Lott furor singes Bush Distraction threatens White House agenda, relations with Senate 12/20/2002 By DAVID JACKSON / The Dallas Morning News WASHINGTON - As Trent Lott fights for his political life, President Bush and his aides are starting to get bruised. A White House eager to press its agenda with a Republican-run Congress may have to scale back its ambitions, analysts said, lest they be tagged as "Lott Republicans" who care nothing about civil rights. The fallout over Mr. Lott's perceived nostalgia for the segregated past also threatens the president's relationship with Senate Republicans, not to mention black voters...
