It was worth voting for Zell Miller, just to listen to him talk about democrats on the federal level. Also, I have liked most of the actions he has taken in D.C.
The reason Republicans' lost the Senate was because of one traitorous RINO.
In Washington, where less than 5000 (1500 ?) votes - all of which could have been challenged as illegal democrat votes) turned out a republican.
In Missouri, where a dead man was "allowed" to remain on the ballot, in the contest (by the locals), voted in as "his wife" as the cadidate by the demo's, and then voted in by illegal ballots cast after hours, and by illegal voters....
In GA, where a sitting republican died in office, and was arbitarily replaced by a democrat by the governor's decree.
In New Mexico, also wehre tainted ballots elected a false democrat winner.
In CT, where a democrat, (Lieberman) was allowed to run twice (as a senator and as a VP candidate) although previous Senate pressure and rules forced the withdrawal (and resignation!) of republican senators who campaigned for national office.
In New York, where blantant illegal campaign funding of Hillary's campaign by national (White House) funding gave her extra expsoure and (for exampel) where upstate homes were given national oil reserves as winter gifts.
SOUTHERN DEMOCRAT SENATORS-- LIFETIME CONSERVATIVE RATING
Lincoln (D-AR)...20%
Carnahan (D-MO)...28%
Graham (D-FL)....18%
Nelson (D-FL)....16%
Cleland (D-GA)....8%
Miller (D-GA)....60%
Breaux (D-LA)....47%
Landrieu (D-LA)...11%
Sarbanes (D-MD)....5%
Mikulski (D-MD)....6%
Bingamen (D-NM)....12%
Edwards (D-NC).....10%
Hollings (D-SC)....38%
Byrd (D-WV)........28%
Rockefeller (D-WV)...9%
NORTHERN REPUBLICAN SENATORS-- LIFETIME CONSERVATIVE RATING
Stevens (R-AK)....64%
Murkowski (R-AK).....83%
Craig (R-ID)........94%
Crapo (R-ID)........93%
Fitzgerald (R-IL)....88%
Lugar (R-IN)........78%
Grasley (R-IA).......82%
Brownback (R-KS).....97%
Roberts (R-KS)......86%
Collins (R-ME)......60%
Snowe (R-ME)........51%
Burns (R-MT)........87%
Hagel (R-NE)........82%
Smith (R-NH).......96%
Gregg (R-NH)......80%
DeWine (R-OH)......82%
Vonoivich (R-OH).....76%
Smith (R-OR).........76%
Spectre (R-PA).......41%
Santorum (R-PA)......85%
Chaffee (R-RI).......44%
Those are the numbers from the American Conservative Union. Backers of the conservative movement in America since Goldwater in '64.
Looking at FACTS isn't too fun when you want to sit on your high horse and scream about the evil Yankees, is it? Most of your "conservative" Democrats are further left than Jeffords. The national DNC can't wait to foist the likes of John Edwards and Max Cleland on the rest of us. And you yellow-dogs keep electing them. A whooping two or three of your "moderate" Democrats (Breaux, Miller, etc.) managed to score about the SAME rating as a some New England RINOs (that means they vote like Olympia Snowe and Arlen "Scottish Law" Specter), so if you're happy with that, then that's your problem. Enjoy your CFR, open borders, and taxpayer funded pork projects. No one with a "conservative" rating of 40% is going to get my vote in EITHER party.
Of course, statements like yours that prove the article's point. Dixiecrats have NOT "joined" the Republican Party. They're still Dixiecrats. You guys have blindly voted Democrat for 120 years and show no sign of stopping. Grandpa voted for FDR Dems and so will you. It's unfortunate that REAL southern Republicans have to deal with your bad judgment. If it weren't for yellow-dog 'RATs, guys like Fritz Hollings would have been gone YEARS ago.
Fortunately, Southern DemonRATS never run head-to-head against Yankee Republicans except for POTUS, and every Southern GOPer I've seen is more conservative than his RAT counterpart, and likewise in the North. Both Daschle and Gephardt are full-bore Socialists and to support them in the Leadership vote and in other partisan battles is to surrender any serious claim to Conservative Values. Despite Dubyuh's inexplicably-weird tilt to the Left in favor of his "Compassionate" brand of Conservatism, relatively-speaking the GOP is still far to the Right of the unabashedly-collectivist RATS.
FReegards...MUD