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21. C. Z. Wick, to author, October 19, 1999.
22. Ronald Reagan, An American Life, p. 195.
23. Maureen Reagan, First Father, First Daughter, p. 99.
24. Michael Reagan with Hyams, On the Outside Looking In, p. 138.
25. Ibid., p. 124.
26. P. Davis, The Way I See It, p. 152.
27. Ibid., p. 146.
28. Marion Jorgensen, to author, October 6, 1999.
29. P. Davis, The Way I See It, pp. 147–48.
30. Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, p. 171.
31. Kelley, Nancy Reagan, p. 210.
32. Nancy Reagan, to author, January 4, 2004, June 4, 2000.
33. P. Davis, The Way I See It, p. 150; Collins in Vanity Fair, June 1991.
34. P. Davis, The Way I See It, pp. 139–40, 150.
35. Maureen Reagan, First Father, First Daughter, p. 227.
36. Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, p. 181.
37. Nancy Reagan, I Love You, Ronnie, pp. 125–26.
38. Deaver with Herskowitz, Behind the Scenes, p. 64.
39. Witcover, Marathon, pp. 65–66.
40. Ibid., p. 66.
41. New York Times, August 2, 1976, “Bold Reagan Tactician: John Patrick Sears 3d.”
42. Nofziger, Nofziger, p. 165.
43. Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, p. 180.
44. New York Times, September 15, 1974, “Mercy Was Satisfied, but the Constitution Requires Justice.”
45. New York Times, December 18, 1974, “Reagan’s G.O.P. Financial Backers, in Move Interpreted as Signal to Ford, Give Luncheon for Bentsen.”
46. Witcover, Marathon, p. 68.
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47. New York Times, February 17, 1975, “Study of 3d Party for ’76 Approved by Conservatives.”
48. New York Times, March 9, 1975, “Reagan Rejects Ford Plea to G.O.P. to Broaden Base.”
49. Kelley, Nancy Reagan, p. 218.
50. Ibid.
51. Ronald Reagan, An American Life, p. 204.
52. Author’s diary, August 1998.
53. Ronald and Nancy Reagan’s personal papers, held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, box 84, Associated Press wire, February 20, 1975, attached to correspondence between Walter Annenberg and Margaret Thatcher arranging the meeting of Thatcher and Ronald Reagan in London.
54. Witcover, Marathon, p. 70.
55. New York Times, June 2, 1975, “2 G.O.P. Leaders Score Ford Policy.”
56. Witcover, Marathon, p. 51.
57. Laxalt, Nevada’s Paul Laxalt, pp. 288–89.
58. New York Times, July 16, 1975, “Six Form a 1976 Group for Reagan.”
59. The “Kitchen Cabinet” oral history, Henry Salvatori, OH 1674, pp. 35–36.
60. From the personal papers of Marion Jorgensen, guest list and menu for cocktail party honoring Governor Reagan, June 8, 1976.
61. Stuart Spencer, to author, November 5, 1997.
62. Boller Jr., Presidential Wives, p. 425; New York Times, April 12, 1976, “Wives in
’76 Campaign Find the Going Difficult.”
63. Boller Jr., Presidential Wives, pp. 425–26.
64. Ibid, pp. 426, 417.
65. Kelley, Nancy Reagan, p. 219.
66. New York Times, April 12, 1976, “Wives in ’76 Campaign Find the Going Difficult.”
67. Barry Diller, to author, October 16, 1999.
68. New York Times, November 4, 1975, “Reagan Shocked at Schlesinger Ouster.”
69. The “Kitchen Cabinet” oral history, Holmes Tuttle, OH 1675, pp. 147–48.
70. New York Times, November 21, 1975, “Reagan Enters Campaign, Seeks a Curb on Spending.”
71. Hannaford, Ronald Reagan and His Ranch, p. 58.
72. Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, p. 183.
73. New York Times, December 12, 1975, “Reagan Tops Ford as Gallup Finds a Sharp Reversal”; New York Times, June 16, 1976, “Reagan Fund Raising Exceeds Ford’s as the Convention Nears.”
74. New York Times, January 6, 1976, “Reagan Opens Campaign for New Hampshire Vote”; New York Times, January 7, 1976, “Ford’s Best Ally: Reagan.”
75. New York Times, February 15, 1976, “ ‘Welfare Queen’ Becomes Issue in Reagan Campaign”; New York Times, January 7, 1976, “Reagan Defends His Plan to Cut Budget”; New York Times, January 11, 1976, “G.O.P. Seems Evenly Split Over Ford-Reagan Contest”; New York Times, January 14, 1976, “Reagan Disavows $90 Billion Figure.”
76. New York Times, February 20, 1976, “Ford Intensifies Attack on Reagan”; New York Times, February 14, 1976, “President Terms Reagan Too Conservative to Win.”
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