[rintense]

Heh. Something like that. Bush may be playing chess with his foreign policy, but he's playing tiddlywinks with the Lott issue.

[Republic of Texas]

I think Bush wants a STRONG Majority Leader. If it's someone else, fine. If he see's Lott is going to survive, he will come to his aid (now that he has properly scolded him). Lott is only in this position, at this point, because he has proven to be weak in the past.