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Interviews for this book were conducted by the authors and a team of Boston Globe reporters, including Neil Swidey, Beth Healy, Brian C. Mooney, Michael Paulson, Bob Hohler, Ann Silvio, Stephanie Ebbert, Rob Gavin, and Sasha Pfeiffer. Much of the 2007 interview material first appeared in a seven-part Globe series, âThe Making of Mitt Romney.â
Prologue
6 âThere is no leaderâ: A. F. Mahan, âBusy George Romney Canât Resist Challenge,â Associated Press, February 8, 1962.
7 âPolitics is like washing diapersâ: Niraj Warikoo, âWife of Former Governor Had Opinions of Her Own,â Detroit Free Press, July 8, 1998.
Chapter 1: Praying for a Miracle
11 Now, in 1946: Neil Swidey, âLessons of the Father,â The Boston Globe Magazine, August 13, 2006.
11 She needed a major operation: George Romney, letter to his family, March 13, 1947. Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan, call number 852178 Aa 2.
12 âI remember my fatherâs faceâ: Neil Swidey âLessons of theFather,â The Boston Globe Magazine, August 13, 2006.
12 âlong and heated argumentsâ: Clark Raymond Mollenhoff, George Romney, Mormon in Politics (New York: Meredith Press, 1968), 44.
12 ânever marry himâ: Ibid., 45.
13 âMiss Lenore LaFountâ: âInspiring Lives: George Romney,â http://byutv.org/watch/31c61253-ffe4-42ad-808d-e3b3486c1c7e#!page=2&season=All-Seasons.
13 âthe biggest saleâ: George W. Romney, The Concerns of a Citizen (New York: Putnam, 1968), 259.
13 ânever had any regretsâ: âFate Changed Mrs. Romneyâs Plan to Become a Film Star,â The Holland (Michigan) Evening Sentinel, February 24, 1962, p. 4.
13 âThis was the legendâ: Interview of Jane Romney by Neil Swidey, 2006.
13 He left his lobbyist job: Mollenhoff, George Romney, 44â48.
14 âWe consider it a blessingâ: George Romney, letter to his family, March 13, 1947, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan, call number 852178 Aa 2.
15 In 1953: âRepublicans: The Citizenâs Candidate,â Time, November 16, 1962, www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,829375,00.html.
15 âWeâre going to makeâ: Mitt Romney, Turnaround: Crisis, Leadership, and the Olympic Games (Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, 2007), 11.
15 One of the keys: Mollenhoff, George Romney, 118â119.
16 âIf Ramblers are such great carsâ: Interview with Scott Romney, 2007.
16 thirty miles per gallon: Mollenhoff, George Romney, 103; âAutos: Gamble on the Rambler,â Time, December 19, 1955; U.S. Department of Transportation, âSummary of Fuel Economy Performance,â April 28, 2011, www.nhtsa.gov/staticfiles/rulemaking/pdf/cafe/2011_Summary_Report.pdf.
16 30-cents-per-gallon gas: The price of gas was about 30 cents a gallon in 1955. The inflation calculation comes from www.westegg.com/inflation/.
17 âIt was more likeâ: Romney, Turnaround, 11â12.
17 When Mitt was fourteen years old: Arthur OâShea and Bert Emanuele, âMormons: Each a Teacher, Each Taught,â Detroit Free Press, April 16, 1961.
17 âDream and dream bigâ: Romney, The Concerns of a Citizen, 263â267.
17â18 âI grew up idolizing himâ: Romney, Turnaround, 11.
18 âDad was more settledâ: Neil Swidey and Michael Paulson, âTouched by Tragedy a Leader Emerges from a Life of Privilege,â The Boston Globe, June 24, 2007.
18 âa real breakthroughâ: âBack at the Mansion,â Time, January 11, 1963.
18 âthe Bickersonsâ: Interview with Tagg Romney, 2007.
18 âa lonerâ: Brock Brower, âPuzzling Front Runner,â Life, May 5, 1967.
19 Mitt wanted no repeat: Jack Thomas, âAnn Romneyâs Sweetheart Deal,â The Boston Globe, October 20, 1994.
19 âMittâs more likeâ: Neil Swidey, âLessons of the Father,â The Boston Globe Magazine, August 13, 2006.
19 When George held: Swidey and Paulson, âTouched by Tragedy, a Leader Emerges from a Life of Privilegeâ.
20 âone of the most enchantedâ: www.cranbrookart.edu/Pages/History.html.
20 âHe was tallâ: Swidey and Paulson, âTouched by Tragedy, a Leader Emerges from a Life of Privilege.â
20 âMitt is doing wellâ: Mitt Romney 1961 report card, Cranbrook School, www.boston.com/news/daily/24/romney_reportcard.pdf.
21 âHe came up to the carâ: Interview with Graham McDonald, 2011.
21 âwas genuinely distressedâ: Interview with Gregg Dearth, 2011.
22 âIt was definitely looked uponâ: Interview with Sidney Barthwell, 2011. Barthwell, the lone black in Romneyâs class, went on to become a magistrate judge in Michigan as well as a successful runner.
22 had cramped up: Interview with Graham McDonald.
22 âIt is somethingâ: Interview with Gregg Dearth.
22 running through the New Hampshire woods: âAd Watch: Romneyâs âLeadershipâ and Lakeside Jog,â The Washington Post, August 8, 2007, http://blog.washingtonpost.com/channelâ08/2007/08/ad_watch_romneys_leadership_an.html.
22 George agreed to work with: Mollenhoff, George Romney, 163â167, 173; recession information at http://recession.org/history/early-1960s-recession.
23 âYou know, I thinkâ: âCover Story,â New England Cable News, October 31, 2002.
23 George decided: Mollenhoff, George Romney, 167.
23 âI would introduce myselfâ: Romney, Turnaround, 12.
23 âYou canât findâ: Tom Wicker, âKennedy Assails G.O.P. over Trade; in Detroit Speech, He Says Republicans Impeded Bill,â The New York Times, October 7, 1962.
23 But even President Kennedy: Romney would have many interactions later in life with the Kennedy family. He would lose a Senate race to President Kennedyâs brother Edward but then, as governor, work with him on health care legislation.
24 a pamphlet: âWho Is the Real George Romney?â (Detroit: Michigan AFL-CIO, 1966).
24 âtoo much as a business partyâ: âThe Citizenâs Candidate,â Ti...