[ssantomaur]

Lott has been a terrrible Majority Leader with he weak spine. It would be better for the conservative cause if steped down as majority leader, but remained in the Senate. He made an off hand remark to pay a compliment to a retiring collegue that was blown out of proportion. He should stick it to the Dems on the way out by proposing a change to Senate Rules that no Klansman or Former Klansman (aka Robert Byrd) can Serve as a Committee Chair or Ranking Member. Let's see how the Hypocrite Rats try to weasel out of that vote to punish one of their racist collegues.

[spokeshave]

DING DING DING....we have a winner....

"He should stick it to the Dems on the way out by proposing a change to Senate Rules that no Klansman or Former Klansman (aka Robert Byrd) can Serve as a Committee Chair or Ranking Member. Let's see how the Hypocrite Rats try to weasel out of that vote to punish one of their racist collegues.

[Brookhaven]

Lott has been a terrrible Majority Leader with he weak spine.

Which is why so many conservatives were quick to call for Lott to step down from a leadership position over this.

You know the old saying "dance with the one that brought you". Lott has spent too much time courting moderates and failing to push conservative bills. Now, when he needs the help of the party base to keep his post, he doesn't have it.

The base only sees him as a liability as a leader. There is no conservative argument for keeping Lott as leader. "Let's keep Lott so he can keep watering down the conservative agenda." That's not going to win much of the party base to his side.