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IN 1986 Roger Eddy, a gentleman farmer, novelist, and former state senator, was preparing to be the Republican challenger to U.S. Senator Christopher J. Dodd (D., Conn.). Accordingly, Eddy traveled to Washington to pay court to Connecticut’s other senator, Lowell P. Weicker Jr.

Weicker was amiable, cordial, expansive, and encouraging. Eddy, surprised by the performance, quickly decided to capture it for posterity. Planting himself on a nearby stair, Eddy jotted down a sketch of Weicker’s free-flowing monologue. Some time later Eddy used those notes to reconstruct the scene in a newspaper essay, capturing perfectly the genius and the folly of the man many Connecticut Republicans love to loathe.

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IN 1986 Roger Eddy, a gentleman farmer, novelist, and former state senator, was preparing to be the Republican challenger to U.S. Senator Christopher J. Dodd (D., Conn.). Accordingly, Eddy traveled to Washington to pay court to Connecticut’s other senator, Lowell P. Weicker Jr.

Weicker was amiable, cordial, expansive, and encouraging. Eddy, surprised by the performance, quickly decided to capture it for posterity. Planting himself on a nearby stair, Eddy jotted down a sketch of Weicker’s free-flowing monologue. Some time later Eddy used those notes to reconstruct the scene in a newspaper essay, capturing perfectly the genius and the folly of the man many Connecticut Republicans love to loathe.