Maybe something as simple as, Ron, I've decided to go with Nelson.Reagan's Revolution: The Untold Story of the Campaign That Started It All, Craig Shirley, 2005.
https://books.google.com/books?id=f... the news from a White House staffer"&f=false
' . . . Reagan learned of the news from a White House staffer, instead of the obligatory courtesy call the Governor of California might have expected from the President of the United States. Once again, the Ford people not only misplayed Reagan, they had insulted him. "Reagan got the call at 6 A.M. no less," recalled Jim Lake. "He was furious. All of the Ford White House treated Ronald Reagan badly." In fact, "had Ford and his people treated Reagan better, he might not have run in 1976." . . . '
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