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