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The Counsel of Trent (Lott Expects to Be Majority Leader Again in 2007)

"Different things motivate different people," says the Rules staffer. "In the case of Lott, it's anger over the way he was treated by both his fellow Republicans and the media after the Strom Thurmond dustup. He wants his old job back, and he wants to see the look on the faces of people like President Bush and Sen. George Allen when he gets it back."

Lott is known to harbor resentment toward both the President and Allen. The onetime leader believes the former pulled his support for him during the Thurmond kerfuffle; the latter worked behind the scenes against Lott to push the candidacy of Sen. Bill Frist for the leadership post.

Senators Trent Lott and Tom Daschle share a light moment as they go over the last details in their historic power sharing agreement in Lott's office. 1/4/01

More pictures of the joyous occasions

He wants his old job back, and he wants to see the look on the faces of people like President Bush and Sen. George Allen when he gets it back."

Trent Lott is delusional if he thinks he's got a snowball's chance in hell of becoming Majority Leader again... Geeze!

Thanks for the gaggy pictures which remind us how lucky we are that one of the biggest democrat butt sniffing senators is not running the show anymore.

Anyone who let's his personal feelings affect his principles, has no principles. As a Mississippian, I will be voicing within the party at every opportunity the need for a primary challange.