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p. 266: ”Not you nor anybody else”: Quoted in Cohen and Taylor, 260.

Chapter 8: Election

pp. 267-68: VP candidates: Sorensen to JFK and RFK, June 29, 1960, Box 21, Theodore Sorensen Papers, JFKL. Sorensen, 184.

p. 268: Past problems with liberals: O'Donnell and Powers, 189.

p. 268: ”No, absolutely not”: Edward Morgan OH.

p. 268: ”There was no respect”: Quoted in Collier and Horowitz, 304.

p. 268: Civil rights plank: Schlesinger, A Thousand Days, A Thousand Days, 34. 34.

p. 268: King and NAACP: G. Mennen Williams to JFK, June 25, 1960, Box 536; JFK speech to NAACP, July 10, 1960, Box 1027, PPP.

p. 269: Symington: Clark Clifford OH; John Seigenthaler OH; Sorensen, 186; Schlesinger, Robert Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, 206-7; Cohen and Taylor, 260. Sorensen to JFK and RFK, June 29, 1960, Box 21, Sorensen Papers. 206-7; Cohen and Taylor, 260. Sorensen to JFK and RFK, June 29, 1960, Box 21, Sorensen Papers.

p. 269: RFK and LBJ: Dallek, Lone Star Rising, Lone Star Rising, 490, 559. 490, 559.

p. 269: ”the Democratic party owes”: Quoted in ibid., 540-41.

p. 270: ”immediately agreed”: Quoted in White, Making, 1964, Making, 1964, 407-9. 407-9.

p. 270: ”he supposed the same”: Quoted in Dallek, Lone Star Rising, Lone Star Rising, 574. 574.

p. 270: ”I wouldn't want to trade” and ”Stop kidding”: Quoted in ibid., 574-75.

p. 271: LBJ's interest in becoming VP: ibid., 574-78.

p. 271: ”LBJ now means”: Quoted in Wofford, 54.

pp. 271-72: ”If you are sure,” ”This is the worst mistake,” and ”so upset”: Quoted in O'Donnell and Powers, 190-92.

p. 272: ”was very distressed”: Schlesinger, Robert Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, 208-9. 208-9.

pp. 272-74: Jack and Bobby and other details of Johnson's nomination: Dallek, Lone Star Rising, Lone Star Rising, 579-82. 579-82.

p. 274: ”I turned on television”: Earl Mazo OH, Columbia University.

p. 274: ”bland, vapid”: Quoted in Leuchtenburg, A Troubled Feast, A Troubled Feast, 111. 111.

p. 274: The Podh.o.r.etz and Macdonald quotes are in Alan Ehrenhalt, ”Are We as Happy as We Think?” New York Times, New York Times, May 7, 2000. May 7, 2000.

p. 274: ”With the supermarket”: Quoted in Leuchtenburg, A Troubled Feast, A Troubled Feast, 113. 113.

pp. 274-76: JFK Acceptance Speech, July 15, 1960, Box 1027, PPP. And see Sorensen, 187-89.

p. 276: Initial polls: Political a.n.a.lysis a.s.socs., Princeton, N.J., July 16-17, 1960, Box 27, POF.

pp. 276-77: ”s.h.i.+ning summer Sat.u.r.day”: Schlesinger, A Thousand Days, A Thousand Days, 62. 62.

p. 277: ”Had never seen”: Ibid., 63.

p. 277: Meetings: Sorensen, 192-93.

p. 277: ”run and fight”: Quoted in Schlesinger, Robert Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, 211-13. 211-13.

p. 277: ”Gentlemen,” ”absolutely strong,” ”Little Brother”: Ibid.

p. 277: ”Black Prince”: Quoted in Parmet, JFK, JFK, 34. 34.

p. 277: ”Little Boy Blue” and ”that little s.h.i.+t”: Mazo OH.

p. 277: ”I'm not running”: Quoted in Schlesinger, Robert Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, 213. 213.

pp. 277-78: ”This was a politician”: Memo, June 13, 1960, Box 17, Henry Brandon Papers, LC.

p. 278: Meeting with Stevenson: Parmet, JFK, JFK, 34-35; Schlesinger, 34-35; Schlesinger, A Thousand Days, A Thousand Days, 64. 64.

p. 278: Meeting with HST: O'Donnell and Powers, 202. Also see JFK to Clark Clifford, July 29, 1960, Box 29, POF.

p. 278: ”I never liked”: Abraham Ribicoff OH, Columbia University.

p. 278: JFK and Eleanor Roosevelt (ER): ER to JFK, Aug. 16, 1960, ”the distinct feeling”: ER to Mary Lasker, Aug. 15, 1960, Box 32, POF.

p. 279: ”interest and concentration”: Quoted in Parmet, JFK, JFK, 35. 35.

p. 279: ”Organization has an important”: Arthur Schlesinger to JFK, Aug. 26, 1960, Box 32, POF.

p. 279: ”who hardly qualifies”: AS to JFK, Aug. 30, 1960, ibid.

p. 279: ”I don't mind”: JFK to Schlesinger, Sept. 2, 1960, ibid.

p. 279: Speech to the Liberal party: JFK, Sept. 14, 1960, Box 911, PPP.

pp. 279-80: On the Republican convention, see White, Making, 1960, Making, 1960, chap. 7. The polls: Gallup, 1680-82. chap. 7. The polls: Gallup, 1680-82.

p. 280: Nixon's advantage and ”'What are you doing?'”: White, Making, 1960, Making, 1960, 249-51. 249-51.

p. 280: ”Counterattack Sourcebook:” Milton Gwertzman to Mike Feldman and Sorensen, Aug. 10, 1960, Box 991, PPP.

p. 280: ”Senator Kennedy is”: ”Counterattack Sourcebook.”

p. 281: ”religion in the rural corn belt”: John K. Galbraith to JFK, Aug. 25, 1960, Box 993, PPP.

p. 281: ”the Catholic position”: ”Counterattack Sourcebook.”

p. 281: FBI memos: DeLoach to Tolson, June 1, 1959; SAC, New Orleans, to Director, Mar. 23, 1960; and Memorandum, May 27, 1960, MF, Folder 13, Reel 1, O&C File, J. Edgar Hoover, FBI Papers.