[Palladin]

Agree with your initial post. Lott is a Redneck Republican, out of synch with the majority of Republicans.
His mouth runneth over. He is a weak leader. He should step down from the leadership(not resign) and let someone with some smarts and statesmanship take over the helm.

Lott has made himself a liability. He is the stereotypical Mississippi bigot, and the Republicans don't need his kind around.

BTW, I was so glad to see Thurmond GONE--FINALLY! We don't need anymore of these living corpses dragging the party down.

Lott is a throwback to the segregationist era We don't need his kind either.

[Consort]

....Lott has made himself a liability....

Exactly. The Dems branded Buchanan as a bigot (which Pat never effectively responded to) and when Pat bolted the party, the Dems have been searching for a replacement ever since. Now they have Lott — served up on silver platter — and they are ecstatic. They were in disarray and fracturing their relations with the Black Community — now all that is changing, thanks to Lott.