The Real Romney (52 page)

202 “I frankly would”: Paula Parrish, “Mitt Romney Embraces Challenges, and This Might Be His Biggest,” Scripps Howard News Service, February 4, 2002.

202 She was so weak: Annie Eldridge, “Dressage Makes Ann Romney’s Soul Sing,”
Chronicle of the Horse
, January 3, 2008.

203 She received intravenous: Shira Schoenberg, “Trail No Obstacle for Ann Romney; Uses Discipline to Manage MS,”
The Boston Globe
, September 22, 2011.

203 “A lot of people”: Interviews with John Wright and Grant Bennett.

203 Eventually, Ann hit upon: Michael Levenson, “Romney’s Wife Opens Up on Campaign Issues,”
The Boston Globe
, February 16, 2007.

203 “Riding exhilarated me”: Eldridge, “Dressage Makes Ann Romney’s Soul Sing.”

203 “You don’t have to be perfect”: Interview with Tagg Romney.

203 “I am very strong right now”: Matthew Rodriguez, “Romney Presses MS Awareness,”
The Boston Globe
, May 12, 2004.

203 The lesson that she did not: Romney,
Turnaround
, 346.

204 So he went first to Ann: Ibid., 5.

204 Robert Garff, the chairman: Interview with Robert Garff, 2007.

205 “white knight”: John Powers, “Hub’s Romney Takes on Salt Lake City Games,”
The Boston Globe
, February 12, 1999.

205 “Mitt had his father’s”: Interview with Robert Garff.

205 “I was looking for”: Interview with Michael Leavitt, 2007.

205 With Romney emerging: Kristen Moulton, “Romney May Lead Salt Lake Committee,” Associated Press, February 10, 1999.

205 “A search was never”: Lisa Riley Roche and Alan Edwards, “ ‘White Knight’ for SLOC Is Mitt Romney,”
Deseret News
, February 11, 1999.

205 Huntsman would later assist: Thomas Burr, “Governor Supports McCain for President,”
The Salt Lake Tribune
, July 20, 2006.

206 “Based on the fact”: Interview with Michael Leavitt.

206 “Just think about it”: Romney,
Turnaround
, 6.

206 One of his campaign consultants: Interview with Rick Reed, 2011.

206 “It was serendipitous”: Interview with Robert Garff.

206 “It would have been a circus”: Interview with Romney associate, 2011.

206 “We were facing a crucial event”: Bob Gay, “Finding the Needle in a Haystack: Thoughts on Being Morally Courageous in Business,” speech, 2003.

207 David D’Alessandro’s office: Interview with David D’Alessandro, 2007.

207 “If this doesn’t work”: Ibid.

207 “I think he took it”: John Powers, “Golden Opportunity,”
The Boston Globe Magazine
, February 3, 2002.

207 “He loves emergencies”: Ibid.

208 “We were in a psychological zombie-land”: Barnas, “Romney Gives His All to Games.”

208 “There is no justification”: Salt Lake Organizing Committee news release, “W. Mitt Romney Acceptance Speech,” February 11, 1999.

208 Whereas Nagano had plied: Mike Gorrell, “How the Games Were Won: Generosity or Bribery?,”
The Salt Lake Tribune
, October 26, 2003.

208 Salt Lake City had handed out: Linda Fantin, “Top GOP Strategist Crafted 2002 Bid,”
The Salt Lake Tribune
, July 3, 2000.

208–209 a stunning trove of booty: Special Collections on 2002 Olympic Winter Games, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah.

209 T-shirts that depicted: Jerry Spangler, “Is SLOC Stifling Free Speech?,”
Deseret News
, June 9, 1999.

209 “The best way”: Interview with David D’Alessandro.

209 some people in Utah: Linda Fantin, “Huntsman Blasts [Olympic] Fund Raising,”
The Salt Lake Tribune
, July 11, 1999.

209 In a state where nearly every: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Pres. Hinckley Speaks During Pioneer Devotional,” July 28, 2001, http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/40269/Pres-Hinckley-speaks-during-Pioneer-devotional.html.

209 Documents in Garff’s archives: Robert Heiner Garff Papers, J. Willard Marriott Library, Special Collections, University of Utah.

210 He had requested: Special Collections on 2002 Olympic Winter Games, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah.

210 “We’ve got a chairman”: Fantin, “Huntsman Blasts [Olympic] Fund Raising.”

210 But church leaders: Interview with Richard Garff.

211 “was going to be”: Powers, “Golden Opportunity”; interview with Fraser Bullock, 2007.

211 “We could be liquidated”: Romney,
Turnaround
, 109.

211 After that he ordered pizza: Ibid., 55.

211 “Mitt was very adamant”: Interview with Joan Guetschow, 2007.

211 “I ate more chili”: Interview with David D’Alessandro.

211 When a local paper: Powers, “Golden Opportunity.”

211 A review of archived records: Special Collections on 2002 Olympic Winter Games, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah.

212 Direct federal aid: Interview with Robert Bennett, 2007.

212 “Most of the federal money”: Ibid.

