Aw, give him some slack. He'd probably had a few too many when he said it.
Like Zell Miller, I would expect the mass exodus of joe six pack to continue, leaving, first, their party in spirit, like Zell and others actually switching to a different party.
I would imagine by now there is not a person on this forum board who has not had a family member or friend leave the dem party. I certainly have. In a way, it is kinda sad...good people were manipulated by genuine thugs who stole their party in a greedy effort to amass money and power; dropping all pretense of moral or ethical vision.
The word democrat has become like a dirty word, a genuine dirty word...because of the folks like those named here who are so willing to hurt others to win. There are folks out there (my sister and brother-in-law included) who have left the party out of shame. (In fact...they have a GWB bumper sticker on their car...which is how I first learned of their awakening!)