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p. 250: "'Do you like'": Lisagor OH.
p. 250: "just an effective": Patrick J. Lucey OH.
p. 250: For the family's involvement and Humphrey's quotes, see O'Donnell and Powers, 157-59, and White, Making, 1960, Making, 1960, 92-93. 92-93.
p. 250: The vote: "Results of Presidential Primaries in 1960" and "Results of the 16 Presidential Primaries in 1960," Box 26, Powers Papers.
p. 251: "ashen" and "mighty uneasy": William Proxmire OH.
p. 251: "A s.h.i.+ft of": "a.n.a.lysis of the Wisconsin Returns," n.d., Box 27, Powers Papers.
p. 251: Jumped from his seat: Sheldon Stern to author, Mar. 25, 2002.
p. 251: "What does it all mean?": O'Donnell and Powers, 159-60.
p. 251: "The religious issue": Lucey OH; O'Donnell and Powers, 159.
p. 251: Cronkite: Schlesinger, Robert Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, 295. 295.
p. 251: On West Virginia, see West Virginia: Key Facts, Box 968, PPP; Robert McDonough OH; O'Donnell and Powers, 160.
pp. 251-52: The Harris poll: Jan. 1969, Box 818, PPP; and Bob Wallace to RFK, Jan. 5, 1960, Box 969, PPP.
p. 252: The Kanawha county poll: White, Making, 1960, Making, 1960, 101. 101.
p. 252: "public opinion had s.h.i.+fted": West Virginia Polls, n.d., Box 27, Powers Papers.
p. 252: "what are our problems?": O'Donnell and Powers, 160.
p. 252: "Bob Byrd is":? to Dear Frank, April 12, 1960, Box 27, Powers Papers.
p. 252: "the reactionary element": Homer E. Bussa to Frank N. Hoffman, Jan. 22, 1960, Box 968, PPP.
p. 252: "bury the religious issue:" McDonough OH.
p. 252: "to meet the religious issue": "Meeting re West Virginia Primary-April 8, 1960," Pre-Admin., Political Files, Box 39, RFK Papers.
p. 252: "Four F's": Frank H. Fischer OH.
p. 253: "I am a Catholic": McDonough OH.
p. 253: "n.o.body asked me": O'Donnell and Powers, 166-67.
p. 253: "He was the most": McDonough OH; also see James Haught OH.
p. 253: "I am the only": Sorensen, 158.
p. 253: "Over and over again": White, Making, 1960, Making, 1960, 108. 108.
p. 253: "a nice old man": "Jackie in West Virginia," n.d., Box 27, Powers Papers.
p. 254: "I have to confess": "West Virginia," May 10, 1960: "Highlights of JFK's Campaign in West Va.," Box 27, Powers Papers. On Jackie, also see Leaming, 16.
p. 254: "The Senator is still": Diary Notes, April 26, 1960, Box 2, Evelyn Lincoln Papers, JFKL.
p. 254: "Kennedy's shock": White, Making, 1960, Making, 1960, 106. 106.
p. 254: "By the pitiful": Sorensen, 158.
p. 254: "I a.s.sure you": "Memo from Lou Harris on the Last Week's Campaigning," n.d., Box 27, Powers Papers. "A Ten Point Program for West Virginia," April 25, 1960, Box 535, PPP.
p. 255: "Much more can": JFK to Fellow Democrats, April 18, 1960, Box 997, PPP.
p. 255: "And now it is time": Press Release, April 12, 1960, Box 989, PPP.
p. 255: FDR Jr.: O'Donnell and Powers, 165.
p. 255: "G.o.d's son": Charles Peters OH.
p. 255: "stop-Kennedy": "Memo from Lou Harris," n.d., Box 27, Powers Papers; Press Releases, April 30, May 1
p. 256: JFK discussion with LBJ: As recorded by Arthur Krock; quoted in Dallek, Lone Star Rising, Lone Star Rising, 566-67. 566-67.
p. 256: "millionaire 'money' candidates": "West Virginia Attacks," Box 994, PPP; Sorensen, 159-60.
p. 256: "personal abuse": Clipping, "Kennedy Asks Humphrey to End 'Personal Abuse'" n.d., Box 27, Powers Papers.
p. 256: "Poor little Jack": "West Virginia Attacks," Box 994, PPP.
p. 256: "I would suggest": Ibid.; also Schlesinger, Robert Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, 201. 201.
p. 256: "They believed me": Humphrey, 475.
pp. 256-57: "Any discussion": New York Times, New York Times, May 7, 1960. May 7, 1960.
p. 257: "As I told you last time":? to Frank, April 12, 1960, Box 27, Powers Papers.
p. 257: "Politics in West Virginia": White, Making, 1960, Making, 1960, 99. 99.
p. 257: Slates: Ibid., 99-100.
p. 257: "We would pay it": Told to me by Joe Galzer, who worked in Humphrey's campaign.
p. 257: Expenditures: White, Making, 1960, Making, 1960, 110. 110.
p. 257: O'Brien expenditures: O'Brien, 68.
p. 257: "Our highest possible contribution": Humphrey, 216-17.
p. 257: "the earthy and realistic people": O'Donnell and Powers, 169.
p. 257: The vote: "Results of Presidential Primaries in 1960," and "Results of the 16 Presidential Primaries in 1960," Box 26, Powers Papers.
