[Austin Willard Wright]

The job of majority leader is simple: to keep his troops in line. Lott has failed to do this repeatedly. Hastert for all his vices is much better at this.

[habs4ever]

Ok, get someone else who can find the middle ground between a Chafee and a Kyl or Inhoffe and a Snowe..a guy that gets Bush's tax cuts through in '01 can't be altogether a putz, same with getting the capital gains tax cut from 28% to 20% in 1997..under Clinton.He isn't a Whip, he does what is possible...and it's why the Senate is such a frustrating body filled with pompous gasbags.

I think Lott has a better idea of what is possible than anyone on FR and his lifetime ACU rating of 93 may just back that up.