I don't see how that could possibly be relevant, here. I can't imagine Bush saying anything negative about anyone -- including Daschle. He's far too subtle for that. Bush showed by his actions that he was extremely unhappy with Lott's comments. Bush did not lobby to keep Lott - --
I imagine Bush was pretty peeved when Lott was caving (again) on affirmative active, - Lott hung Pickering out to dry on BET -- Well, first thing Bush does is announce that he's not backing down from the Pickering nomination. He's sticking to his guns.
Bush is a real man. Lott is a girly-man. People have a tendency to prefer their own kind. It was better for the Dems if Lott remained in power, then they could get him to "keep his promise" over Pickering, affirmative action, etc ... and keep the Republicans off message. Bush had enough of that crap.
Girly-men: 0 Bush: yet another point