GEORGE W. THOUGHT Author interview with GWB.
"WAS VIEWED AS A LESS SERIOUS PERSON" Ibid.
HE WAS, HE RECALLED, "UNATTACHED" Ibid.
"IT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM JEB" Ibid.
"THE WHOLE IDEA THAT JEB" Author interview with GHWB.
BUSH COULD NOT STAY OFF THE TELEPHONE BPB diary, November 6, 1994.
"JEB SAID ABOUT THE SAME" Ibid., fall 1994.
ON ELECTION NIGHT 1994 Author interviews with BPB and Jean Becker.
IN HIS SUITE Rove, Courage and Consequence, 97.
"BUSH LISTENED TO" Ibid.
"THE JOY IS IN TEXAS" GWB, 41, 254.
"TO SOME, HIS REACTION" Ibid.
"IT KILLS ME" BPB diary, fall 1994.
BARBARA AND JEB WENT BACK Ibid.
INAUGURATION DAY IN AUSTIN Ibid., January 25, 1995.
BUSH GAVE HIS ELDEST SON Ibid., January 3, 1995.
IN A LETTER TO THE NEW GOVERNOR GWB, Decision Points, 55.
DEAR MOM AND DAD BPB diary, January 24, 1995.
"I ASKED WHAT THEY WERE DOING" Ibid., August 1995.
AT A FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR GEORGE W. GWB, Decision Points, 5859.
BULLOCK'S WORDS "SHOCKED" Ibid., 59.
"TEN YEARS EARLIER" Ibid.
THEY DISCUSSED POSSIBLE RUNNING MATES BPB diary, summer 1996.
A STORY FROM THE DOLE SELECTION Author interview with James A. Baker III. Baker had weighed running for president himself in 1996. According to Barbara's diary, after a round of golf with Baker and Robert Mosbacher in October 1994, Bush told Barbara that Baker was "seriously considering running for President. He thinks that there will be almost a national primary." (BPB diary, October 1994.) "I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA" Author interview with James A. Baker III.
A "CORK ON A RAGING RIVER" GWB, Decision Points, 60.
"CAN ONE BELIEVE" BPB diary, January 25, 1998.
THEIR BOOK ON FOREIGN POLICY Naftali, GHWB, 16364.
"WE HAD A GENUINE" GHWB to Hugh Sidey, February 3, 1990, Office of George Bush, Private Files.
"I AM WORRIED" Ibid.
THE ELDER BUSH COULD NOT SLEEP ATB, 619.
"YESTERDAY I TOLD HIM" Ibid., 618.
"HE IS GOOD, THIS BOY OF OURS" Ibid.
WATCHING THE FLORIDA EXIT POLLS Ibid., 619.
"THE PLAN IS" Ibid.
JEB PREVAILED, THE TRIP WAS MADE BPB, Reflections, 24950.
"THERE IS NO QUESTION IN MY MIND" ATB, 618.
GEORGE W. BUSH MADE IT OFFICIAL Rove, Courage and Consequence, 13334.
THE BUSHES SERVED HAMBURGERS BPB diary, June 1999.
"HE DOESN'T NEED" Rove, Courage and Consequence, 134.
CULTURAL DISTINCTIONS Naftali, GHWB, 166, is interesting on the religious issue.
"CHRIST, BECAUSE HE CHANGED MY HEART" Stephen Buttry, "Des Moines Register: Candidates Focus on Christian Beliefs," CNN.com, December 15, 1999, www.cnn.com/1999/ALLPOLITICS/stories/12/15/religion.register/index.xhtmll?_s=PM:ALLPOLITICS.
"DON'T WORRY, SON" Author interview with GWB.
GEORGE W. WAS STRUCK BY THE REMARK Ibid.
"MY DAD WENT TO" Ibid.
"HE DIDN'T MEAN TO" BPB diary, April 25, 2000.
IT WAS GEORGE'S TURN Author interview with Jean Becker.
"SEND THE MESSAGE" Rove, Courage and Consequence, 170.
GEORGE W. ASKED HIS FATHER Author interview with GWB.
ON THE TELEPHONE WITH EVANS Author observation.
"WELL, THAT'S GREAT" Ibid.
AT THE ELDER BUSH'S REQUEST Houston Chronicle, October 21, 2013. See also GWB, Decision Points, 70.
"I HAVE WATCHED YOU" BPB diary, August 6, 2000.
