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12/16/2002 12:31:00 PM | Anonymous Hi everybody! Good to see you again on the web. I wonder what you guys think the Republicans will do about Trent Lott. There are two alternatives, the way I see it. (1) They could allow him to remain Majority Leader, which means he doesnt leave the Senate altogether. However, I think it would make the Republicans look bad for 2004. The Democrats could turn Lott into the devil when turning out the black vote. Since Bush never called on Lott to resign - an implicit endorsement of the man... we could easily associate Lott and Bush. Another possible problem is that keeping Lott as leader MAY convince certain moderate Republicans to switch parties, especially ones that care about courting the votes of minorities. (2) They could force him out of the leadership post. That would remove Lott as a liability and show the Republicans' supposed commitment to civil rights. At worst it will only stop the bleeding. However, if Lott is forced out, he has threatened to resign from the senate altogether. That would mean that Ronnie Musgrove, MS's Democratic governor, would name the replacement. My wild, uneducated guess is that it would be Former Rep. Ronnie Shows, an african-american who lost to Rep. Chip Pickering in 2002 in a newly combined district. With the replacement, the senate would again be 50-50, setting the stage for another Jeffords. perma link |
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