Trent Lott officially left the U. S. Senate last night after serving for 19 years. In total, lott served 35 years in the U.S. Congress and leaves at the top of his game after having regained a leadership position in the wake of losing the top leadership post after waxing too nostalgic about Strom Thurmond’s 1948 Campaign for President. As a leader in the corridors of power, Lott had no peer. Smooth and unflappable, Lott delivered for Mississippi and made quite a team with Senior Senator Thad Cochran. When their rivalry to lead Senate Republicans didn’t get in their way, they were among the most powerful of the South’s senators. As has previously been reported by others, Lott leaves the Senate to form a lobby partnership with former Democrat Senator John Breaux. A bit too conservative for my taste, it’ll be good to have Mississippi represented by some new blood. Speculation runs rampant about who that will be. Now that Mike Moore ain’t running, I’m scratching my head about who the Governor will appoint and who the Democrat party will nominate. Y’all got any good gossip?
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