Reply #: Liberal by Georgia standards- but pissed off many Liberals with

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his vote for Clarence Thomas to sit on the Supreme Court. He beat Paul Coverdell in Nov 96- but lost a run off election in a very close race. Thats my take, (at the time I was still leaning right myself) I didn't vote for Coverdell or Fowler- But supported the Libertarian in the race. The Libertarian presence in Nov. election is what caused the runoff. The Georgia Democratic party changed the run off law after Fowler lost. That is when Georgia Democrats had thick control of the State. Way back when Zell was a good sort of progressive Governor. It is hard for many outside of Georgia to believe- but Zell was a good Governor. Ask my fellow progressive Georgian Mike Malloy- who briefly mentioned that last night on his show.