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NOTES CHAPTER 1 1. Davi d Broder , "Flynn , Jackso n See k Clinton' s Urba n Commitment, " Washington Post, June, 13 , 1992, p. A12. 2. Thoma s B . Edsall an d Davi d Broder , "Weeken d o f Meeting s o n Strateg y Bringing Clinto n to Washington," Washington Post, June 12 , 1992, p. A16. 3. "Remark s o f Governo r Bil l Clinto n t o th e Rainbo w Coalitio n Nationa l Convention," Washington , D.C . (Jun e 13 , 1992) , fro m tex t provide d b y Clinton-Gore fo r President . 4. Thoma s B . Edsall, "Clinto n Stun s Rainbow Coalition, " Washington Post, June 14 , 1992, p. A8. 5. Pol l dat a summarize d an d reporte d i n American Enterprise, September / October, 1992 , p. 82. 6. "Stunned " is the right word; see Edsall, "Clinton Stuns Rainbow Coalition. " 7. Th e "exclusion " cite is found i n Gwen If ill , "Democratic Grou p Argues over Goals," New York Times, May 7,1991, p. A21; others in Dan Balz and David S. Broder, "Democrats Argue over Quota Clause," Washington Post, May 7,1991, p. A9. 8. Clinto n denied the premise of the June 1 2 Edsall-Broder stor y that his campaign was spli t ove r the Soulja h speech , with som e adviser s pushing a n accom modating approach t o Jackson and others a confrontational one . See Thomas B. Edsall, "Clinton Hits Bush Role at Rio Meet," Washington Post, June 13 , 1992, p. A12. 9. Davi d S. Broder and Thomas B. Edsall, "Clinton Finds Biracial Support fo r Criticism of Rap Singer," Washington Post, June 16 , 1992, p. A7 10. R . W. Apple, Jr. "Jackson Sees a 'Character Flaw ' in Clinton's Remarks o n Racism," New York Times, Jun e 19 , 1992, pp. Al, A24 . 11. Ronal d Walters, " . .. Clinton' s Gall," Washington Post, June 16,1992, p. A21. 12. Michae l K . Frisby , "Clinto n Debat e wit h Rappe r Rages, " Boston Globe, June 18 , 1992, p. 22. 205 206 WRONG FO R ALL THE RIGHT REASONS 13. Derric k Z . Jackson, "Wher e Dissatisfaction wit h Clinto n Is Running Hig h . . . ," Boston Sunday Globe, Jul y 26, 1992, p. 63. 14. "Clinton' s Chea p Shot. . . ," Boston Globe, Jun e 19 , 1992, p. 14. 15. Ann a Quindlen, "Al l of These You Are," New York Times, June , 28, 1992, section IV, p. 17. 16. Andre w Kopkind and Alexander Cockburn, "Th e Democrats, Perot, and the Left," Nation, Jul y 20/27, 1992, p. 82. 17. Clarenc e Page , "Bil l Clinton' s Notsapost a Sa y That, I s He?" reprinte d i n Liberal Opinion Week, Jun e 28, 1992, p. 28. 18. Car l Rowan, "Bil l Clinton, Jesse Jackson an d Siste r Souljah, " reprinte d i n Liberal Opinion Week, Jun e 28, 1992, p. 6. 19. Gwe n If ill , "Clinton Stands by Remark on Rapper," New York Times, Jun e 15, 1992 , p. A16. 20. Gwe n If ill , "Clinton, in Need of Lift, Deftly Play s Racial Card," New York Times, Jun e 17 , 1992, p. A22. 21. Ibid . CHAPTER 2 1. Polit e versions use the word "out-segged. " I rely on the more likely version, quoted b y Theodore H . White, The Making of the President, 1968 (Ne w York : Atheneum, 1969) , p. 344. 2. C . Vann Woodward, The Strange Career of Jim Crow (Ne w York: Oxfor d University Press, 1974), p. 170. 3. A good summar y o f discriminator y federa l policie s an d practice s ca n b e found i n Douglas Massey and Nancy A. Denton, American Apartheid: Segregation and the Making of the Underclass (Cambridge , Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1993), pp. 51-57. 4. Public Papers of the Presidents: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1963-1964 (Washington, D.C.: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1966) , p. 474. 5. Willia m Brin k an d Loui s Harris, Black and White: A Study of U.S. Racial Attitudes Today (Ne w York: Simon and Schuster , 1966) , p. 109. 6. Nichola s Lemann , The Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How It Changed America (Ne w York: Alfred A . Knopf, 1991) , p. 11 7 7. Theodor e H . White , The Making of the President, 1960 (Ne w York : Atheneum, 1961) , p. 234. 8. Charle s R . Morris , A Time of Passion: America 1960...

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