Sen. Lott Weighing Re-Election Campaign

AP via Yahoo ^ | 12/17/05 | AP via Yahoo

[peyton randolph]

GULFPORT, Miss. - U.S. Sen. Trent Lott (news, bio, voting record) says personal losses he suffered because of Hurricane Katrina will weigh on his decision whether to run for re-election in 2006.

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Another consideration, he said, is that he is "so disappointed with the (Bush) administration's response to this disaster that I'm almost embarrassed."

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[stratman1969]

I don't think it is entirely about the response to Katrina. I think this has to do with his resentment at having to surrender his spot as Majority Leader after the Strom Thurmond birthday party fiasco.

[Brilliant]

My advice to Lott: Don't bother.

[Veto!]

.to which I can only add Sayonara.

[I got the rope]

Agreed...Lott is another "Brokeback Republican."

[fieldmarshaldj]

Taylor is a VERY erratic individual. He won't be winning anything statewide. Chip Pickering will be the next Senator.

[InterceptPoint]

We'll really miss you. Please close the door on your way out.

[Recon Dad]

Don't let the door hit you in the ass. Lott leads the charts on being on both sides of every issue and totally spineless.

[pointsal]

Let him go join a barber shop quarter and sing about the good old days.

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

Gene Taylor could probably win, although I doubt he's going to run, so it's not really worth debating.

[OldFriend]

Dear Mr. Lott. GOODBYE AND GOOD RIDDANCE

Sorry about your house tho, I'm sure that hurts.

[AzaleaCity5691]

Suppose it was Taylor and Pickering in a statewide race (it could be next year, though something tells me Lott won't retire, cause he's about got invincibility and he has old scores to settle)

But back to Taylor v. Pickering, explain to me, if all things are equal, how would Pickering make up for the huge defections in the coastal counties that Taylor's running would cause

Because in Mississippi, if you're a Democrat, you have to get enough votes in the Delta and North Mississippi to cancel out eastern and coastal/southern Mississippi.


Taylor running screws up that dichotomy, so how exactly would Pickering make it up, regionally speaking?

[Turborules]

Ditto

[wardaddy]

you and me and a handful of others...i never liked the PC attack on him

and he is angry over W and Rove's part in it

so he got them back over the Harriet affair

he shoulda let it ride now

he's hardly poor and his brother in law is a near billionaire

[ErnBatavia]

Hey Trent...here, hold this!

[EricT.]

I've had no use for this plastic @sshole since he tied the hands of the House lawyers during the Klintoon impeachment. Get bent Trent!

[geezerwheezer]

Gee, losing Trent Lott is like losing part of myself....like maybe a migraine headache or an infected tooth!

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

Coburn, Kyl, Inhofe...

There are a few others, but for the most part you're right.

[GretchenM]

he is "so disappointed with the (Bush) administration's response to this disaster that I'm almost embarrassed."

I'm so disappointed in Lott's "service" that I AM embarrassed by it.

If you want my pre-campaign input, Senator, let someone else take a turn at being a public servant.

[Liberty Valance]

ROFLMAO!

Has anybody got that pic of Trent with the feather in his cowboy hat? I can't stand that guy.

;o)