apparently had: Interviews with Mitt Romney and Bill Ryan, 2007.

86 On his way home: Interview with Mitt Romney.

87 “Is this what’s in store”: Ibid.

87 “That was terrifying”: Ibid.

87 “He became really, really distraught”: Interviews with Dane McBride, 2007 and 2011.

88 Ann’s roommate: Interviews with Mitt Romney, Cindy Davies, and Kim Cameron, 2007; interviews with Dane McBride.

88 “Gosh, this feels”: Interview with Mitt Romney.

88 “I think Lenore had a hard time”: Interview with Cindy Davies.

88 “accomplish things of significance”: Interview with Mitt Romney.

89 In the spring of 1969: Laurena Pringle, “Ann Davies, Mitt Romney Married,”
Detroit Free Press
, March 1969; Associated Press, “Couple Wed in Civil Ceremony,” March 22, 1969; “Mitt Romney Marries Ann Davies,”
The New York Times
, March 22, 1969.

89 named for a friend: Tagg Romney, “Campaigning for Dad,” online chat with
The Washington Post
, December 20, 2007.

89 The new parents were thrilled: Interview with Dane McBride; Associated Press, “Couple Wed in Civil Ceremony”; “Mitt Romney Marries Ann Davies,”
The New York Times.

89 Romney, despite having soured: David D. Kirkpatrick, “Romney, Searching and Earnest, Set His Path in ’60s,”
The New York Times
, November 15, 2007.

90 He was invited: Interview with Dane McBride.

90 “highest honors”: E-mail from Michael Smart, BYU communications, August 26, 2011; Mitt Romney,
Turnaround: Crisis, Leadership, and the Olympic Games
(Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, 2004), 13.

90 “I pray”: Ben Bradlee, Jr., “Romney Seeks New Chapter in Success,”
The Boston Globe
, August 7, 1994.

91 “He looks up”: Interview with Howard Serkin, 2007.

92 “When we all got there”: Interview with Janice Stewart, 2007.

92 “We viewed ourselves”: Interview with Howard Brownstein, 2007.

92 Stephen Breyer: Hugh Hewitt,
A Mormon in the White House? 10 Things Every American Should Know About Mitt Romney
(Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, 2007), 46.

93 “There was nothing jaded”: Interview with Garret Rasmussen, 2007.

93 “Most of us dressed”: Interview with William Neff, 2007.

93 The snub: John Ehrlichman,
Witness to Power: The Nixon Years
(New York: Simon and Schuster, 1982), 104.

94 “We’ve got to”: John Herbers, “Romney Making His Greatest Impact Outside Government by Challenging U.S. Institutions,”
The New York Times
, May 15, 1969.

94 Romney declined: Christopher Bonastia,
Knocking on the Door: The Federal Government’s Attempt to Desegregate the Suburbs
(Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2006), 108.

94 “It was a stunning blow”: Lenore Romney, letter to John Ehrlichman, www.boston.com/news/daily/27/lenore_letter.pdf.

94 Arriving in Wilkes-Barre: Louise Cook, “Rebuilding After Agnes’ Floodwaters Continues,” Associated Press, August 10, 1972.

95 Romney let loose: George Romney–Richard Nixon meeting, August 11, 1972, Nixon tapes.

95 Then, in a tart resignation letter: www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=3709.

95 He briefly considered: Bob Bernick, Jr., “Bennett Makes Some Changes; Senator Plans to Seek Third Term Despite ’92 Vow,”
Deseret News
, August 29, 2001.

96 Mitt and Ann had: Bradlee, “Romney Seeks New Chapter in Success.”

96 “He didn’t mind”: Interview with Howard Serkin.

96 One guest: Interview with Howard Brownstein.

96 “He mentioned it once”: Interview with Mark Mazo, 2007.

96 “You got the feeling”: Interview with Howard Brownstein.

97 “He was an outstanding recruit”: Interview with Charles Faris, 2007.

97 was admitted to practice: Michigan Board of Law Examiners records.

97 ”That’s where my friends are”: Jo-Ann Barnas, “Romney Gives His All to Games; Michigan Native Saves Scandalous Olympics,”
Detroit Free Press
, February 14, 2011.

98 “At BCG, analysis was king”: Interview with Lonnie Smith, 2007.

98 “He worked”: Interview with Charles Faris.

98 “For me and everybody there”: Interview with Lonnie Smith.

Chapter 5: Family Man, Church Man

99 It was shaping up: Interview with Mark and Sheryl Nixon, 2011.

100 Shortly after leaving: Tom Moroney, “Aftermath,”
The Boston Globe Magazine
, December 8, 1996.

101 The Romneys have long cited: Ben Bradlee, Jr., “Romney Seeks New Chapter in Success,”
The Boston Globe
, August 7, 1994.

