Republicans Have Zell Miller, We Have Steve Brozak

Tomorrow night a man named Steve Brozak, who is running for congress in New Jersey, will be speaking at the Democratic National Convention about terrorism and defense. He plans to tell them that John Kerry "offers a real vision ... for making sure we win the war on terror and making sure we have solutions for the Iraqi conflict." He is an ex-marine, ex-Republican investment banker who left his party because of their negative attacks on the patriotism of war veterans such as Max Cleland during the 2002 mid-terms (those ads and Paul Wellstone's death are the only reasons we lost the Senate). Brozak went on the say he saw too many Republicans with the "arrogant attitude that if you ask questions, you're considered disloyal." He is a moderate Democrat who will be hard to attack because of his background and will be a formittable candidate.
 
Though he is still a fiscal conservative and social moderate, I am glad to have this guy on our side. Being a military man himself, his split with the Republican Party over that issue is certainly understandable.  It is great that he was invited to speak at the convention, and even better that he will speak so strongly about Kerry's ability to protect America in the face of more of the Republicans' lies and distortions. Republicans might have that loon Zell Miller on their side this year, but I'm much more pleased to have Steve Brozak.