Lowell Weicker, whom he defeated in a close race with conservative support.

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Mr Weicker's base is too narrow, and Mr Trump's too flash.

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Weicker, a Connecticut Republican, was defeated in his bid for a fourth Senate term in '88, and two years later was elected governor as an independent.

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Considering that the alternatives at the moment are Lowell Weicker, a thoughtful former governor of Connecticut and the epitome of the east-coast establishment, or Donald Trump, Mr Buchanan might well be right.

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So that he could observe the Sabbath, he famously sent a taped acceptance speech to the 1988 state convention that nominated him to run (and to win by a whisker) against the incumbent Republican, Lowell Weicker.

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