"JEB IS A WORKAHOLIC" Ibid., July 1, 2000.
A FRIDAY IN MAY 2000 ATB, 633.
"IT SEEMS FUNNY" Ibid.
THE PARENT OF ONE OF ROBIN'S Ibid.
"'WELL, I GUESS JESUS'" Ibid.
"WE ARE VERY COMFORTED" Ibid., 63334.
ON THE MORNING OF ELECTION DAY 2000 BPB diary, November 7, 2000. See also Naftali, GHWB, 16667, for an account of election night.
AT THE SHORELINE GRILL IN AUSTIN GWB, Decision Points, 77.
BUSH ORDERED A VODKA Author interview with Benjamin Taff.
IT WAS A CHEERFUL GATHERING BPB diary, November 7, 2000.
"THE EXIT POLLS STARTED" GWB, Decision Points, 77.
THE PARTY SEEMED TO FREEZE BPB diary, November 7, 2000, "There was a lot of excitement and a lot of noise when all of a sudden a hush came over the room because the networks announced that Florida had gone to the Vice President." (Ibid.) A DISTRAUGHT JEB Ibid. According to Barbara, "Jeb was devastated. He had knocked himself out for his brother and the press had been gloating over the closeness of the race for weeks and how come Jeb couldn't win his state for George?" (Ibid.) WALKED OVER Ibid. "Jeb came over to his brother and said that he had let him down and they hugged. Such an emotional moment and so sad!" (Ibid.) "GEORGE W. TOLD LAURA" Ibid.
GEORGE W. ROUNDED UP HIS MOTHER, HIS FATHER, AND HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW BPB diary, November 7, 2000.
HURRIED BACK GWB, Decision Points, 77. "Laura and I slipped out of the dinner without touching our food," George W. recalled. (Ibid.) THE TRIP TO THE MANSION Ibid.
"THERE'S ISN'T MUCH TO SAY" Ibid.
THEN, AS THE NIGHT WENT ON Baker with Fiffer, Work Hard, 35960.
"HE TOOK ME ASIDE" Author interview with GWB.
THE ELDER BUSHES WENT TO BED BPB diary, November 7, 2000.
BACK IN FLORIDA Rove, Courage and Consequence, 202.
"WE'VE BEEN INVADED" Ibid.
VICE PRESIDENT GORE ANNOUNCED Ibid.
TOOK THE CANDIDATE AN IDEA Author interview with Don Evans.
WHO HAD SPENT ELECTION NIGHT Baker with Fiffer, Work Hard, 35960.
GEORGE W. APPROVED Ibid.
"HE DIDN'T HESITATE" Author interview with GWB.
THE BUSHES FLEW UP BPB diary, November 8, 2000.
"SO THERE WE WERE" Ibid.
"WHAT ABSOLUTE NERVE" Ibid.
BUSH WAS SCHEDULED TO FLY TO SPAIN Ibid.
BUSH FATHER AND SON Author interviews with GHWB and GWB.
WENT OUT TO CRAWFORD BPB diary, November 24, 2000.
WAS IN BED, READING Rove, Courage and Consequence, 21516. See also GWB, Decision Points, 81.
"CONGRATULATIONS, MR. PRESIDENT" Rove, Courage and Consequence, 21516.
AFTER A DINNER ATB, 636.
"HIS SPEECH WAS ABSOLUTE PERFECTION" Ibid.
ON TELEVISION BUSH SAW Ibid.
"I WANT TO CALL AL GORE" Author interview with Jean Becker.
"I CONGRATULATED HIM" ATB, 636.
"PRESIDENT BUSH WAS VERY EMOTIONAL" Author interview with Al Gore.
THE CONVERSATION WAS OVER ATB, 636.
"WHAT A LOVELY SON" BPB diary, December 2000January 2001.
"I SAW IN HIS POSTURE" ATB, 637.
AFTER GEORGE W.'S BRIEF SPEECH Ibid., 63738.
"YOUR FRIEND, THE PROUDEST FATHER" Ibid., 638.
FORTY-NINE: It Is Not Easy to Sit on the Sidelines I'M THE FATHER, AND IT'S HIS TURN Author interview with GHWB.
RISING EARLY BPB diary, January 2001.
AFTER PUTTING ON Photograph, January 20, 2001, Bush Family Album, College Station Residence.
IN A SERMON ATB, 638.