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July was the hottest month ever recorded
:
Joanna Foster, “What Cornfields Show, Data Now Confirm: July Set Mark as U.S.’s Hottest Month,”
New York Times
, August 8, 2012.

It “uncomfortably calls to mind the rapacious Capitol”
:
David Leonhardt, “Why D.C. Is Doing So Well,”
New York Times
, August 4, 2012.

a comparison to Margaret Thatcher
:
Joshua Green, “The Hillary Clinton Memos,”
The Atlantic
, August 11, 2008.

The majority leader also noted that George Romney
:
Jonathan Capehart, “On Tax Returns, Mitt Won’t Follow the Leader—His Dad,”
Washington Post
, July 11, 2012.

Mitt had not paid taxes for ten years
:
Sam Stein and Ryan Grim, “Harry Reid: Bain Investor Told Me That Mitt Romney ‘Didn’t Pay Any Taxes for 10 Years,’”
Huffington Post,
July 31, 2012.

Chapter 13.
The Presidential Campaign: Belly Flops, Bourbon Chocolate Truffles, and Wonderful Ruins

“A prime-time belly-flop”
:
John F. Harris and Tim Mak, “Chris Christie’s Flop at the GOP Convention,” Politico, August 29, 2012.

“second-tier city”
:
Mark Leibovich, “In a Swirl of Excess, No Guilt Included,”
New York Times
, September 7, 2012.

$5 million in corporate donations
:
“Democratic Convention Used Corporate Cash, Despite Pledge to Only Use Funds from Individuals,” Associated Press, October 18, 2012.

Tony’s name had shown up twenty-seven times
:
T. W. Farnam, “White House Visitor Logs Provide Window into the Lobbying Industry,”
Washington Post
, May 20, 2012.

The
Atlantic
had just reported
:
Elliot Gerson, “To Make America Great Again, We Need to Leave the Country,”
The Atlantic
, July 10, 2012.

a total compensation of
about $126 million between 1999 and 2009
:
Eric Dash and Louise Story, “Rubin Leaving Citigroup; Smith Barney for Sale,”
New York Times
, January 9, 2009.

had tried to join the Congressional Black Caucus
:
Josephine Hearn, “Black Caucus: Whites Not Allowed,” Politico, January 22, 2007.

“Absolutely, I would buy a new car from Terry”
:
Mark Leibovich, “Terry McAuliffe and the Other Green Party,”
New York Times
, July 18, 2012.

“After Tuesday, one thing is certain”
:
Benjamin Freed, “Terry McAuliffe Is Running for Governor, Again,”
DCist,
November 9, 2012.

“a very serious proctology exam”
:
Elyse Siegel, “Haley Barbour Recommends ‘Proctology Exam’ for Republicans Following Election,” Huffington Post, November 16, 2012.

Jim DeMint, the Senate’s most celebrated spending hard-liner
:
Jennifer Steinhauer, “Tea Party Hero Is Leaving the Senate for a New Pulpit,”
New York Times
, December 7, 2012.

“the Nepotist
Prince”
:
Alex Pareene, “Luke Russert, Nepotist Prince,” Salon, May 24, 2012.

Jarrett ordering a drink from a four-star general
:
Jo Becker, “The Other Power in the West Wing,”
New York Times
, September 1, 2012.

Chapter 14. The Last Party

“For the first time, really, I felt”
:
Ben Bradlee,
A Good Life: Newspapering and Other Adventures
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996), 350.

“So we have a split decision”
:
Mike Allen, “Fiscal Patch: GOP Leaders Split . . . ,” Politico, January 2, 2013.

“not very bright” and “not qualified”
:
Kevin Robillard, “John McCain: Susan Rice ‘Not Qualified’ for State,” Politico, November 14, 2012.

“I don’t know Rice at all”
:
Thomas Friedman, “My Secretary of State,”
New York Times
, November 27, 2012.

Rice gave him the finger
:
Lloyd Grove, “Susan Rice’s Personality ‘Disorder,’” Daily Beast, December 12, 2012.

“the presumptive dean of Washington journalism”
:
Conor Friedersdorf, “The Right’s Jennifer Rubin Problem: A Case Study in Info Disadvantage,”
The Atlantic
, November 8, 2012.

Published earlier in 2012, the biography
:
Jeff Himmelman,
Yours in Truth: A Personal Portrait of Ben Bradlee
(New York: Random House, 2012).

Woodward reacted to the Himmelman book with guns blazing
:
Dylan Byers, “Jeff Himmelman Calls Out Bob Woodward,” Politico, April 30, 2012.

Epilogue

Clinton wanted to bring him with her to the State Department
:
Peter Baker and Jeff Zeleny, “Emanuel Wields Power Freely, and Faces the Risks,”
New York Times
, August 15, 2009.

at least one outlet . . . WBAP . . . had to report him prematurely dead
:
Eric Nicholson, “WBAP Announces Death of George H. W. Bush, Quickly Realizes He’s Not Actually Dead,”
Dallas Observer
, December 28, 2012.

“For years I watched all these Washington jerks”
:
Margalit Fox, “Richard Ben Cramer, Writer of Big Ambitions, Dies at 62,”
New York Times
, January 8, 2013.

About the Author

Mark Leibovich is chief national correspondent for the
New York Times Magazine
, based in Washington, D.C. In 2011, he received a National Magazine Award for his story on Politico’s Mike Allen and the new media culture of D.C. Before working at the
Times Magazine
, Leibovich was a national political correspondent in the paper’s Washington bureau. He previously worked for the
Washington Post
and the
San Jose Mercury
News
. He is the author of
The New Imperialists: How
Five Restless Kids Grew Up to Virtually Rule Your World
. Leibovich lives with his family in Washington.