[FreeperinRATcage]

Actually, this is not a bad article. My hope is that either the President "guides" Lott into being and effective Majority Leader, or that Lott takes a few cues from his President and learns to become effective and assertive on his own.

[WOSG]

First good sign that this is happening: Lott was willing to take the lazy way out on lame duck session, Bush insisted on getting homeland security and terrorism insurance - both are happening now, on Bush's terms mostly. Bush is in charge, not Lott. This is a good thing for most matters, like energy, taxes, Judges, etc.