Endnotes
Introduction: Universal Challenges, Universal Solutions
I.1 Theodore H. White, The Making of the President 1960, Atheneum House, 1961, page 293.
I.2 RealClearPolitics, General Election: McCain vs. Obama, http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/us/general_election_mccain_vs_obama-225.html.
I.3 Alessandra Stanley, “A Question Reprised, but the Words Come None Too Easily for Palin,” New York Times, September 26, 2008, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/26/us/politics/26watch.html?_r=0.
I.4 Past Debates, http://www.2012presidentialelectionnews.com/2012-debate-schedule/2011-2012-primary-debate-schedule/.
I.5 Transcript: Fox News-Google GOP Debate, September 22, 2011, http://2012election.procon.org/sourcefiles/Sep_22_2011_republican_debate.pdf.
I.6 RealClearPolitics, 2012 Republication Presidential Nomination, http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/republican_presidential_nomination-1452.html.
I.7 CNN Wire Staff, “BP chief to Gulf residents: ‘I’m sorry,’” CNN, May 31, 2010, http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/05/30/gulf.oil.spill/index.html.
Chapter 1: Agility Versus Force
1.1 Press Conference by the President, June 23, 2009, http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Press-Conference-by-the-President-6-23-09/.
1.2 Statement by the President on the Sequester, March 1, 2013, http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/03/01/statement-president-sequester.
Chapter 2: The Critical Dynamics of Q&A
2.1 Dana Milbank, “Maybe Gonzales Won’t Recall His Painful Day on the Hill,” Washington Post, April 20, 2007, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/19/AR2007041902571.html.
2.2 Kashmir Hill, “The Perfect Media Storm That Is ‘Weinergate,’” Forbes, June 1, 2011, http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2011/06/01/the-perfect-media-storm-that-is-weinergate/.
2.3 “WEINERGATE: Weiner on Maddow ‘It could be’ my weiner,” http://youtu.be/WZ37P7f_5JI.
2.4 NAFTA Debate, Transcript, Courtesy CNN.
2.5 The Second McCain-Obama Presidential Debate, October 7, 2008, http://www.debates.org/index.php?page=october-7-2008-debate-transcrip#.
2.6 Kathleen Parker, “The Town Hall Debate: That One Comment,” Washington Post, October 8, 2008, http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2008/10/the_town_hall_debate_that_one.html.
2.7 “NY Rep Weiner Goes BALLISTIC on Colleagues for Opposing Healthcare for 9-11 Heroes,” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B_I6rgixxY.
2.8 Dana Milbank, “Maybe Gonzales Won’t Recall His Painful Day on the Hill,” Washington Post, April 20, 2007, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/19/AR2007041902571.html.
2.9 Dan Eggen and Michael A. Fletcher, “Embattled Gonzales Resigns,” Washington Post, August 28, 2007, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/27/AR2007082700372.html.
2.10 David A. Fahrenthold and Paul Kane, “Rep. Anthony Weiner resigns,” Washington Post, June 16, 2011, http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/anthony-weiner-to-resign-thursday/2011/06/16/AGrPONXH_story.html.
Chapter 3: Effective Management Implemented
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Chapter 4: You’re Not Listening!
4.1 The Second Clinton-Bush-Perot Presidential Debate (Second Half of Debate), October 15, 1992, http://www.debates.org/index.php?page=october-15-1992-second-half-debate-transcript.
4.2 The Third Gore-Bush Presidential Debate, October 17, 2000, http://www.debates.org/index.php?page=october-17-2000-debate-transcript.
4.3 The Second Bush-Kerry Presidential Debate, October 8, 2004, http://www.debates.org/index.php?page=october-8-2004-debate-transcript.
4.4 The Second Clinton-Bush-Perot Presidential Debate (Second Half of Debate), October 15, 1992, http://www.debates.org/index.php?page=october-15-1992-second-half-debate-transcript.
4.5 The Second Clinton-Bush-Perot Presidential Debate (Second Half of Debate), October 15, 1992, http://www.debates.org/index.php?page=october-15-1992-second-half-debate-transcript.
4.6 Historical Presidential Zap, April 2, 1992, http://www.actupny.org/campaign96/rafsky-clinton.html.
4.7 The Second Clinton-Bush-Perot Presidential Debate (Second Half of Debate), October 15, 1992, http://www.debates.org/index.php?page=october-15-1992-second-half-debate-transcript.
4.8 Washington Post, October 17, 1992.
Chapter 5: Active Listening
5.1 Joe Hyams, Zen in the Martial Arts, Tarcher, October 1979.
5.2 The Second Clinton-Bush-Perot Presidential Debate (Second Half of Debate), October 15, 1992, http://www.debates.org/index.php?page=october-15-1992-second-half-debate-transcript.
