It's because of politicians like Miller that people hate politics. The man is either an opportunist, a traitor or just simply insane.
Would you say the same thing about Lincoln Chaffe or Jim Jeffords? Or Miller is an admirable man for sticking to his values and principles instead of blindly following his party? What do you have to say to this?
Did Chaffe have some big conversion?
Not sure how you can lump Zell in with a lot of people of both parties who have switched.
No Chafee was liberal for a early to mid 2000's Republican. By the time he took over his father's US Senate Seat the Republicans were pretty much a Southern Party. I think he would have fit in better pre-Gingrich Revolution 1994 with the Party.