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==Reservations about Reagan==

==Reservations about Reagan==

Shell planned to run again for governor in 1966. [[Max Rafferty]], a native of [[Louisiana]], also considered running that year but instead successfully sought his second and final term as superintendent of public instruction, a nonpartisan position. In his 1998 work ''Triumph of the Right: The Rise of the California Conservative Movement'', Kurt Schuparra called Shell "embittered" because the former Assemblyman believed that he should have the support of the conservative base that he had served so long and faithfully. Vernon Cristina, a Shell loyalist from 1962, tried to talk his friend out of running and instead to support Ronald Reagan. "You don't have the ingredients to win," said Cristina. Goldwater asked Rus Walton, who had been Shell's 1962 campaign manager, to convince Shell to defer to Reagan, but Walton declined to deliver the message to his old friend.<ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=3nCSp-SylBQC&pg=PA111&lpg=PA111&dq=Joe+Shell&source=web&ots=o3jq19LFxO&sig=RjDdVs9hT7swmKmGR68TMBmNqaA&hl=en</ref>

Shell planned to run again for governor in 1966. [[Max Rafferty]], a native of [[Louisiana]], also considered running that year but instead successfully sought his second and final term as superintendent of public instruction, a nonpartisan position. In his 1998 work ''Triumph of the Right: The Rise of the California Conservative Movement'', Kurt Schuparra called Shell "embittered" because the former Assemblyman believed that he should have the support of the conservative base that he had served so long and faithfully. Vernon Cristina, a Shell loyalist from 1962, tried to talk his friend out of running and instead to support Ronald Reagan. "You don't have the ingredients to win," said Cristina. Goldwater asked Rus Walton, who had been Shell's 1962 campaign manager, to convince Shell to defer to Reagan, but Walton declined to deliver the message to his old friend.<ref name=draftgoldwater/>

Ultimately, Reagan sealed up conservative support. Shell hesistated to support Reagan: he questioned Reagan's late conversion to the party and some of the leftist associations that Reagan maintained during the 1950s, when he had nevertheless supported Eisenhower for President. Reagan went on to secure the nomination by defeating former San Francisco [[Mayor]] George Christopher, a Greek American who had been Nixon's lieutenant governor running mate in 1962. Shell claimed<ref>''San Francisco News'', May 18, 1965.</ref> that Reagan had earlier promised to support him for governor, an assertion that Reagan denied.<ref>http://urocresolution1975.blogspot.com/2007/09/blog-post.html; http://books.google.com/books?id=ZyNnemM0-osC&pg=PA56&lpg=PA56&dq=Joe+Shell&source=web&ots=Yaq55kFTeG&sig=zbejpPNL0qV6S8pI8fKOiHQUxms&hl=en#PPA58,M1</ref> Reagan financial backer Holmes Tuttle pleaded with Shell to support Reagan and offered him a leading role in the campaign, but Shell demurred.

Ultimately, Reagan sealed up conservative support. Shell hesistated to support Reagan: he questioned Reagan's late conversion to the party and some of the leftist associations that Reagan maintained during the 1950s, when he had nevertheless supported Eisenhower for President. Reagan went on to secure the nomination by defeating former San Francisco [[Mayor]] George Christopher, a Greek American who had been Nixon's lieutenant governor running mate in 1962. Shell claimed<ref>''San Francisco News'', May 18, 1965.</ref> that Reagan had earlier promised to support him for governor, an assertion that Reagan denied.<ref>http://urocresolution1975.blogspot.com/2007/09/blog-post.html; http://books.google.com/books?id=ZyNnemM0-osC&pg=PA56&lpg=PA56&dq=Joe+Shell&source=web&ots=Yaq55kFTeG&sig=zbejpPNL0qV6S8pI8fKOiHQUxms&hl=en#PPA58,M1</ref> Reagan financial backer Holmes Tuttle pleaded with Shell to support Reagan and offered him a leading role in the campaign, but Shell demurred.