The Triumph of Nancy Reagan by Karen Tumulty (short books for teens txt) 📕

make much sense”: James Reston, “Reagan’s Theatrical Politics,” New York Times online, November 19, 1975, https://www.nytimes.com/1975/11/19/archives/reagans-theatrical-politics.html.

“I don’t think, even to this day… certain this would be a cakewalk”: Spencer, Behind the Podium, 51–60.

Three weeks later… planned to defect: Reed, Reagan Enigma, 207–8.

“Nerve endings very raw in California”: Compilation of Tom Reed journal entries shared with author.

“Nancy tipped the balance… come aboard”: Reed, Reagan Enigma, 237.

“They were all thinking that Nixon was going to survive… my stock went up at that point”: John Sears, telephone interview by author.

“He looks you in the tie,” Ronnie said. “Why won’t he look at me?”: Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, 153.

“You find out”… nagging and all: Nancy Reynolds, interviewed by author, May 3, 2019.

“We lost forty-eight to forty-nine… registered as Republicans”: Nancy Reagan, interview by Bonnie Angelo, Time, August 19, 1976, from Time internal files. Republican National Convention; Kemper Arena; Kansas City, Mo.; 1976; Vol II.

She blamed Sears… everything was going fine: Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, 157–58.

Eleven years later, there were 4,200… pro-Reagan registration drive: Washington Post wire service, “Once Lonely Republican Is Chairman for Reagan,” Morning Call (Allentown, PA) online, March 7, 1976, https://www.newspapers.com/image/275848364/?terms=carol%2Bmccain.

“The two men most responsible… in Sacramento”: R. W. Apple Jr., “Ford, in Turnabout, Now Seems to Lead Reagan in Florida Vote,” New York Times online, March 8, 1976, https://www.nytimes.com/1976/03/08/archives/ford-in-turnabout-now-seems-to-lead-reagan-in-florida-vote.html.

“Ronnie has to get out… embarrass himself if he doesn’t”: Nofziger, Nofziger, 179–80.

“a right-wing zealot… some pretty good”: ibid.

She sent him and Ellis a leftover video: Jim Morrill, “How Nancy Reagan Helped Save Her Husband’s Career in NC,” Charlotte (NC) Observer online, March 8, 2016, https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/campaign-tracker-blog/article64842197.html.

“last ditch, desperation maneuver… difference for Mr. Reagan between victory and defeat”: Joseph Lelyveld, “Reagan’s Upset Victory in North Carolina Attributed to Impact of Last-Minute TV Speech,” New York Times online, March 29, 1976, https://www.nytimes.com/1976/03/29/archives/reagans-upset-victory-in-north-carolina-attributed-to-impact-of.html.

“Ronald Reagan, as of tonight, looms as a serious threat”: Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, 161.

“My basic premise… piss him off”: Spencer, Behind the Podium, 60.

“That damn Spencer’s behind this”: Michael K. Deaver, A Different Drummer: My Thirty Years with Ronald Reagan (New York: HarperCollins, 2001), 66.

“It was quite awhile… for that one”: Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, 161.

“But to Spencer’s great satisfaction… Ford won primaries the same day”: Spencer, Behind the Podium, 63.

Edie called the senator from Arizona a “cocksucker”: Colacello, Ronnie & Nancy, 452.

“a fucking horse’s ass”: Kelley, Nancy Reagan, 237.

Nancy allowed… “colorful language”: Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, 159.

“Reagan really had the… whether he had the votes or not”: Spencer, Behind the Podium, 63.

“But that was ’68… distasteful and unfortunate”: Judy Klemesrud, “Wives in ’76 Campaign Find the Going Difficult,” New York Times online, April 12, 1976, https://www.nytimes.com/1976/04/12/archives/wives-in-76-campaign-find-the-going-difficult-wives-in-the-76.html.

“fell apart at the seams”: “The Wives: Contest of the Queens,” Time online, August 30, 1976, http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,918243,00.html.

more vividly in her memory than any of the four races that Ronnie won: Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, 150.

