You're naive, my friend.
If the Republicans can't keep a "racist, segregationist" in the Majority Leader role, what makes you think Sheila Jackson Lee, Elijah Cummings, and the Amen Chorus at Free Republic will allow him to stay as a measly Senator from Mississippi?
Based on your "principle," he will have to quit altogether, which will put us one Lincoln Chaffee away from the minority again.
I part company strongly with you on this, Poohbah. You really haven't thought this through. But, you're in good company, as Free Republic has turned into a pit of Maniacal Madness over the last 48 hours.
Wave some red meat in front of FReepers who are nursing grudges, and they react like mad dogs.
The Senator and his constituents are going to have to have a long talk in 2006.
Based on your "principle," he will have to quit altogether, which will put us one Lincoln Chaffee away from the minority again.
Sorry, I do not agree.
I part company strongly with you on this, Poohbah. You really haven't thought this through. But, you're in good company, as Free Republic has turned into a pit of Maniacal Madness over the last 48 hours.
As long as Lott is in leadership, any partisan filibuster has a figleaf of principle to cover it. I don't want that.
Wave some red meat in front of FReepers who are nursing grudges, and they react like mad dogs.
I've carried the water for Trent Lott for a long time, and this is how the jerkoff repays me.
Sorry, sinkspur. IMNHO, the man has got to go.
"Allow him to stay as a Senator?"
Good Lord... Jackson Lee and Cummings aren't even Senators themselves. Don't you think you're over-dramatizing just a bit?
They have no power of his seat. He's an elected Senator from the State of Mississippi. This may be an ignorant question but when do they vote on majority leader for the next Congress or have they already voted? Seems the simple way would be for the Republican Senators to run Nickles against him and Lott loses. Unless its too late for that.