[Green Knight]

Think about it. While his switching parties would hand control back to Republicans, he'd appear just as craven and spineless as Jumpin' Jim Jeffords. Have no idea if the guy even wants to switch parties. But if he does, he'd probably want to do it in a much more classier way. Not right after he was elected as a Democrat by his constituents and purely for his own gain the way Jeffords did it.

[Trust but Verify]

He could make his case to the voters in Georgia for switching parties in one sentence. Tom Daschle is putting the nation in peril by undermining the President at every turn.

[Paleo Conservative]

Think about it. While his switching parties would hand control back to Republicans, he'd appear just as craven and spineless as Jumpin' Jim Jeffords. Have no idea if the guy even wants to switch parties. But if he does, he'd probably want to do it in a much more classier way. Not right after he was elected as a Democrat sic (Republican) by his constituents and purely for his own gain the way Jeffords did it.

Zell Miller has a lot more leverage over the Senate by remaining in the DemcRAT party than by leaving it. Switching parties is usually something that a younger politician would do. Zell Miller came out of political retirement, because of the untimely and unexpected death of Paul Coverdale. If he were 25 years younger he might have switched, but it's not worth it now.