Give 'em hell, Zell!
Actually, I'm glad he's not going to change parties. That old gentleman will die a Democrat. I understand the phenomenon. He's a Southern Democrat. Even though his party was highjacked by wackos, he sure as hell ain't leaving. He was there, first, after all. He's not going to let them kick him out of his own house.
I heard him speak during the non-filibuster filibuster last year. He sounds just like a preacher.
I think if you called him a Truman Democrat to his face, he would take it as a compliment.