(TRENT) Lott Eyes Return As Whip

[MADem]

http://www.rollcall.com/issues/cgi-bin/udt/im.display.printable?client.id=rollcall&story.id=10735

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If he decides to run for re-election, Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) said last week it’s very likely he will seek to re-enter the ranks of GOP leadership posts opening up after the 2006 elections. Lott, who has said he expects to make a decision to run for re-election by the end of the year, said he will decide about making a leadership bid at roughly the same time.

“If I do come back, I probably would try to get back into a leadership position of some kind,” the former Majority Leader said late last week.

For now, however, Lott is holding back on revealing what post he might shoot for, and five of the six leadership spots are still up in the air after Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) retires at the end of 2006. Majority Whip Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has already secured more than 40 pledges of commitment for that job, well more than necessary to take over for Frist.

...Despite being out of leadership, Lott has continued to be one of the Senate GOP’s top fundraisers in terms political action committee cash. Through the end of August, his New Republican Majority Fund had taken in $915,000, according to filings with the Federal Election Commission. ...

[KingFlorez]

1. Hopefully as Minority Whip

[MADem]

2. Heh heh

I think Trent could make some trouble for those fatcats even as the minority whip. He got dissed by BushCo, and he has a long, mean memory.

[Skink]

3. Hearding Cats is a great book title.

but his 15 minutes are up.