5.3 The Second Clinton-Bush-Perot Presidential Debate (Second Half of Debate), October 15, 1992, http://www.debates.org/index.php?page=october-15-1992-second-half-debate-transcript.
Chapter 6: Retake the Floor
6.1 Kotoda Yahei Toshida, Ittosai Sensei Kenpo-Sho (Teacher Ittosai Sword Manual).
6.2 President Obama’s 100th-Day Press Briefing, New York Times, April 29, 2009, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/29/us/politics/29text-obama.html?pagewanted=all.
6.3 Colin Powell Press Conference, April 15, 2003, Transcript, Courtesy CNN.
6.4 Colin Powell interview with Author, March 2013, permission granted.
Chapter 7: Provide the Answer
7.1 Transcript: Republican Primary Debate, October 18, 2011, http://presidentialdebate.org/watch-past-debates/2012-republican-primary-debates-archive/transcript-republican-primary-debate-of-10182011/.
7.2 Republican Debate, February 22, 2012, Courtesy CNN.
7.3 Bush Press Conference, April 13, 2004, Courtesy CNN.
7.4 Bush Press Conference, August 2004, Courtesy CNN.
7.5 The Second Bush-Kerry Presidential Debate, October 8, 2004, http://www.debates.org/index.php?page=october-8-2004-debate-transcript.
7.6 Judson Cox, “Questioning Kerry’s loyalty,” RenewAmerica, March 23, 2004, http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/cox/040323.
7.7 Courtesy CNN.
7.8 The Second Clinton-Bush-Perot Presidential Debate (Second Half of Debate), October 15, 1992, http://www.debates.org/index.php?page=october-15-1992-second-half-debate-transcript.
Chapter 8: Topspin in Action
8.1 Yagyu Tajimanokami Munenori, Hei-Ho-Kaden-Sho (Hereditary Manual of the Martial Arts).
8.2 Nightline, “A Conversation with Michael Dukakis,” ABC News, October 25, 1988.
8.3 The Third Gore-Bush Presidential Debate, October 17, 2000, http://www.debates.org/index.php?page=october-17-2000-debate-transcript.
8.4 Bush Press Conference, November 15, 2001, Transcript, Courtesy CNN.
8.5 Bush Press Conference, May 16, 2003, Transcript, Courtesy CNN.
8.6 The Bentsen-Quayle Vice Presidential Debate, October 5, 1988, http://www.debates.org/index.php?page=october-5-1988-debate-transcripts.
8.7 The Second Reagan-Mondale Presidential Debate, October 21, 1984, http://www.debates.org/index.php?page=october-21-1984-debate-transcript.
8.8 The Third McCain-Obama Presidential Debate, October 15, 2008, http://www.debates.org/index.php?page=october-15-2008-debate-transcript.
8.9 President Barack Obama and Former Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass., Participate in a Candidates Debate, October 22, 2012, http://www.debates.org/index.php?page=october-22-2012-the-third-obama-romney-presidential-debate.
Chapter 9: Preparation
9.1 Matsura Seizan (1760–1841), Jyoseishi Kendan.
9.2 James Fallows, “An Acquired Taste,” The Atlantic Monthly, July 2000.
9.3 NAFTA Debate, Larry King Live, Transcript, Courtesy CNN.
9.4 Julie Hirschfeld Davis, “Kagan practices answers, poise in mock hearings,” RealClearPolitics, June 23, 2010, http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2010/Jun/23/kagan_practices_answers__poise_in_mock_hearings.html.
9.5 Professor Alan Schroeder, Presidential Debates: Forty Years of High-Risk TV, Columbia University Press (September 15, 2000), page 80–81.
9.6 Don Hewitt, Tell Me a Story: Fifty Years and 60 Minutes in Television, PublicAffairs, October 1, 2002.
9.7 From “Winners of the First 1960 Televised Presidential, Debate Between Kennedy and Nixon,” by Sidney Kraus, Journal of Communication. Volume: 46. Issue: 4 (1996). Reprinted by permission of Oxford University Press.
9.8 Dana Bash, “Strikingly different debate prep approaches for McCain, Obama: Obama and McCain are starting to prepare for the upcoming debates,” CNN Politics, September 23, 2008, http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/23/strikingly-different-debate-prep-approaches-for-mccain-obama/.
9.9 Michael D. Shear, “Debate Praise for Romney as Obama Is Faulted as Flat,” New York Times, October 4, 2012, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/05/us/politics/after-debate-a-torrent-of-criticism-for-obama.html?hp.
9.10 Michael D. Shear, “Debate Praise for Romney as Obama Is Faulted as Flat,” New York Times, October 4, 2012, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/05/us/politics/after-debate-a-torrent-of-criticism-for-obama.html?hp.
