[beckett]

Who doesn't have "racial skeletons," Boy, in your world of "integrity" where no one has ever sinned, no one has ever said anything they wish they hadn't, and all must tiptoe on egg shells because of the chips on the shoulders racial opportunists wear as badges of honor?

You're misinterpreting what is happening here, IMHO. Lott's failure of political leadership has damaged his party. Leadership is not about "fairness." It's about the proper use of power. By his own act Lott hurt his party's hard won ability to wield power and attract adherents. He's got to go. Nobody's trying to lock him up. We just don't want him to have a national voice in our party.

[habs4ever]

Why not wait until June to see if Lott's failed? Bush is setting the agenda and maybe Lott is the best person capable of steering it through the Senate...Bush is the national voice, not Lott.Lott's job is to get the votes, if possible, so that requires TRIMMING.

It's very premature to call him failure before he's had a chance to work with Bush and a Majority, don't you?

[sinkspur]

You're misinterpreting what is happening here, IMHO. Lott's failure of political leadership has damaged his party

I'm not misinterpeting anything, beckett.

The race pimps see an opening to damage the GOP, and the GOP is allowing them to do it.

And the "canonized conservatives", who've hated Trent Lott since impeachment, see an opening to kick him out the door. If he goes out branded a "racist," they could care less.