pp. 257-58: Investigations and the Gazette Gazette quote: O'Donnell and Powers, 169; Sorensen, 165. quote: O'Donnell and Powers, 169; Sorensen, 165.
p. 258: "I have no complaints": HHH to Editor, May 26, 1960, Box 542, PPP.
p. 258: Beat Wayne Morse: "Results of Presidential Primaries in 1960, May 20-Oregon," Box 26, Powers Papers.
p. 258: "the devil": Joseph Rauh OH.
p. 258: "She did not want": Humphrey, 221.
p. 259: "it would be most helpful": Undated memo attached to Schlesinger to AES, May 16, 1960, Box 33, POF.
p. 259: "which would nail down": Ribicoff OH.
p. 259: For the JFK-AES conversation and the quotes, "I guess there's nothing," and "Guess who": Schlesinger, A Thousand Days, A Thousand Days, 25-26. See Blair OH, which quotes JFK: "G.o.d, why won't he." Also see Schlesinger to AES, May 16, 1960, Box 33, POF; AES to Schlesinger, May 21, 1960, Box P23, Arthur Schlesinger Jr. Papers, JFKL. 25-26. See Blair OH, which quotes JFK: "G.o.d, why won't he." Also see Schlesinger to AES, May 16, 1960, Box 33, POF; AES to Schlesinger, May 21, 1960, Box P23, Arthur Schlesinger Jr. Papers, JFKL.
p. 259: Anger toward AES: Lawrence Fuchs OH. Also see Collier and Horowitz, 289-90.
p. 259: JFK-Fritchey anecdote told to me by Marianne Means, who was recounting what Kay Graham had said at a memorial service for Fritchey.
pp. 259-60: LBJ on JFK, including conversations with Pearson, Krock, and Stevenson: Dallek, Lone Star Rising, Lone Star Rising, 567-68. 567-68.
p. 260: "I am not prepared": Ibid., 569.
p. 260: HST's comment and JFK's reply: New York Times, New York Times, July 3 and 5, 1960. July 3 and 5, 1960.
p. 260: RFK vote count: RFK to Steve Smith, May 25, 1960, Box 535, PPP.
p. 260: "If we can get": Quoted in Goodwin, 800.
p. 260: "Well, that's it": Quoted in Collier and Horowitz, 299.
p. 260: "those wanting": Quoted in Dallek, Lone Star Rising, Lone Star Rising, 571. 571.
p. 261: LBJ's attack on JFK: Ibid., 569-73. Conversation with Dr. Gerald Labiner, October 31, 2002.
p. 261: Regarded Kennedy "as a mediocrity": Earl Mazo OH, Columbia University.
p. 261: "I knew he": Lisagor OH.
pp. 261-62: "You've got": Baker, 118.
p. 262: "despicable": Dallek, Lone Star Rising, Lone Star Rising, 572. 572.
p. 262: Report on JFK's health: Drs. Eugene J. Cohen and Janet Travell to JFK, June 11, 1960, Box 991, PPP.
p. 262: "the opportunity to carry out": Dr. Seymour Reichlin to author, Nov. 23, 2002.
p. 262: William Walton on the medical support: Parmet, JFK, JFK, 18. 18.
p. 262: "There's a medical bag": Ribicoff OH.
p. 262: "far too fluid": Schlesinger, A Thousand Days, A Thousand Days, 33. 33.
p. 263: Meet the Press, Meet the Press, July 10, 1960, Box 920A, PPP. July 10, 1960, Box 920A, PPP.
p. 263: "We wanted to just try": Robert Kennedy OH.
p. 263: For the problems with Minnesota, see Sorensen to JFK, May 31, 1960, Box 547, PPP; New Jersey, Frank Thompson OH; and Pennsylvania, Lawrence OH.
p. 263: "never": Sorensen, 175.
p. 263: JPK's bet: Doris Goodwin, 800-801.
p. 263: "found thousands of supporters": Wofford, 50.
p. 263: "This was more": White, Making, 1960, Making, 1960, 163. 163.
pp. 263-64: "We've got to have": Robert Kennedy OH. Cohen and Taylor, 257-59.
p. 264: Fact sheet: "The Foreign Policy Experience of Senators Johnson and Kennedy," Box 740, PPP.
p. 264: "moods, questions": Sorensen, 174.
p. 264: "'I don't want'" and "Look, n.o.body asked you": Quoted in Schlesinger, Robert Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, 205-6. 205-6.
p. 264: JFK's every move: Democratic National Convention (From Sat.u.r.day July 9-Friday July 15, 1960), Box 27, Powers Papers.
p. 264: "precise, taut, disciplined": White, Making, 1960, Making, 1960, 157. 157.
p. 265: For JFK's activities on July 10-12, see ibid.
p. 265: California, Kansas, and Iowa: Ibid., 163.
p. 265: "I wasn't any Chamberlain": Quoted in Dallek, Lone Star Rising, Lone Star Rising, 573-74. 573-74.
pp. 265-66: Stevenson demonstration: White, Making, 1960, Making, 1960, 165-66. 165-66.
p. 266: "Don't worry, Dad": Quoted in O'Donnell and Powers, 186-87.
p. 266: "Your man must be": Blair OH.
p. 266: "We can't miss a trick": Quoted in Schlesinger, Robert Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, 206. 206.
p. 266: JFK and RFK together: Hugh Sidey OH.