And it was Weizman himself, the old left's favourite son, who helped deal it the fatal blow.
In the past, business as normal has meant choosing a favourite son to deliver a state or region.
Mr Rudd's home state of Queensland, where he is still a favourite son, will be crucial in the election.
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For in seeking to redefine the party, Mr McCain is only doing what the favourite son, George W. Bush, is also doing more fitfully.
But if Mr Brown is the favourite son, Mr Blair, despite being younger, enjoys a more avuncular role, exploiting his slight distance from the party to tease it, lecture it, and tell it one or two home truths.
Underneath the frustration on both sides lies a shared wish: to recapture a glimmer of the magic that illuminated the state eight years ago, before scandal tarnished both the state and the man who should be its favourite son.
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Hardly anyone has the sort of favourite-son status that can deliver big blocks of votes.
Nevertheless, Lennon is widely regarded as a favourite Celtic son and will be afforded an ocean of goodwill by supporters desperate to wrest the league title back from their Old Firm rivals.
My favourite speech has to be the one when her son got lost in the desert.
Willy Twiston-Davies, the 16-year-old son of Imperial Commander's trainer Nigel, rides the favourite Baby Run in the Foxhunter Chase, the race immediately following the Gold Cup.
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