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Chair...regarding Trent Lott, I have to say that I agree with you. You made some excellent points. The way I look at it, Lott's not the sharpest knife in the drawer; however, I seriously doubt that the President would have advised him to RESIGN from the Senate. I think what President Bush did yesterday was to make it clear to the American public that Trent Lott made stupid remarks and he chastised him for them...in public. There are other prime examples of idiotic comments from MANY politicians...like Cynthia McKinney for example. Yelling like a banshee that President Bush ALLOWED 9/11 to happen in order to profit from it, then we find out that she accepted campaign contributions from some very sleazy organizations. THAT was the prime example of stupidity. However: the VOTERS were the ones who ousted her behind out, not the President. Here's the chronological order of how things happened and what I think will happen today:

1. Trent Lott made some remarks that were very stupid, but I don't believe he realized that what he said would cause such an uproar.
2. Lott apologizes (several times) in public for his remarks.
3. President Bush chastises Senator Lott on national TV for his remarks, distancing himself and his administration from Senator Lott.
4. Lott keeps on apologizing.

Okay, now here's what I think happened behind the scenes (and I'm only guessing, so don't put any stock in it)

President Bush does not want to lose the Senate Majority...because if Landrieu (sp?) had lost, we'd have 52 seats in the Senate, not 51. (Geez, I hope that's the right number!) IF Lott resigns from the Senate, we will be back at 50-50, with Dick Cheney having to cast the tie-breaking vote every time. I absolutely believe that the RATS would make it a tiebreaking vote as often as they could and this administration does not want that to happen. It would just add more fuel to the fire. It would give the RATS something to use against him in 2004, and you know they will.

This is what I think will happen at 5:30pm: Trent Lott will apologize (once again) for his remarks and issue a sincere apology to anyone who was offended by them. THEN he will announce that he will resign his position as the Senate Majority leader. This will give the Republicans a chance to get someone in there with some backbone, defuse the situation and the RATS won't be able to say a single thing. The President is a very smart man and he knows that there is something that has to be done, but he will not allow the RATS to benefit from this situation.

It will also relieve most of us if we can get someone in there who has some backbone. This is just my OWN opinion, of course.

Never doubt the leadership of George W. Bush. He's outfoxed many people and he's going to do it again.

p.s...if this has already been discussed and I am repeating the same thing over and over, I apologize. Deej