Joe Richardson, he knew, was a die-hard Democrat.

He has remained a die-hard Democrat - the party of the little man.

"It's weird," said one die-hard Democrat, a tobacco-industry executive who refused to be named.

She appeals to blacks, the elderly and die-hard Democrats, but has virtually no support among conservative Republicans and Cuban-Americans.

She used to call herself a "die-hard Democrat," but that has all changed because of you.

The rest of the year this die-hard Democrat puts those same skills to work as a political king.

Ms. Cohen said her family of die-hard Democrats were appalled when she told them she was voting for Mr. Bush.

The building's namesake, Mr. Farley, was a die-hard Democrat.

"There are a lot of die-hard Democrats who think it's awful that he's here," said Debbie Holmes, a local real estate agent.

How had he been before the Mule had Converted him from the die-hard Democrat that he was.