[FreedomFlyer]

Fortunately, most of the Freepers have been good on this issue, but there are a few who seem to think that we have to support Lott because he is our Bill Clinton.

If it was CLEAR that this strategy would work--trying to drag this out for months until Democrats and honest Republicans give up trying to oust him--then one might at least contrast expediency with having a solid, effective leader. But the likeliest outcome of allowing Lott to stay is the destruction of the Republican majority. When the censure motion is passed next month, Lott will undergo yet another round of calls for his ouster, and the Republican Party will be effectively dead.

The cockiness that everyone warned of hit the Republicans only a month after the election--thinking that they can ride this out without spending all of their moral capital.

The question is: Can Bush recover if he waits another day to call publicly for his ouster?

[EternalVigilance]

The question is: Can Bush recover if he waits another day to call publicly for his ouster?

I don't know about the 'recover' part...but I do know this. Lott needs to go to his backbench or his chairmanship sooner rather than later...and he needs to say that he has paid the price for his error, and then just shut up and stay away from the camera...and then let the rest of us get on with the nation's pressing business...especially the new Majority Leader.

[habs4ever]

Bush is in trouble over this, now? He needs to "recover"? He's in a freefall and his Presidency is in peril?

Where did you get these talking points?

[fooman]

good pts and I see both sides. Damn. I wish we had won SD NJ and LA so that we would not have to do game theory for everything that happans in the senate.