Table of contents
Foreword ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xv
1 Let There Be Light 1
2 The Road to Kansas City and “The Last Great Convention” 3
3 Scenes from Childhood—A Bad Boy’s Tale 19
4 To Rochester…and on to “The Halls of Ivy” 35
5 The Paper Chase 49
6 Enter “R. Rosenbaum, Esq.” 57
7 “All Politics Is Local” 71
8 They Said It Couldn’t Be Done: Rochester Goes Republican 81
9 His Honor, the Judge 89
10 Rocky and Rosie 103
11 Enter “The Iron Chancellor” 12
12 Watergate and Beyond 135
13 Rocky and the Vice Presidency: A Tough Fight 143
14 Rockefeller: The Sunset Years 157
15 Farewell to Rocky 169
16 “Next Year in Jerusalem” My First Trip to Israel 175
17 “Mr. Clean” Comes Home 181
18 Rosenbaum for Governor 187
19 Getting Integrated 197
20 “New York, New York…It’s a Wonderful Town!” 209
21 Rosenbaum v. George and John Bush 217
22 In the Running…Again 223
23 A Change in Employment 233
24 Another Rosenbaum Joins the State’s High Court 241
25 The Changing Nature of the GOP 247
26 Advice from an Old Lion (Who Still Has His Teeth) 255
Afterword 259
Appendices
A Rockefeller to Rosenbaum Letter, June 10, 1975 261
B “Toward Regional Presidential Primaries” 263
C Rockefeller to Rosenbaum Support Letter 264
D Rockefeller to Rosenbaum Letter, December 23, 1976 266
E Rockefeller to Rosenbaum Letter, January 18, 1979 268
Index 273
Press
Rosenbaum writes a lively, thoroughly readable book including many episodes from Governor Rockefeller's various presidential candidacies. --Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
The author has always had energy to burn. It comes through loud and clear in this very enjoyable book. --Donald J. Trump
This is a true political insider's book by a political insider and well worth reading. --Christine Todd Whitman, former Governor of New Jersey
