A National Party No More: on Government Reform


Democratic Party does not represent the values of the South

Obviously, Southerners believe the national Democratic Party does not share their values. The most important values for Southerners are related to the questions of money and trust. National security is a value. Fiscal responsibility is a value: if you don’t look and act as if you are serious with people’s money, they won’t trust you. [They feel that government] needlessly wastes taxpayers’ hard-earned money.
Source: A National Party No More, by Zell Miller, p. 3,15,16 Oct 1, 2003

Civil service is corrupt and must be reformed

Presently we’re operating under a system of governmental gout and personnel paralysis. Despite its name, our civil service system has nothing to do with civility. It offers little reward for good workers. It provides lots of cover for bad workers.
Source: A National Party No More, by Zell Miller, p. 70 Oct 1, 2003

Soft money from special interests is bribery

I’m angry because of the thoughtless and needless waste of taxpayers’ hard-earned money. Angry because soft money--big money--from special interests to both parties controls things in a way that is nothing short of bribery.
Source: A National Party No More, by Zell Miller, p.68 Oct 1, 2003

  • The above quotations are from A National Party No More, by Sen. Zell Miller (D, GA), Oct. 2003.
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Candidates and political leaders on Government Reform:

Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015:
GA:Chambliss(R)
IA:Harkin(D)
MI:Levin(D)
MT:Baucus(D)
NE:Johanns(R)
OK:Coburn(R)
SD:Johnson(D)
WV:Rockefeller(D)

Resigned from 113th House:
AL-1:Jo Bonner(R)
FL-19:Trey Radel(R)
LA-5:Rod Alexander(R)
MA-5:Ed Markey(D)
MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R)
NC-12:Melvin Watt(D)
SC-1:Tim Scott(R) 		Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:
AR-4:Tom Cotton(R)
GA-1:Jack Kingston(R)
GA-10:Paul Broun(R)
GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R)
HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D)
IA-1:Bruce Braley(D)
LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R)
ME-2:Mike Michaud(D)
MI-14:Gary Peters(D)
MT-0:Steve Daines(R)
OK-5:James Lankford(R)
PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D)
TX-36:Steve Stockman(R)
WV-2:Shelley Capito(R) 		Retired House as of Jan. 2015:
AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R)
AR-2:Tim Griffin(R)
CA-11:George Miller(D)
CA-25:Howard McKeon(R)
CA-33:Henry Waxman(D)
CA-45:John Campbell(R)
IA-3:Tom Latham(R)
MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R)
NC-6:Howard Coble(R)
NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D)
NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R)
NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D)
NY-21:Bill Owens(D)
PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R)
UT-4:Jim Matheson(D)
VA-8:Jim Moran(D)
VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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