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Robert George is a smart guy: I've met him a few times, and this article is exactly right. We don't need Lott. We'd be much better off without him at the top of the heap. Also, I don't think it would be that bad for the Republicans to tell him to take a walk. The Republicans should kick out the leadership when they become ineffective, much the same way a large corporation would. Treasury Sec. O'Neill just got a pink slip. Maybe it's time for Lott to get one too. He doesn't do anything except cut bad deals.

I think that there are only 2 reasons that Lott will be kept on as Sen. Maj. Ldr. Those are personal loyalty (which seems to account for a lot in the Senate, especially in leadership races) and fear of caving in to liberal interest group pressure at this point. The Republicans in the Senate should have asked Lott to resign his post privately back when only conservatives/libertarians were criticizing Lott for this comment and before Jesse Jackson seized the issue and began his regular grand-standing procedures. This would have been a nice example of conservatives policing their own ranks.

Although I do not think he is a racist, I do think that Lott is somewhat of a ham-fisted, inelegant, and ineffective poltical leader who has a penchant for sticking his foot in his rather large mouth. I think these remarks can be attributed not necessarily to racism, but rather to a pattern of downright foolishness (which has been an undeniable feature of Lott's career).

I have an additional reason to wish that he would resign as majority leader. As a Mississippian, I am just tired of our politicians embarrassing us on the national scene with these kind of stupid remarks.

Besides, I'd love to see Mitch McConnell as the Senate leader. :-)

The Republicans should kick out the leadership when they become ineffective, much the same way a large corporation would. Treasury Sec. O'Neill just got a pink slip. Maybe it's time for Lott to get one too. He doesn't do anything except cut bad deals.

It is unlikely that there will be a better opportunity to make the change. Dubya should leap on it and get it over quickly.