[mikeb704]

Bush has his man over the Senate, the right was seen to clean its own ranks. . .

A coupla quick points:

It really should be up to the legislative branch, not the executive, to pick its own leadership I think. On the second part, I believe the perception will not be, as you say, that the right cleaned its own ranks, but that Leftist pressure can toss Republicans onto a guilt trip that'll cause them to cave in.

[gcruse]

Tom Daschle was giving Lott a bye. The left was too smart to interfere in our internal war. Problem for them is, they were better off with Lott as lightning rod. No, the Democrats didn't pull this off.