[hinckley buzzard]

How is that like the election in Iraq?

Simple. Because the GOP senators knew Lott had the votes to win. To vote against him would leave the sinner open to retribution. Nickles counted the votes and knew he couldn*t dislodge Lott, for the reasons stated above, so he ducked the issue.

C*mon Sinkspur, you*re no fool. You know, if you think about it, no senator is going to go on a suicide mission and vote against his own Majority Leader, unless he knows the guy is a dead man walking. Lott was not, when they voted, anywhere near the corpse that he is today.

[sinkspur]

Because the GOP senators knew Lott had the votes to win.

If he's been such a weak leader, how come he had enough votes to fend off a challenger?

[billhilly]

" Lott was not, when they voted, anywhere near the corpse that he is today."

Would it be rude to suggest that a buzzard would be more likely to recognize a corpse than most of us? #;^)