I still love this clip where Miller puts it to Chris: Spitballs. That was a metaphor. You know what a metaphor is don't you Chris Matthews? - Miller, who served as gov. when a Democratic City Hall & a Democratic state Capitol operated in utterly separate worlds, is fascinated by the working relationship between Gov. Deal & Mayor Kasim Reed.

Jim Galloway of the AJC's Political Insider also takes us down memory lane with an update on Zell Miller.

Jim writes:

Miller, who had given the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in 1992, played the same role for Republicans in 2004 – damning Democrat John Kerry for his alleged plans to fight world terrorism with “spitballs.”

The last glimpse that most Georgians had of Miller was his vein-popping, post-speech interview with MSNBC’s Chris Matthews. “I wished we lived in the day when you could challenge a person to a duel,” Miller snapped that day.

Miller, who served as governor when a Democratic City Hall and a Democratic state Capitol operated in utterly separate worlds, is fascinated by the working relationship between Deal, a Republican, and Mayor Kasim Reed, a Democrat.

It is tempting to write that Miller, one of the most confrontational politicians ever to haunt the Capitol, has mellowed. And it is true that Miller is interested in rebuilding some of those bridges that have been burned over the years.

But it would be more accurate to say that Miller has turned inward. At times, he is his own harshest critic. Take that 2004 televised confrontation with Matthews.

“That was terrible. I embarrassed myself. I’d rather it had not happened,” Miller said. “But Chris Matthews is not one of my favorite people.”

You didn't embarrass me Governor. I was watching it live and loved ever minute of it.