Lott resigns from U.S. Senate

KATC.com ^ | 12/19/2007 | ap

[The Pack Knight]

I was hoping Barbour himself would take Lott’s Senate seat at some point.

[Eddie01]

Awesome.

[Jet Jaguar]

Could Barbour appoint himself?

[pyx]

I'm not happy about losing one of my senators.

[A. Morgan]

Lott spoke on C-span, I’ve omitted most of ‘em here, Lott vows
to persevere toward failure, and to do it back home. Everyone here smiled hearing that.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Well, he’d resign and the Lt Governor would appoint him, but it would be a bad show for him to do that, given that he was just reelected as Governor last month. Voters don’t look kindly on that sort of office-swapping, even with popular Governors.

[spyone]

What a spectacular failure he was.

[Jet Jaguar]

Nodding, thanks.

[Jet Jaguar]

The son of U.S. Sen. Trent Lott secured the Web site domain Breauxlott.com in October, a month before the powerful Mississippi Republican announced his retirement and former U.S. Sen. John Breaux, D-La., revealed he was going to open his own lobbying firm.

http://www.2theadvocate.com/opinion/12550191.html

[Henchster]

Mississippi Republican Trent Lott officially resigned from the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, ending a 35-year career in which he reached the of height of power before falling from grace and climbing his way back to the top.

The TOP? This closet queen has been long overdue to be thrown out, not allowed to resign. The deal he cut on "Power Sharing" when the Senate was 50-50 and we had Cheney to break the tie was the end. The Dems would have NEVER done that. They would have laughed, just like they did when Al Gore came in and voted to affirm the BIGGEST tax increase in history.

Lott needs to be drummed out, and then his Lobbying license needs to be revoked.

[paul51]

Lott resigns with five years left in his current six-year term. He served 16 years in the U.S. House before moving to the Senate in 1988

good argument for term limits

[Melas]

I guess it’s time for him to move on to other things. He’ll be missed.

[The Pack Knight]

He could do as fieldmarshaldj said, but I wouldn't recommend it.

I'm not from Mississippi, but I'm not terribly excited about Pickering or Wicker. Both have piss-poor records in the House when it comes to fiscal issues. If they're indicative of Barbour's preferences, then maybe it's a good thing Barbour isn't going to be a Senator any time soon. I hope that's not the case.

I don't know much about Brent Warr, except for the fact that he seems to have done an good job during Katrina. If nothing else, it'd be good to have a fresh face in the Senate.

[TBP]

Could Barbour appoint himself?

Not officially. but he could cut a deal with the Lt. Gvoernor wherein he resigns and the Lt. Gov. appoints him.

That happened in Minnesota after Mondull became VP, but it backfired, as the Dimmycraps lost the governorship, the Senate seat, and the other Senate seat that had opened up by the death of Senator Humphrey.

[Defiant]

He’ll be missed

By the Dems.

[Brad from Tennessee]

LOTT SORTA THREATENS RUSH LIMBAUGH WITH THE FAIRNESS DOCTRINE

LOTT: . . .I think that was the mistake that was made with immigration. Talk radio defined it without us explaining that there were reasons for it and the good things that were in it. So the onus is not on them. It’s on us to do a better job of communicating what we’re trying to do. . .
— and I will support their right to tell their side of the story, right, left, or the middle, forever. I don’t think in this Fairness Doctrine it would try to require that there be X-amount on both sides is fair. So, you know, it’s caused quite a stir, but, you know, it goes with the territory.

http://radioequalizer.blogspot.com/2007/06/rush-limbaugh-trent-lott-talk-radio.html

[SoConPubbie]

Good Riddance!

[VeniVidiVici]

"U.S. Sen. Trent Lott has informed Vice President Dick Chaney, the president of the U.S. Senate, that he is retiring as the U.S. Senator for the state of Mississippi

Must be a new guy.

[Grunthor]

Uh, bye.