[newgeezer]

Is it just me, or did ol' Zell finally grow some testicles at the very moment he decided to retire?

Because, it sure seems as if having that Kennedy/Harkin/Daschle/Clinton/Schumer 'D' after his name suited him just fine, so long as reelection was Job Number One. Where was ol' Zell when Jeffords bolted and gave Senate control to those Dems he's having so much fun criticizing lately???

Perhaps I'm missing some significant fact in all of this. Otherwise, p*ss on him and his too-little, too-late testosterone fit.

[newgeezer]

Perhaps one or more of you Zellites can set me straight (please refer to my #14).

Now that he's got nothing to lose (e.g. the seat, the prestige, the pension, the whatever-else-goes-with-it), the 'real' Zell shows up? Yeah, what a stand-up guy, indeed.

Maybe he's going out with a 'bang' in hopes of causing everyone to take notice of and remember the 'real' Zell as a stand-up guy, a patriot's patriot. In that case, maybe nothing's changed after all; the real Zell cares about Zell.

If I'm wrong, I'd love to hear about it.

[cwb]

While your point is valid, it is never too late. The damage his book, his interviews and his statements/memo are doing to his party are being felt.

[Fledermaus]

I agree. He was even quoted to his face, by Tim Russert on "Meet the Depressed" what he said about Republicans just a year or so ago...it was typical DNC talking point attacks.

He tried to brush it off but didn't do a good job of it. Then just last night on Brit Hume's show, Brit asked him if his criticism of the Dems was timed with his new book. He said, "no, that didn't even occur to me". Yeah, right.