state would be that he'd be handed the wide-open republican nomination in the senate race to run against democrat plait hooe. jack mcmull sn was a zilli zillionaire, he was smooth, knew exactly what he was doing, and there was no one else in the republican field for senate. so it really seemed like he had very clear sailing for that race in 1998, until a man named fred tuttle came along. >> you need to say fred tuttle, very clearly. can you tell me your name? >> fred tuttle. >> you see, when you say it, it sounds like you're saying is fury turtle. fred tuttle. >> fred tuttle. fred tuttle! fred tuttle! fred tuttle! >> spread fred, fred tuttle, vermont dairy farmer, lived in vermont all of his life, expect for when he was serving his country in world war ii. fred tuttle basically charmed the pants off of vermont,