Zell Miller

Zell Bryan Miller (born February 24, 1932) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Georgia. A Democrat he served as Governor of Georgia from 1991 to 1999 and was a United States Senator from 2000 to 2005. In the last years of his career, he split from his party to back Republican President George W. Bush over contender John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election and since 2003 has frequently criticized problems he sees in his own party.

References

• 2001 Mar. 1, Miller's introductory speech for Kerry in Atlanta, transcript. http://web.archive.org/web/20010714233408/http://miller.senate.gov/speeches/030101jjdinner.htm
• 2004 Apr. 7, Bart Acocella (McAuliffe's speechwriter), The Gadflyer, "Zellhole", http://gadflyer.com/articles/?ArticleID=65. Terry McAuliffe's speechwriter discusses Miller's then-recent speeches and A National Party No More.
• 2004 Jul. 31 Sat., Zell Miller, Wall Street Journal, "See Y'All in New York".
• 2004 Aug. 27 Fri. 8:59 AM PT, Michael Crowley, Slate, "Zell Miller: Why the Democratic Senator Loathes Democrats", http://slate.msn.com/id/2105700/.
• 2004 Aug. 30 Mon., David de Sola, C.N.N., "The politics of music", ¶21-23, http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/29/gop.music/index.html. Includes quotes from the "Deficit of Decency" speech.
• 2004 Sep. 1; Wolf Blitzer's, Judy Woodruff's and Jeff Greenfield's interview with Zell Miller]; C.N.N.; transcript at http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0409/01/se.03.html.
• 2004 Sep. 1, Hardball with Chris Matthews, interview with Zell Miller, transcript at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5892840/, MSNBC News.
• 2004 Sep. 2 Tue., Scott Henry and Mara Shalhoup, Creative Loafing (Atlanta), "Follow the Bouncing Zell".
• 2004 Sep. 2 Wed., Andrew Sullivan, The Daily Dish, post for 12:21:48 AM, http://www.andrewsullivan.com/index.php?dish_inc=archives/2004_08_29_dish_archive.html#109409893313020605.
• 2004 Sep. 2 Wed., Jim Galloway, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Fellow Georgians far from lukewarm".
• 2004 Sep. 2 Wed., New Donkey, "Dogs of War", http://www.newdonkey.com/2004/09/dogs-of-war.html.
• 2004 Sep. 2 Wed., Jonathan Cohn, The New Republic, "Zellotry", http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=express&s=cohn090204.
• 2004 Sep. 2 Wed. 12:38 PM, Kevin Drum, Political Animal, "Zell Miller Roundup", http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2004_09/004615.php, Washington Monthly.
• 2004 Sep. 2 Wed., Josh Marshall, Talking Points Memo, post for 01:52 PM EDT, http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2004_08_29.php#003412.
• 2004 Sep. 2 Wed., Michael Barone, U.S. News & World Report, "The Jacksonian Persuasion", http://www.usnews.com/usnews/opinion/baroneweb/mb_040902.htm. Positive review of Miller's speech at RNC04.
• 2004 Sep. 3 Wed., Glenn Kessler and Dan Morgan, Washington Post, "GOP Prism Distorts Some Kerry Positions".
• 2004 Sep. 3 Wed.; Andrew Sullivan; The Daily Dish; posts for 1:50:57 PM (http://www.andrewsullivan.com/index.php?dish_inc=archives/2004_08_29_dish_archive.html#109423381998967517), 3:11:13 PM (http://www.andrewsullivan.com/index.php?dish_inc=archives/2004_08_29_dish_archive.html#109423867326644544), 4:31:06 PM

(http://www.andrewsullivan.com/index.php?dish_inc=archives/2004_08_29_dish_archive.html#109424352602424565), and 8:33:40 PM (http://www.andrewsullivan.com/index.php?dish_inc=archives/2004_08_29_dish_archive.html#109425802086713760).

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• Ex-Pres. Jimmy Carter's letter to Zell Miller, sent the weekend after the RNC04, http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2004_09_05.php#003438.
• 2004 Sep., Washingtonian, "Best & Worst of Congress". "Inside the Beltway" poll of what Capitol Hill insiders think of various Congresspersons, incl. Zell Miller.
• 2004 Nov. 4, Stephen Dinan, Washington Times, "Stoic losers disdain change", ¶21-22.
• 2004 Nov. 2, Eleanor Clift, Newsweek online, "'We Need to Heal'", http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6392183/site/newsweek/. Interview with Jimmy Carter; includes an opinionated discription of Miller's governorship.
• SpeakOut.org, On the Issues, lists of votes and statements by Miller, http://ontheissues.org/Senate/Zell_Miller.htm.
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