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Alexander mulling minority whip post in Senate, replacing Lott
Knoxville News Sentinel ^
| 11/26/7
| Michael Collins
Posted on 11/26/2007 1:11:51 PM PST by SmithL
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Trent Lott’s decision to resign from office may open the doors for U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander to win an influential leadership position in the Senate.
Aides to Alexander said today that the Maryville Republican is considering running for the minority whip position currently held by Lott. The minority whip is the Senate’s No. 2 Republican.
“Sen. Alexander is looking at all options and will be having conversations throughout the day,” said his spokesman, Lee Pitts. “We’ll be making a decision soon about what, if anything, that he plans to do.”
Alexander ran for whip last year but lost to Lott by just one vote.
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TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: 110th; alexander; lott; whip
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posted on
11/26/2007 1:11:55 PM PST
by
SmithL
To: SmithL
Lamar is lame,
We want Jeff Sessions.
2
posted on
11/26/2007 1:13:18 PM PST
by
NeoCaveman
("Don't doubt me" - The Great El Rushbo)
To: NeoCaveman
Right, we need to look to better men and better Republicans and better conservatives to be replacing Lott, not Lamar ... possibly Coburn, Cornyn, DeMint, Ensign, Inhofe, Sessions or Vitter.
I'd like to see Sessions replace Mitch McConnell.
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posted on
11/26/2007 1:18:04 PM PST
by
K-oneTexas
(I'm not a judge and there ain't enough of me to be a jury. (Zell Miller, A National Party No More))
To: SmithL
Welllll, Trent is a eunuch and so is Lame Alexander - no improvement there.
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posted on
11/26/2007 1:19:39 PM PST
by
MarkT
To: NeoCaveman
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posted on
11/26/2007 1:20:25 PM PST
by
stephenjohnbanker
(Pray for, and support our troops(heroes) !! And vote out the RINO's!!)
To: MarkT
Replace one Establishment loser with another. Great.
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posted on
11/26/2007 1:22:32 PM PST
by
CalvaryJohn
(What is keeping that damned asteroid?)
To: MarkT
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posted on
11/26/2007 1:22:40 PM PST
by
Rodm
(Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings)
To: SmithL
Alexander does not have the back bone to do what must be done.
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posted on
11/26/2007 1:27:10 PM PST
by
depressed in 06
(Bolshecrat, the amoral party of what if and whine.)
To: K-oneTexas
I agree on all but Vitter.
Great conservative, but he needs a few years to live down the whole hooker thing.
9
posted on
11/26/2007 1:27:15 PM PST
by
NeoCaveman
("Don't doubt me" - The Great El Rushbo)
To: NeoCaveman
I agree with you but it strikes me that the Rats never take time to live anything down. Still happy to see that gay caballero Lott go. Watch him get rich now. Like all our overlords.
Regards
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posted on
11/26/2007 1:30:32 PM PST
by
ARE SOLE
(Agents Ramos and Campean are in prison at this very moment.. (A "Concerned Citizen".)
To: NeoCaveman
LaMarr Alexander and “whip” just do not belong in the same sentence...
Jeff Sessions sounds good, maybe John Cornyn.
11
posted on
11/26/2007 1:31:02 PM PST
by
padre35
(Conservative in Exile/ Isaiah 3.3)
To: SmithL
When hell sucks buttermilk. John Kyl!
12
posted on
11/26/2007 1:35:09 PM PST
by
dbacks
(Taglines for sale or rent.)
To: ARE SOLE
Still happy to see that gay caballero Lott go. Watch him get rich now. Like all our overlords.Hastert & Lott will probably start there own lobbying firm. Sorry excuses for Congressional "Leadership"
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posted on
11/26/2007 1:37:27 PM PST
by
NeoCaveman
("Don't doubt me" - The Great El Rushbo)
To: NeoCaveman
Great conservative, but he needs a few years to live down the whole hooker thing. At least we KNOW he ain't gay!................
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posted on
11/26/2007 1:38:13 PM PST
by
Red Badger
( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
To: padre35
LaMarr Alexander and “whip” just do not belong in the same sentence...Yes they do.
When Lamar was a governor and proposed taxing the internet I wanted to whip some sense into him.
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posted on
11/26/2007 1:38:20 PM PST
by
NeoCaveman
("Don't doubt me" - The Great El Rushbo)
To: Red Badger
At least we KNOW he ain't gay!................Maybe we need to run him for President.
"David Vitter 2008, the straight choice".
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posted on
11/26/2007 1:39:20 PM PST
by
NeoCaveman
("Don't doubt me" - The Great El Rushbo)
To: SmithL
Although I have his circa 197? campaign poster on my wall, I’m not a gung ho supporter. He doesn’t really make it in the big leagues.
My take is that he does nothing without instructions from Howard Baker’s office
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posted on
11/26/2007 1:44:06 PM PST
by
bert
(K.E. N.P. +12 . Moveon is not us...... Moveon is the enemy)
To: SmithL
18
posted on
11/26/2007 1:49:47 PM PST
by
Bahbah
To: ARE SOLE
Is Lott eloping with Larry Craig?
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posted on
11/26/2007 2:08:16 PM PST
by
BlackElk
(Dean of Discipline of the Tomas de Torquemada Gentlemen's Club)
To: SmithL
A sqweeshy republican,just great.Jeff Sessions is my pick.
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posted on
11/26/2007 2:10:10 PM PST
by
HANG THE EXPENSE
(Defeat liberalism, its the right thing to do for America.)
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