The Weldon File

Political Pros Aren’T Fools When It Comes To Buying A Senator. They Know The Same Ambition That Drives Someone To Run For The United States Senate Causes The Would-Be Candidate To Suffer From Selective Amnesia About Dirty Little Secrets From Way Back When. That’S Why The Candidate’S “Exploratory Committee” Secretly Hires A Research Firm To “Get There First With The Worst” Before The Decision Is Made To Launch The Campaign And Expose The Candidate’S Background To Opposition Researchers Investigative Journalists And Bloggers. There’S No Point In Investing Big Bucks In A Candidate With A Ticking Time Bomb In His Or Her Past. . Morrie Rives Scion Of A Politically Prominent Washington Dc Family Is Mired In The 'All But Dissertation' Limbo Of A Ph.D. And Carrying On An Affair With Karen Trophy Wife Of The Business School Dean. When Karen Drives Home Drunk From One Of Their Trysts She Hits A Hitchhiker. She Drives On Reporting To The Police Next Day She Must Have Hit A Deer. Morris Gets Roped Into A Cover-Up And Abruptly Leaves Town. . In Dc Uncle Jack Rives Finds Morris Some Work--Counter-Oppo Research For Minder Associates Known To Insiders As Ruthlessly Effective. The Subject Is Larry Weldon Former Lieutenant Governor Now Potential Candidate For Governor. Weldon'S Reputation Is Pristine The Whitest Of White Hats. Or Maybe Not.. Morris Follows The Trail Across Sleepy Southern Towns And Exclusive Golf Resorts Learning Of Possible Will Fraud Adultery Even Murder. While Morris Pursues Weldon'S Hidden Past His Own Past Pursues Him. A Collision Occurs Shaking The Foundations Of Morris'S Cynicism.