9.11 https://twitter.com/billmaher/status/253680489850892289.
9.12 Black America Web, “‘The Big Chief’ Calls Home,” Black America Web, October 10, 2012, http://blackamericaweb.com/50182/the-big-chief-calls-home/2/.
9.13 Roger Simon, “Presidential debate: Obama snaps back hard,” Politico, October 17, 2012, http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1012/82509.html?hp=l5.
9.14 Janet Hook, “One Debate Goal: Sway the Swayable,” Wall Street Journal, October 2, 2012, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443862604578032742191911924.html?mod=ITP_pageone_2.
9.15 Peter Nicholas and Carol E. Lee, “Town-Hall Format Could Dull Barbs in Second Debate,” Wall Street Journal, October 15, 2012, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443624204578056904092211888.html?mod=ITP_pageone_2.
9.16 President Barack Obama and Former Gov. Mitt Romney Participate in a Candidates Debate, October 16, 2012, http://debates.org/index.php?page=october-1-2012-the-second-obama-romney-presidential-debate.
9.17 Moses Hadas ed., The Basic Works of Cicero, (The Modern Library, 1951), page 178.
Chapter 10: The Art of War
10.1 General Sun Tzu, The Art of War.
10.2 The First Gore-Bush Presidential Debate, October 3, 2000, http://www.debates.org/index.php?page=october-3-2000-transcript.
10.3 The Second Gore-Bush Presidential Debate, October 11, 2000, http://www.debates.org/index.php?page=october-11-2000-debate-transcript.
10.4 The Third Gore-Bush Presidential Debate, October 17, 2000, http://www.debates.org/index.php?page=october-17-2000-debate-transcript. [come back to this]
10.5 Critical Impact of Debates, http://debates.org.
10.6 Gerald F. Seib, “President’s ‘No Drama’ Style Is a Debate Asset,” Wall Street Journal, October 1, 2012, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443862604578030330341030930.html.
10.7 Gerald F. Seib, “President’s ‘No Drama’ Style Is a Debate Asset,” Wall Street Journal, October 1, 2012, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443862604578030330341030930.html.
10.8 President Barack Obama and Former Gov. Mitt Romney Participate in a Candidates Debate, October 16, 2012, http://debates.org/index.php?page=october-1-2012-the-second-obama-romney-presidential-debate.
10.9 MoJo News Team, “Full Transcript of the Mitt Romney Secret Video,” Mother Jones, September 19, 2012, http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/09/full-transcript-mitt-romney-secret-video.
10.10 President Barack Obama and Former Gov. Mitt Romney Participate in a Candidates Debate, October 16, 2012, http://debates.org/index.php?page=october-1-2012-the-second-obama-romney-presidential-debate.
10.11 RealClearPolitics, General Election: Romney vs. Obama, http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/general_election_romney_vs_obama-1171.html.
10.12 Glen Bolger, “The New Electoral Math, and What it Means for Polling,” Public Opinion Strategies, November 26, 2012, http://pos.org/2012/11/the-new-electoral-math-and-what-it-means-for-polling/.
Chapter 11: Lessons Not Learned
11.1 Thinkexist.com, George Santayana quotes, http://thinkexist.com/quotation/those_who_do_not_learn_from_history_are_doomed_to/170710.html.
11.2 Nate Silver, “First Debate Often Helps Challenger in Polls,” New York Times, October 3, 2012, http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/03/first-debate-often-helps-challenger-in-polls.
11.3 President Barack Obama and Former Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass., Presidential Candidate, Participate in a Candidates Debate, October 3, 2012, http://www.debates.org/index.php?page=october-3-2012-debate-transcript.
11.4 The First Kennedy-Nixon Presidential Debate, September 26, 1960, http://www.debates.org/index.php?page=september-26-1960-debate-transcript.
11.5 President Barack Obama and Former Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass., Presidential Candidate, Participate in a Candidates Debate, October 3, 2012, http://www.debates.org/index.php?page=october-3-2012-debate-transcript.
11.6 President Barack Obama and Former Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass., Participate in a Candidates Debate, October 22, 2012, http://www.debates.org/index.php?page=october-22-2012-the-third-obama-romney-presidential-debate.
11.7 Paul Steinhauser, “CNN Poll: Nearly half of debate watchers say Obama won showdown,” CNN Politics, October 22, 2012, http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/22/cnn-poll-who-won-the-debate/?hpt=po_t1.
11.8 The First Kennedy-Nixon Presidential Debate, September 26, 1960, http://www.debates.org/index.php?page=september-26-1960-debate-transcript.
Chapter 12: The Role Model
12.1 Schwarzkopf Press Conference, February 24, 1991, Courtesy ABC News.