Talk of Trent Lott returning to Senate leadership grows

[kpete]

Excerpts from THE HILL article follow...

The prospect of former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.) returning to leadership next year is creating more and more buzz on and off Capitol Hill, Republican insiders say.

The higher volume of talk has been fueled partly by his former aides who hold influential lobbying positions downtown, but prominent GOP insiders with no special allegiance to Lott say it extends well beyond his inner circle.

Perhaps by coincidence, Senate Assistant Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has recently sought a more public leadership role, appearing more often before television cameras set up outside the GOP conference’s Tuesday luncheons, and has otherwise made himself more available to the press.

If Lott were to return he would have to challenge one of several colleagues for a leadership post. At the end of last year, he said he could challenge McConnell’s bid to become majority leader, but he has since backed away from that threat.

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/YTalk_of_Trent_Lott_returning_to_0629.html

[buff2]

1. Oh Khrist..........

Lott or McConnell.....what a choice! Why can't these idiots just GO AWAY??? :puke:

[napi21]

2. Given that choice, I'd pick Lott!

At least I have heard him speak rationally once or twice!!!! Never heard anything like rationality come out of McConnel's mouth!!!!!

[saltpoint]

3. It just seems as if Trent's time has passed, his time being the

period in the ante-bellum South when folks lived on cotton plantations.

Before that Lincoln feller came along.

[Jack Rabbit]

4. They must be desperate

Can't they agree on anybpdy better than Trent Lott?

Gee, I thought they couldn't worse, but Frist sure gave it a run for the money.