I hear that Lott is now saying Rumsfeld should resign. is that right?
I think he said something along the lines that Rumsfeld should only stay on for another year. Lott's real problem though is that no one pays attention to him anymore. For Washington types, I suspect that is the ultimate humiliation -- which is probably why he piped up on Rumsfeld as a sure fire way to get paid attention to.
What's really going on with a number of Republicans on the Hill is that they are pushing to see just how far they can go with (and get from) the President this term. Some of them are also test-driving possible presidential runs themselves in '08. Remember four years ago when Jeffords and some of the other liberal Republicans pulled similar crap. In the end, Jeffords wound up cutting his own political throat.