Some " Conservative " columnists / pundits have come out against Lott; not all.
What you have failed to grasp, is that many of those , here, screaming for Lott's head on a platter, are fringers ; not GOPers at all. They have taken every single opportunity, to trash the GOP, President Bush, and those here, who have supported them. Others, who are part of this slice & dice Trent movemenet here, fall into two catagories : 1) those who aren't all that politically savvy to begin with 2) a very few, who are. The second group also has a subgroup...Southern FREEPERS, who aren't racists, but feel impelled to scream for Lott's head, to prove that they aren't.
The fact of this matter is, that this is a tempest in a teapot ( rather than a " TEAPAOT DOME " ! ) , which has gotten out of hand. It all started out with the sound & fury from the usual suspects ( Jesse Jackson , James Carville, etc.; but THREE DAYS AFTER THE EVENT!), as they do with just about EVERYTHING a Republican says / does ... only this time, the spark caught and the fire has become a phyrric victory.
Lott is NOT going to be forced out, by a combination of Dem activists, greedy, rivals, who salivate after being the SML, CYA poltroons, who don't have the guts / spine / gonads to stand up against this phony onslaught, and a rabid pack of political naifs, here, who just don't get it.
Fine, stay with your delusional pals; your a bunch of lemmings, who have been goaded into a false position. And, before you even attempt to tar me with the " Lott supporter " brush, you should know that I have wanted ( and said so ! ) Trent gone, far longer than you've been a member here !