Georgia Senator and life-long Democrat Zell Miller said he’s backing George W. Bush for president. In his new book, “A National Party no More: The Conscience of a Conservative Democrat” he warns the Democratic party that it can’t treat the South as if it’s “gone with the wind” and hope to win. Tonight, On Point: Zell Miller, the Democratic Party and the white Southern vote.

Guests:

Senator Zell Miller, he has been Georgia’s senator since
2000 and is a former two-term governor of Georgia. In Congress he has worked to lower taxes, improve education and support the war on terrorism. His most recent book is “A National Party no More: The Conscience of a Conservative Democrat.”

James Cobb, professor of the history of the American South, University of Georgia. His upcoming book is, “Old South, New South, No South: A History of Southern Identity”

Jack Beatty, On Point News Analyst