Their right hands raised, their hopes displayed either in the determined set of their jaws or the shine of their smiles, 17 U.S. Governors (out of 35 elected or re-elected in 1962) took their oaths of office. Among them were two pre-eminent possibilities for the 1964 Republican Presidential nomination: New York's Nelson Rockefeller and Michigan's George Romney. The contrasting styles of their inaugural addresses gave a fascinating glimpse of the vast difference in their political situations.
Anyone who had any lingering doubt that Rocky was already off and running toward '64 could...
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