212 “Yes, we were out”: Interview with Richard Garff.

212 But Fraser Bullock said: Interview with Fraser Bullock, 2007.

212 “The tsunami”: Romney,
Turnaround
, 52.

212 “The I.O.C.’s sponsorships”: Jeré Longman, “Potential Olympic Sponsors Said to Be Uneasy,”
The New York Times
, January 21, 1999.

213 That cleared the way: Interview with Fraser Bullock.

213 His salesmanship: Special Collections on 2002 Olympic Winter Games, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah.

213 The company had paid: “NBC Lands Sydney, Salt Lake Olympics,” United Press International, August 7, 1995.

213 “the most powerful person”: “The Sporting News: Most Powerful 100,”
Sporting News
, December 30, 1996.

213 “I have no doubt”: Interview with Dick Ebersol, 2007.

213 Yet Romney himself: Interview with Fraser Bullock.

213 “That’s not a conflict”: Interview with Mitt Romney.

213 In Garff’s view: Interview with Richard Garff.

214 To be sure, Romney’s entanglements: Mike Gorrell, “Romney Takes On Top Job at SLOC,”
The Salt Lake Tribune
, February 12, 1999.

214 “They removed the people”: Interview with Glenn Bailey, 2007.

214 Romney acted quickly: Romney,
Turnaround
, 29.

214 “We amassed significant”: Interview with Max Wheeler, 2007.

214 “If you’re going to fault”: Interview with Zianibeth Shattuck-Owen, 2007.

215 “All we did”: Interview with Richard Garff.

215 But Romney barred: Jennifer Toomer-Cook, “Wall of Honor Omits Welch and Johnson,”
Deseret News
, December 8, 2001.

215 And he went so far: Interview with Tom Welch, 2007.

215 “Mitt called”: Interview with Sydney Fonnesbeck, 2007.

215 “Tom was represented”: Interview with Max Wheeler.

215 Yet even after the charges were dismissed: Romney,
Turnaround
, 23.

216 “Mitt’s objective”: Interview with Tom Welch.

216 The government’s chief prosecutor: Interview with Richard Wiedis, 2007.

217 “He tried very hard”: Interview with Ken Bullock, 2007.

217 Romney became the first: Debra Rosenberg, “Talk of the Town,”
Newsweek
, February 8, 2002.

217 One pin depicted: Interview with Ken Bullock.

217 “You don’t want me”: Ibid.

217 a “very destructive” role: Interview with Rocky Anderson, 2007.

217 “Mitt saw him”: Interview with Richard Garff.

217 “I wanted to know”: Interview with Lillian Taylor, 2007.

218 Pace’s group produced: Spangler, “Is SLOC Stifling Free Speech?”

218 “His first day in Utah”: Interview with Stephen Pace, 2007.

218 Romney also impressed: Interview with Joan Guetschow.

219 “Both the Job Corps student”: Interview with Terry Shaw, 2007.

219 Romney denied using: Interview with Mitt Romney.

219 “There were a lot of people”: Interview with Peter Dawson, 2007.

219 The warm morning air: Yvonne Abraham, “True Believer; Aide Pushes Hard for Romney Agenda,”
The Boston Globe
, March 30, 2003.

219 “like war”: Romney,
Turnaround
, 302.

219 The blueprint had to be rewritten: Ibid., 303.

220 “I think Mitt wondered inwardly”: Powers, “Golden Opportunity.”

220 While he addressed: “Romney Rallies Olympic Staff,” Associated Press, September 14, 2001.

220 “By the end”: Interview with Zianibeth Shattuck-Owen.

220 “In the annals”: Romney,
Turnaround
, 305.

220 The Salt Lake Games: “FBI Chat with Don Johnson, Special Agent in Charge of FBI Salt Lake City,” Counterterrorism and Security Reports, September–October 2001.

220 “It was very easy”: Interview with Robert Bennett.

221 Trouble began: Interview with and e-mails from A. J. Barto, 2007.

221 That made Romney: Stephanie Ebbert and Joanna Weiss, “Olympic Tickets Went to Legislators, Not Sept. 11 Families,”
The Boston Globe
, April 12, 2002.

221 “I was outraged”: Interview with A. J. Barto.

221 “It’s been much more somber”: Powers, “Golden Opportunity.”

221 IOC officials had argued: Interview with Sandy Baldwin, 2007.

221 they ultimately relented: John Powers, “A Memory Relighted; at Winter Games, Symbols of Resolve and Renewal,”
The Boston Globe
, February 9, 2002.

221 “Dwight Eisenhower”: Ibid.

222 “gone through all the usual”: Ibid.

222 winning thirty-four medals: Vicki Michaelis, “USA Basks in the Luster of Its Heavy Medal Push,”
USA Today
, February 25, 2002; “World Viewership of Games Increases,”
The New York Times
, June 18, 2002.

222 “The people who say”: Interview with David D’Alessandro.

222 “It was an amazing thing”: Schoenberg, “Trail No Obstacle for Ann Romney.”