Some blame Lott for tough GOP defeat in Mississippi

TheHill.com ^ | 5-19-08 | Susan Crabtree

[43north]

[The senior statesman’s decision...]

Trent Lott is many things; statesman is not one of them.

[stockpirate]

IMHO, Lott started the decline of the conservative movement when he rolled for Bill Clinton and did the late night deal that let him off the hook.

This struck a blow deep in the conservative soul.

Lott is worse then a RINO, he betrayed us in the worse way.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Amen, bro. Lott was once a force for good, but he turned to the dark side of the force. What a disappointment and waste.

[scrabblehack]

You could say the same of Baker (LA-6).

[okie01]

...negative feelings likely won’t linger too long, considering Lott’s 25 years in Congress and lifelong contribution to the party.

Lott's "lifelong contribution to the party" pretty much consisted of being there -- a state that was of dubious value.

[Impy]

This was, in part, a regional contest. There has long been a regional and economic rivalry between the Tupelo area and the Memphis suburbs, and Tupelo-based candidates have long been elected there. While Travis Childers’ home town is Boonville rather than Tupelo, he was seen as having much more in common with the local folk there than Greg Davis, who was seen as a Memphis city slicker. It’s not so much that Davis was a bad candidate personally, but that too many people thought that the polished suburban mayor wasn’t “one of us.”

I hate this ignorant sentiment. Of course the GOP did nothing to combat it.

[fortheDeclaration]

Lot’s wife, however, was turned to salt.

LOL!

[yongin]

There is a Dem poll showing Musgrove leading Wicker, 48-40. Since it is a partisan poll used to generate fundraising for Musgrove, take it with a grain of salt. However in light of the painful defeat of MS-01, no seat is safe. Northeast MS is a “swing” region. Musgrove did carry the region when he ran for Governor in 1999.