UPDATE: A Deficit of Decency

Update: One of my highly-placed sources tells me that Miller still considers himself to be a Democrat. This would appear to conflict with my point (below) that there are no prominent Democrats of principle in that party.

I believe, however, that the two positions are not inconsistent. In his previous book, A National Party No More: The Conscience of a Conservative Democrat, Miller wrote that he did not leave the Democratic party, the Democratic party left him. Zell is a member of another Democratic party, the party that had members like Hancock, Harry Truman, John Glenn (it's still a pretty short list :-). Today's Democratic party, the party of Bill Clinton, Ted Kennedy, Harry Reid, et al has been hijacked by special interest groups. It may have the same name, but it is not the same party.

While we're on the subject, you should get A National Party No More: The Conscience of a Conservative Democrat at the same time you order A Deficit of Decency.