GIVE 'EM ZELL!:

Georgia senator to be GOP keynote speaker (The Associated Press, August 19, 2004)

Sen. Zell Miller of Georgia, a Democrat who long ago endorsed President Bush for re-election, will deliver the keynote address at the Republican National Convention, party officials announced Thursday.

Miller will speak on Wednesday at Madison Square Garden in New York on the third night of the convention.

"In 1992, Senator Miller delivered the keynote address in the very same arena at the Democrats' convention," GOP chairman Ed Gillespie said in making the announcement. "We're honored he'll be taking the stage at the Garden this year for President Bush."

The perfect capstone to the process by which the Democrats squandered the opportunity to be the party of the Third Way and left it to George W. Bush to seize it for the GOP. Mr. Miller hasn't changed, the parties have.

Posted by Orrin Judd at August 19, 2004 6:12 PM