GIVE US ZELL :

Get ready, Zell. The train's headed your way (TOM BAXTER and JIM GALLOWAY, 9/03/02, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Word is out. Cynthia McKinney is not a write-in candidate for the U.S. Senate this year. That means we'll have to wait until 2004.

After McKinney's defeat, a message appeared on her Web site thanking supporters for their condolences and their thoughts about a campaign for the Senate. Tuesday was the deadline for all write-in candidates to register with the Secretary of State's office -- else their votes wouldn't be counted.

McKinney's name was not among them, which means Max Cleland can stop worrying. She was apparently talking about a possible challenge to Zell Miller in 2004. If the mountain man doesn't decide to abandon Washington.

In an ideal world Mr. Miller would be a Republican by then. Posted by Orrin Judd at September 3, 2002 11:01 PM