[billhilly]

"Gosh, I wonder what IS in Trent's FBI file? Giving this treacherous harridan any influence is a huge mistake. How is such idiocy contrived other than blackmail?"

The senate minority (oh, how nice that sounds) would confer those duties, not Trent Lott, even though he is worthless.

[MHGinTN]

Okay, but my point was, why would the daschhle dogpile confer upon her such honor unless the FBI files she holds would give her power to blackmail a quisling like Lott.