Yah, you don't seem to understand what you are saying.
Weicker endorsed HOWARD DEAN for President.
Miller endorsed Bush.
If I could vote for a Senate with 100 Zell Millers in it, I would.
Heck, I'd vote for 100 Joe Liebermans over Weicker.
If you are trying to say, that generally speaking, you'd rather a moderate R then a 'conservative' (so called) D, I think you are dead on. I certainly perfer the Lisa Murkowskis over the Ken Salazars of this world, but you chose poorly the people you meant to represent this conundrum, because Miller was one of the only D's that was actually better then most R's, and Weicker was one of the only R's that was actually worse then most D's.
Schwaeky, you are aware, are you not, that Weicker left the Republican party 16 years ago, aren't you ? He wasn't putting out feelers to run as a Republican... more likely putting out feelers to run as a DEMOCRAT or as a radical leftist Independent (which he still technically is, if he hasn't formally changed his party affiliation to 'Rat yet).