[Right_in_Virginia]

Okay, let's say everything you say is true. Was Lott's mishandling of this enough of a reason to abandon him and undue the results of the midterm election?

Where, I wonder, would we be now with this story if we had circled the wagons and said "no" to another borking of a Republican?

Conservative, not liberals, fueled this fire. I just hope the whole house of cards doesn't go up in flames.

[Wait4Truth]

I think conservatives WERE truly outraged. I know I was. If Lott cared about the Party, he would step down as ML and remain in the Senate. That would not undo an election. It would just make the statement that the Republican Party and President Bush do not stand by Lott's comments - or his record of making comments like this in the past. IMHO, he cooked his own goose by the way he handled this whole thing initially - which only showed he didn't think he really did anything wrong. It is not just Democrats that are angry at Lott.

[Dave S]

Was Lott's mishandling of this enough of a reason to abandon him and undue the results of the midterm election?

The only one that can undue the results of the midterm election is Lott. On the other hand, he can step down, shut up and serve MS in the Senate for the next six years in relative obscurity.

[The Great Satan]

Where, I wonder, would we be now with this story if we had circled the wagons and said "no" to another borking of a Republican?

The Dems did that, remember, when we went after Clinton. How has it payed off for them?