It does appear that Lott will be the Majority Leader in January. At first I didn't know how I thought the Republicans should handle this. I thought, politically, Lott was finished. I had mixed emotions about that, because I think he has always been ineffective as a leader.
I now think it vital that he stay on, and the Democrat and their press wing are the reason I think this way. Anyone that thinks a Lott capitulation will cause all this to go away is delusional. They will simply go after his replacement with the same zeal.
The question is how compliant Lott will be in dealing with Democrats in the future. After al, his past wimpiness has availed him zip in this issue. Is there hope that the last week will effect an infusion of spine in Lott for January and beyond?
All this Strom Thurman stuff aside, the fact that the Senate Republican Caucus can't do better than this jellyfish disturbs me. It disturbed me before last week, but now that he is really damaged goods, and what with the inevitable collateral damage caused to the GOP because of him and the fact he STILL won't step aside as Majority Leader or even be challenged from within, tells me that the entire Republican Caucus in the Senate is made up of cowards and weaklings.