When I first went into politics”… “no money. No money”: Nancy Reagan, interview by Angelo, Time, August 18, 1976, from Time internal files; Republican National Convention; Kemper Arena; Kansas City, Mo.; 1976; Vol. II. portions of this quote appeared in the August 30, 1976, magazine.

“Honey… I’ve never been prouder of you than I am now”: Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, 163.

CHAPTER NINE

“To my surprise, Reagan… nomination from him”: Nofziger, Nofziger, 206.

“I had never heard the word ballet cross his lips”: Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, 145–46.

“Individually and in groups… far behind in studying dance”: William F. Buckley Jr., “Thanksgiving at the Buckleys,” National Review online, November 26, 2008, https://www.nationalreview.com/2008/11/thanksgiving-buckleys-william-f-buckley-jr.

“Frankly, I didn’t particularly like Doria then… Ron would wind up hurt”: Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, 146–47.

“Dear St. Valentine… ‘Someone’ ”: Nancy Reagan, I Love You, Ronnie, 129–30.

“I’ve been very lucky.… for the first time”: Reagan Presidential Library, 1980, Presidential Campaign Papers, subseries B: Nancy Reagan Files, correspondence, 1978, A–Z, box 30.

“everything seemed preordained… fall into place”: Nancy Reagan, I Love You, Ronnie, 128.

“I don’t think… She was the one who believed in him”: Ed Rollins, telephone interview by author, January 26, 2018.

“and bought a lot of friends… inevitability about a Reagan candidacy”: Nofziger, Nofziger, 222.

(Federal Election Commission records… no donations to the Reagan effort): James V. Grimaldi, “Records Show Scant Reagan-Trump Ties,” Wall Street Journal online, September 15, 2015, https://www.wsj.com/articles/records-show-scant-reagan-trump-ties-1442359829.

fifteen minutes to spare: Jason M. Breslow, “The Frontline Interview: Roger Stone,” Frontline online, last modified September 27, 2016, https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/the-frontline-interview-roger-stone.

close friends and political allies: Roger Stone, interview by Steve Scully, September 3, 2015, transcript, C-Span, https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4549847/nancy-reagan-gave-roger-stone-index-cards-reagan-ny-friends-half-people-cards-dead.

“They boiled down to one thing”… writing his column: Nofziger, Nofziger, 221.

“under no circumstances… in his 1980 campaign”: Maureen Reagan, First Father, First Daughter, 239.

“She loved to gossip”… she did send him a book on astrology: Sears, author interview, January 14, 2019.

“I’d pick them all off… dump the rest”: Spencer, Behind the Podium, 91.

“jump-off-the-cliff-with-the-flag-flying conservative”: Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, 203.

“Nobody is going to convince me… homosexual rights over parents’ rights”: Associated Press, “Briggs Accuses Foes of Scare Tactics,” Santa Cruz (CA) Sentinel online, October 12, 1978, https://www.newspapers.com/image/63190984/?terms=reagan%2Bproposition%2B6%2Bhomosexual.

“A lot of people she knew in the film business… and so she was very helpful”: Sears, author interview, January 14, 2019.

“What the hell is going on here?”: Deaver, Behind the Scenes, 86–88.

“Reagan never spoke warmly to Sears again… he had made a mistake”: Cannon, Governor Reagan, 449.

“I don’t know… arrogant and aloof”: Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, 172–73.

“This time… staying until it’s over”: ibid.

“I know what you’re going to do… going to go out there”: Peter Hannaford, interview, January 10, 2003, Presidential Oral Histories, Ronald Reagan Presidency, Miller Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-oral-histories/peter-hannaford-oral-history.

“After the debate… badges”: Ronald Reagan, An American Life, loc. 3019 of 12608, Kindle.

on display in her husband’s presidential library: Molloy recounts all of this here: “NH Primary Vault: Ronald Reagan’s Microphone Moment in 1980,” YouTube, 11:23, WMUR-TV, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovnRIGgtxss.

“When I finally got to bed… over a serious problem”: Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, 173.

“She reviewed for him… ‘Washington mercenaries,’ ” Deaver, Behind the Scenes, 88.

“The campaign is in chaos… can’t think