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Book SynopsisShortly after taking office as Georgia''s appointed United States senator in 2002, following the death of incumbent Republican senator Paul Coverdell, former governor Zell Miller stunned the political world with his tilt away from a moderate-liberal to a conservative politician. He further shocked political leaders, particularly in his own Democratic party, when he openly embraced the candidacy of Republican president George Bush for reelection in 2004. In the interim, Miller voted for most of Bush''s conservative agenda in the Congress and lambasted his fellow Democrats, in and out of the Senate, as out of touch with contemporary American values. He also accused Democratic leaders of being overtly biased toward his native South. Most of these views were also expressed in his best-selling book, A National Party No More: The Conscience of a Conservative Democrat, which was published in 2003. This book investigates what some Democrats have called the Miller betrayal in the context of th
Table of ContentsPart 1 Preface Chapter 2 From the North Georgia Mountains to the Georgia State Capitol Chapter 3 In the United States Senate Chapter 4 The Return Home Chapter 5 Epilogue Part 6 About the Author Part 7 Index
