[PeaceBeWithYou]

CNN link from the Post.

[PeaceBeWithYou]

Grrrrr... Google link to the WP story should backdoor the registration.

[sofaman]

It's time. I don't even think that what he said is relevant. It's the fact that he said it. In order to enact an agenda, the Repubs are going to have to deal with an obstructionist and opportunist like Daschle.

That little jerk has mastered the art of demonization. If the Repubs are going to be successful in the least bit, they are going to have to find a strong leader capable of dealing with that Daschle.

Lott is not that man. He is a waffler/ politician. Furthermore, this nonsense that he will bolt the Senate if he is forced to quit or is replaced is embarrassing. He should be ashamed. He is going to hold the goernance of the country hostage because he's an idiot? If nothing convinced me before, I certainly am convinced now. He's out!

You are going to need a man/ woman that looks Daschle in the eye and says "we are going to set the agenda and we are going to pass the agenda. We can do it with you, around you or through you. If you continue to obstruct and demonize, I will make your political life a misery. Also, if you think that your party got whipped in 2002, wait for 2004. I will make it my life's work to smash your party and your political career. I hope that I have made myself clear."

Then go out and do it.

[LibFreeUSA]

This is the ONLY time I think I have stood with the Rats! Time for this dufus to go!!! (out of Leadership position)

[Keith in Iowa]

Similar topic under discussion at http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/806844/posts

[GOP Jedi]

The long knives are out. If Nichols fails, Lott will smite him. Nichols wouldn't make this move without plenty of backing, because failure carries a high price.

[Reverend Bob]

This story is HUGE. Not only for the Nichols statement, but also because Rice and Powell refused to make statements in Lott's defense.

I earlier predicted Lott would step down as ML within the week -- that seems to be on track. The White House has made it's decision and Nichols has broken the ice.

Now for a further predicton: Mitch McConnell will be the new ML. His hardball statements on THIS WEEK (in re the censure move) will win him support of Lott loyalists while not alienating Lott's republican critics (who want Lott gone, not because of his comments per se, but because he's hurting the party). Nichols, by being the first to call for Lott's ouster, has effectively taken himself out of the Majority Leaders race -- and he knows it.

[boris]

Well maybe the Lott "scandal" will protect us from terrorism.

Look at it this way: if the terrorists bring down the Sears Tower, Lott will vanish from the radar screen.

Maybe they're holding off until the media settles back into complacency. If Lott steps down, kaboom!

So maybe the President and his advisors are secretly asking Trent to stay up there and keep taking arrows for as long as he can.

Hey, I have an active imagination.

--Boris

[Consort]

You didn't like the ongoing Thread on this topic?

[Young Rhino]

If Lott steps down, I think Frist gets the nod to replace him.

[NEPA]

Can someone explain to me just why Senate R's like Lott as their leader? What has he ever really done for them?

I've been wondering about this since impeachment.