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advice and counsel, and especially for putting up with the author’s quirkiness. This book would have not been possible without her tireless work and steadfast leadership of the “blonde mafia” of researchers and interns.
    Special kudos go to Brittany Moore, Max Courington, Stephen Saunders, and Dan Szy for their outstanding work in research and editing. Without them, this book would have remained just a dream. Also thanks to Kyle Vander Meulen, Jamie Curtis, Karol Sheinin, Jenise Snyder, and Laura Russell for their help with this book as well. Dennis Warren, former UPI photographer who covered the 1976 Reagan campaign, was most generous in allowing us access to his library of photos, and to him we are also indebted.
    And special thanks to Mrs. Ronald Reagan and President Reagan’s Chief of Staff, Ms. Joanne Drake, for generously granting us unprecedented access to previously unopened files on the 1976 campaign stored at the Reagan Library.
    Also thanks to Vice President Richard Cheney for granting me so much interview time despite the pressures of his position. This interview took place on the day the Vice President was to greet Mrs. Reagan and the caisson bearing the body of President Reagan on June 9, 2004, at the U.S. Capitol. It was an emotional day for both of us.
    I am also deeply indebted to my friend and business partner, Diana Banister, on whose shoulders I placed so much in the many months I was working on this book. The staff also at Shirley and Banister Public Affairs had to put up with a lot, and I thank them for their patience and understanding.
    I am deeply grateful to my friend Fred Barnes for agreeing to write the foreword to this book. As he has covered American politics for over thirty years, including the 1976 campaign, Fred has a unique perspective on Reagan’s challenge to Ford.
    Special mention must be made of Jules Witcover, Lou Cannon, and Peter Hannaford, whose many fine books and writings that covered much of this period provided so much critical research for Reagan’s Revolution . They all also graciously granted me extensive interview time for which I am indebted to each of them.
    Finally, many thanks are owed to David Dunham and Joel Miller with Nelson Current for having the faith and confidence in this book. Their support has been invaluable.
    Also, thanks to:
    American Conservative Union
    Brigham Young University
    Human Events
    John M. Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs
    Library of Congress
    Republican National Committee
    The Smithsonian Institution
    And:
    Rick Ahern
Phil Alexander
Richard Allen
Marty Anderson
Ernie Angelo
Katheryn Ashbrook
Doug Bailey
James Baker III
Jeff Bell
Charlie Black
Morton Blackwell
Duke Blackwood
Terry Boyle
Steve Branch
Bill Brock
Floyd Brown
David Bufkin
Jim Burnley
Howard “Bo” Callaway
Lou Cannon
Al Cardenas
Jerry Carmen
Maria Cino
Brooke Clement
Madeline Cohen
Muriel Coleman
Phil Crane
Stacy Davis
Michael Deaver
Don Devine
Eric Dezenhall
Stacey Disterhof
Marci Dobal
Ron Docksai
Becki Donatelli
Frank Donatelli
Becky Norton Dunlop
George Dunlop
Dale Duvall
Bruce Eberle
Fred Eckert
Tom Edmonds
Lee Edwards
Tom Ellis
Stan Evans
Jerry Falwell
Ed Feulner
Howard Fineman
Arthur Finkelstein
Tom Finnigan
Jack Germond
Charlie Gerow
Ed Gillespie
Mike Goldfarb
Mike Grebe
Robert Griffin
Kenneth Hafeli
Mike Hallow
Ralph Hallow
Steph Halper
Peter Hannaford
Kelly Hedberg
Jesse Helms
J. Curtis Herge
Jim Hooley
Brit Hume
Christian Josi
David Keene
Craig Keith
Kevin Kellems
Kenny Klinge
Larry Kudlow
Jim Kuhn
Carole Kuhn
Cara Kresge
Marvin J. Krinsky
Bill Lacey
James V. Lacy
Jim Lake
Art Laffer
Frank Lavin
Michelle Laxalt
Paul Laxalt
Chris Lay
Ladonna Lee
Elizabeth Leonard
Richard Lessner
Drew Lewis
Carrie Anne Liipfert
Mike Long
Tom Loringer
Eddie Mahe
Jason Maloni
William H. McNitt
Peter McPherson
Michael McShane
Ed Meese
Matt Messina
Jim Miller
Zell Miller
Brad Minnick
Nancy Mirshah
Peter Monk
Steve Moore
Billy Mounger
Ed Nichols
Lyn Nofziger
Pat Nolan
Grover Norquist
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