[jwalsh07]

He keeps the seat, but he quits leadership.

How does he do that? If he steps down, it's a tacit admisssion that he is a racist and a segregationist and I, for one, will be calling for him to resign because of that.

[Husker24]

He needs to step down for the good of the party, otherwise during the next election the media and the Dems will be harping that the Republican LEADERSHIP is headed by someone who supports segregation......etc..blahblahblah. A lot of our elections were close to 50% 50% and if the Black vote turns out in droves, well have a Dem. president and congress and nothing would be worse than that, especially if Hillary is at the helm.

[Poohbah]

How does he do that?

Simple. He steps down, and he gets ready for a rough and woolly campaign in 2006.

If he steps down, it's a tacit admisssion that he is a racist and a segregationist and I, for one, will be calling for him to resign because of that.

It's a tacit admission that he's an idiot.

[DB]

He does it by simply not running for majority leader.

[ApesForEvolution]

He can step down from leadership in a way which he only admits that he's a tacit fool and that it's time for someone else to try on the big shoes of leadership.