Blessed and Bewildered

He says he's ready to run on that record. "Having been a trial lawyer, I've been called every name in the book, so [criticism] doesn't bother me," he says. "I know what I do and I know what the facts are. I still feel I have the best job in the whole world."

And -- even after one shitstorm after another, after his integrity's been impugned, after being compared ceaselessly to the iconic Johnny Holmes -- you can still ask him "How're you doing?" and learn one thing: He's blessed.

Daniel Kramer

Texas memorabilia, Cigar Aficionado magazine and Sun Tzu: Rosenthal in his lair.

Daniel Kramer

Holmes's long shadow lives on.

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