And Bush has come out in defense of Lott. The Senate elected him Majority Leader, it's their call to ask for his removal.
All of you complainers who have done nothing but belly-ache about Lott, have no idea what kind of skill it takes to get legislation to the floor while riding herd on the liberal GOP senators. Lott is extremely skillful at the delicate dance required on every vote. He's personally a bit too much like a televangelist for me, but if he wasn't good at his job Don Nickles would be Majority Leader.
He should not go.
**** Bzzzt! Wrong answer, Deb.
I'm both a state and federal lobbyist. I've seen firsthand that Lott is not skillfull at any dance, delicate or otherwise. Lott is an ineffectual, timid "leader."
The reason he is Majority Leader is not because he is good at his job. Lott is Majority Leader because the GOP Senate caucus likes having a weak, timid ineffectual "leader" to maximize their own individual spheres of power and influence.