In sum: To everyone actually in Congress, Arthur was far too liberal to be taken seriously. To everyone who had put him there, Arthur wasn’t liberal enough.
“I suppose you might be wondering at this point how I know all this.”
Frankly, I’ve been wondering *this* almost the entire book. This little throwaway chapter is just throwing the readers a bone.
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