[zerosix]

Perhaps but the WH folk definitely did NOT care at all for Trent Lott. Guess they thought he was "too independent."

Actually, I believe that Frist did exactly what the WH wanted even though it appeared not to be the case publically.

[George W. Bush]

...the WH folk definitely did NOT care at all for Trent Lott.

He publicly celebrated and gloated over some of our defeats. Personally, I think the old Dixiecrat might have threatened to switch parties to the Dims if they hadn't given him the #2 slot. I'm not kidding. He's a snake. Well, a smooth political snake but still...

The White House was smart to oppose Lott.

[staytrue]

Perhaps but the WH folk definitely did NOT care at all for Trent Lott. Guess they thought he was "too independent."

BOTTOM LINE: Democrats can have a "macacca" moment and get away with it, for Republicans, it is one strike and you are out. It is the unwritten rule of politics.