101 Over the next decade: E-mail from Eric Fehrnstrom, August 25, 2011.

101 Like many Mormons: Bradlee, “Romney Seeks New Chapter in Success”; interview with Tagg Romney, 2007.

102 “For us”: Interview with Mitt Romney, 2007.

102 Tuesday evenings: Bradlee, “Romney Seeks New Chapter in Success”; e-mail from Eric Fehrnstrom, September 22, 2011.

102 Before high school: Interview with Tagg Romney.

102 She had left: “Ann’s Biography,” www.mittromney.com/Ann-Romney/Biography, accessed September 2, 2011 (no longer online); e-mail from Eric Fehrnstrom, August 28, 2011.

102 She would become active: “Ann’s Biography”; Bella English, “Where Mitt Leads, Ann Romney Follows,”
The Boston Globe
, October 29, 2002.

102 Her husband’s preferred term: Ann Romney, “Chief Family Officer,” http://fivebrothers.mittromney.com, June 22, 2007 (no longer online).

102 “So far as the family”: Interview with Douglas Anderson, 2011.

102 Eagle Scout badges: Hugh Hewitt,
A Mormon in the White House? 10 Things Every American Should Know About Mitt Romney
(Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, 2007), 79.

102 ”It’s one which is challenging”: Bradlee, “Romney Seeks New Chapter in Success.”

102 Once, Ann forgot: Interview with John Wright, 2011.

103 a skill she had absorbed: Ann Romney, “Memories of the Salt Lake Olympics,” http://fivebrothers.mittromney.com, September 20, 2007 (no longer online).

103 even ran a small cooking school: Ann Romney, “The Sunshine State,” http://fivebrothers.mittromney.com, November 23, 2007 (no longer online).

103 One of the most popular: Ibid.

103 “I was willing”: Meredith Bryan, “Free Fatherhood Advice from Mitt Romney,”
GQ
, June 2007, 194.

103 “I’ve broken almost every bone”: Hewitt,
A Mormon in the White House?
, 84.

103 One winter day: Interview with John Wright.

104 In time, each of the boys: Interview with Tagg Romney.

104 “They were very impressive young men”: Interview with Philip Barlow, 2011.

104 “Mitt tried to teach”: Interview with John Wright.

104 Indeed, all five sons:
This Week
, ABC, February 18, 2007.

104 Mitt Romney said: Bryan, “Free Fatherhood Advice from Mitt Romney,” 194.

104 “Growing up”: Interview with Mitt Romney.

104 Tagg said his father: Interview with Tagg Romney.

105 “We’ve tried to civilize”: TV spot, Romney for Governor, 2002.

105 For fifteen years: Barnstable County, Massachusetts Registry of Deeds, http://barnstabledeeds.org; interview with Elaine Price, 2011.

105 Bennett was up: Interview with Grant Bennett, 2011.

105 learned to water-ski: Interview with John Wright.

105 In June 1981: Frank Phillips, “GOP Hopeful Arrested in 1981,”
The Boston Globe
, May 5, 1994; interview with John Wright.

106 Tagg said some: Interview with Tagg Romney.

106 Matt, Josh, and Craig: E-mail from Eric Fehrnstrom, September 22, 2011.

106 “Overnight,” Tagg said: Interview with Tagg Romney.

107 One night: Ibid.

107 To Mitt, the special one: Ibid.

107 On Mother’s Day: Jose Antonio Vargas, “Romney Brothers Dish on Dad,”
The Washington Post
, June 9, 2007.

107 Mitt is driven first by reason: Interview with Tagg Romney.

107 But she has remained: Interview with John Wright.

108 “Mitt’s not going”: Interview with Jane Romney, 2006.

108 “I know there are things”: Interview with Tagg Romney.

108 Mitt imposed strict rules: Ibid.

108 The destination of this journey: Interviews with family and friends, 2007.

109 “He’s very engaging”: Interview with former aide, 2011.

109 “He wasn’t overly interested”: Interview with former aide, 2011.

110 “He has that invisible wall”: Interview with Republican, 2011.

110 “A lot of it is”: Interview with former aide, 2011.

110 they had moved: Registry of Deeds, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, http://masslandrecords.com/malr/controller.

111 “How can you afford”: Interview with Tagg Romney.

111 The family’s modest getaway: Real estate records, news clips, visit by author.

111 Romney acknowledged: Bradlee, “Romney Seeks New Chapter in Success.”