Our friend Zell Miller is back...

[Ben.]

You'd think Miller would have been used effectively by the Republicans in the South.  He could campaign for Perdue, Corker and Allen and could probably sway a few conservative Democrats.

Allen maybe, but Miller was close to Barnes and probably wouldnt dream of backing Perdue... as with Corker, I'm not sure, Ford stikes me as one of the few Democrats of whom Miller would be very supportive of.

So i get the sense that Miller is only backing Santorum becuase he's a friend of his, indeed Ford and Santorum are meant to get along quite well... as nutty as Santorum is he does seem to be somone who's friends are very loyal and attached to, regardless of his poltics... and that's one reason why Miller is, so far, only openly supporting him rather than doing as he did back in '04.

[Ben.]

 I can't believe he'd support Santorum over Casey; the latter should be exactly his type of Democrat.

Casey is now a puppet of the Dem establishment and Zell has liked Santorum for awhile.

Miller seems to be attempting (in his own totally useless way) to bolster Santorum's campaign rather than hammering Casey, as Phil says Santorum and Miller are fairly close (and as i have said Santorum seems to get on, at a personal level, with plenty of Democrats)... I wouldnt expect any sweeping endorsments from Miller as there where two years ago.

[Ben.]

I'd figure Lieberman is Zel's idea of a Democrat.

On national secuirty perhaps, but Lieberman is way too liberal for a pol like Zel, the thing is he states he's trying to articulate a conservative democrat position on the issues... but he withholds suppor from the likes of Lincoln, Landrieu, Casey and Ford.