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.