[sboyd]

Coverdell was a good senator. He was the first (R) senator from GA to get re-elected since Reconstruction. Barnes, who is a loyal (D), really regrets apointting Zell because he is basically a (R). I have been dealing with Miller as long as I can remember. He was LT Gov here in the 80's.

[votelife]

between appointing Roy, and losing to Perdue, Barnes is probably finished in GA!

[Kuksool]

Actually the first GOP Senator elected from the Peach State in the 20th Century was Mack Mattingly in 1980. He lost in his re-election bid to RAT Wyche Fowler in 1986. Then in 1992, Pubbie Paul Coverdell defeated Fowler. Coverdell died of a heart attack in 2000. Zell Miller beat Mack Mattingly in a special election that year. The Senate seat currently held by Zell tends to swing back and forth between the parties. Next year will be no different.