Lott may have made a "mistake" but he made it worse by trying to blow it off as if it didn't matter. I agree that this is totally trumped up by the DNC and the race baiters in the Congressional Black Caucus and of course, their willing allies in the press. It's disgusting but it's what is happening and the best way to deal with this is to cut our losses, replace Lott as ML, and get onto something else. The longer this goes on the worse it is for the Republican party.
I do suspect a certain amount of disingenuousness on the part of the conservative punditry though. They have never liked Lott and are seizing on this moment to call for his replacement. They are being just as opportunistic as the democrats.
The really, really sad part about all this is just as the Republicans were hitting on all cylinders, Lott makes this boneheaded statement and has set us back considerably. For that alone, he should be replaced. We don't need an idiot in as majority leader.
Bush has got to be pissed as hell and I am too. If Lott resigns from ML and then from his seat, he's a bigger idiot than I ever thought he was.
Sadly, the performances of many of the Republicans on today's talk shows struck me as being almost analogous to the disloyalty of Judas Iscariot. The conservatives are handing the leader they elected over to their enemies to be destroyed. Right or wrong, this is not our finest moment.