[Torie]

Sometimes things get over-analyzed. It would seem to me that if the caucus thinks Lott staying is more of a liability for them than his going, and have good reasons for that, then exactly what Lott did to whom, and who he is, and what he believes, tend to fade into irrelevancy. I don't see quite how his being dumped = charging he is a racist. Fairly or unfairly, given the pace of events, he himself has simply become the issue, and a liability, would be the brief against him, and one Lott himself should recognize, if it is in fact the case, is a respectable reason for him to be replaced. The work of the GOP caucus in the Senate is not about defending Lott's honor per se. It is about furthering its agenda. That is where the focus should lie. Whatever.

[EternalVigilance]

Sometimes things get over-analyzed. It would seem to me that if the caucus thinks Lott staying is more of a liability for them than his going, and have good reasons for that, then exactly what Lott did to whom, and who he is, and what he believes, tend to fade into irrelevancy. I don't see quite how his being dumped = charging he is a racist. Fairly or unfairly, given the pace of events, he himself has simply become the issue, and a liability, would be the brief against him, and one Lott himself should recognize, if it is in fact the case, is a respectable reason for him to be replaced. The work of the GOP caucus in the Senate is not about defending Lott's honor per se. It is about furthering its agenda. That is where the focus should lie. Whatever.

I totally agree. Well said.

Except for the 'whatever' part...I hate it when my teenagers say that! LOL...