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I see the Washington Post article goes on to say this:

Yet, in a sign of the Lott camp's concerns, some allies are quietly suggesting to GOP senators that Lott might resign from the Senate if he is forced out as leader, a move that could jeopardize the party's one-seat majority. Mississippi Gov. Ronnie Musgrove (D) presumably would appoint a Democrat to replace Lott, they note. That would leave the Senate evenly split, enabling Democrats to regain the majority if they could persuade a moderate Republican to switch parties.

A source close to Lott dismissed the scenario, saying, "it would be a cold day before Trent Lott gives his seat to a Democrat governor."

That's still a far cry from the CNN report.

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This bluff will be called when the next dirt on the Lott is dug up. The Lott is going on BET next week to give us a taste of the pandering we're in for the next session from our Leader, the Lott. However, this is what the RATS want from him, so if they've tenderized him to enought already to get what they want, the RATS may not pounce on him but rather want to keep him in place as their white guilt GOP tool.

A source close to Lott dismissed the scenario, saying, "it would be a cold day before Trent Lott gives his seat to a Democrat governor."

That's still a far cry from the CNN report.

Lott's supporters here on FR were already using that blackmail as a stick to try and drive conservatives here into the Lott defense lines the night before last.

It POed me greatly then, and it still does now.

There is always a danger to attempting blackmail...the danger that the intended victim may spit in your eye. Well, conservatives are spitting mad, let me tell you.

I've been saying it for 36 hours, and I'll say it again...if Trent Lott resigned his Senate seat, and tipped the scales of the Senate back towards Daschle, his name and his reputation would be soiled forever...

There is only one way this works out for Trent Lott or for George Bush or for the Republican Party in any semblence of going forward as a united party...for Lott to step down immediately as Majority Leader, but to stay in the Club.