Zell Miller

'Buckwild,' new MTV reality show, draws wrath of W.Va. senator

2012-12-11 10:24:00

WASHINGTON -- Although states are usually eager for Hollywood to come calling, U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia is asking MTV to cancel a TV show that he says "plays to ugly, inaccurate stereotypes” of his state. "Buckwild" has been compared...

The Obama-McCain veepstakes

2008-06-11 00:00:00

Today's question: Name your VP for both parties. Click here to read previous installments from this week's Dust-Up. Obama's and McCain's picks should amplify their messages Point: Ezra Klein The veepstakes, huh? I guess it was unavoidable. I'll say,...

How desperate is McCain?

2008-10-08 00:00:00

Today's topic: What's lurking out there that could fundamentally reshape the race, or are the basic story lines all in place? What if Osama bin Laden were captured? What if more banks fail? Previously, Welch and Crayton discussed the changing demographics...

The Democrats' 'Poster Boy'

2004-07-18 00:00:00

Max Cleland has just finished speaking at the Veteran's Memorial in downtown Anchorage when the swarm begins, people lining up 14-deep for a chance to meet the former Democratic U.S. senator from Georgia. He looks almost regal, perched on a white pillow...

Kerry, Bush Debate Missing Iraq Explosives

2004-10-27 13:58:00

President Bush, moving to contain an issue clouding the final days of his reelection campaign, today accused John Kerry of denigrating U.S. troops by making "wild charges" about missing explosives in Iraq. Kerry, appearing in Rochester, Minn., shot...

GOP Retains Control of Congress

2004-11-03 11:56:00

WASHINGTON — Republicans retained control of both the House and Senate in Tuesday's elections, extending their decade-long domination of Capitol Hill as they swept up victories across the South and unseated Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle of...

Bush Describes the Nation as 'Confident and Strong'

2004-01-21 00:00:00

President Bush declared Tuesday in his State of the Union speech that the use of force abroad and deep tax cuts at home had allowed America to turn back its two largest threats -- terrorism and recession -- and that the nation had emerged from its...

Maryland lawmakers want — finally — to ratify the 17th Amendment

2012-01-16 19:37:00

Two Democratic lawmakers in Annapolis want to spur a debate about the influence of money in politics and send a rebuke to tea party leaders by having the General Assembly ratify the 17th Amendment to the Constitution, which required that U.S. senators...

Cheney: Tax cuts, security, game plan

2008-07-23 13:29:56

by Mark Silva Vice President Dick Cheney - the "magic man'' of the Bush administration, in the words of the now-renowned Scott McClellan - stirred up the Republican faithful last night in New York, scene of the party convention that......

Rudy to Be GOP's keynoter

2008-08-20 16:30:16

Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor whose Republican presidential bid failed earlier this year, will be the keynote speaker at the GOP Convention in St. Paul, the GOP confirmed today. Giuliani likely will highlight what he will......

Same riff, different year: Koch goes for Rep. King

2008-08-22 04:30:13

Sen. Joe Lieberman (due to serve at the GOP convention as this year's Zell Miller) is relatively new to the partisan apostasy game. For decades, ex-Mayor Ed Koch has traded on his being an enrolled Democrat to help Republicans he......

Georgia's Miller: 'Far left liberal agenda'

2008-11-15 16:24:13

by Mark Silva Good ole' Zell Miller. The former Democratic governor of Georgia, who delivered the keynote address at the Republican National Convention in 2004 with his passionate appeal for President Bush and stern warnings about Sen. John Kerry, has.......

Vice President Dick Cheney addresses the delegates at the Republican National Convention Wednesday, joining a scathing attack on John Kerry by Georgia Sen. Zell Miller, himself a Democrat.

2004-09-01 00:00:00

Georgia Sen. Zell Miller lambasted a fellow Democrat, John F. Kerry, in his keynote speech.

2004-09-01 00:00:00

Former Georgia governor George Busbee,who once campaigned as "a workhorse, not a show horse," died Friday, July 16, 2004, after collapsing at the Savannah, Ga., airport from an apparent heart attack. He was 76. Busbee was Georgia's governor from 1975 to 1983.

2004-07-19 00:00:00