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...also considered his most likely replacement. In the week after Lott's disastrous comments became headlines, the Senate's second in command has made two things clear: one, he believes that Lott should be supplanted; and two, that there is a need for stronger (read: more conservative) GOP leadership in the Senate. "There are several outstanding senators who are more than capable of effective leadership and I hope we have an opportunity to choose," Nickles announced last weekend. Nickles, who has acted as Lott's right-hand man for years, is not considered to have the Mississippian's ability...
...Mitch McConnell The four-term Senator from Kentucky is one of the GOP's most outspoken fiscal conservatives, and has fought tooth and nail against campaign finance reform, citing possible infringements on 1st Amendment rights. Although he is a member of the powerful and often contentious Judiciary committee, McConnell is not especially adept at handling controversy, and has generally shied away from social issues. Of course, given Lott's recent foray into social commentary, McConnell's relative reticence could suddenly seem quite attractive...
Here's some advice for Republicans eager to attract more African-American supporters: don't stop with Trent Lott. Blacks won't take their commitment to expanding the party seriously until they admit that the GOP's wrongheadedness about race goes way beyond Lott and infects their entire party. The sad truth is that many Republican leaders remain in a massive state of denial about the party's four-decade-long addiction to race-baiting. They won't make any headway with blacks by bashing Lott if they persist in giving Ronald Reagan a pass for his racial policies...
...cabal bring up these inconvenient facts. It's that lack of candor, of course, that presents the biggest obstacle to George W. Bush's commendable and long overdue campaign to persuade more African-Americans to defect from the Democrats to the Republicans. It's doomed to fail until the GOP fesses up its past addiction to race-baiting, and makes a sincere attempt to kick the habit...
...historic Republican victory, the race between Landrieu and Terrell has attracted more than its share of attention over the past three weeks. Recent stumping has served to galvanize members of a disconsolate Democratic Party as well as tantalize Republicans with the thought of one more win. For the GOP, ousting Landrieu would be a particularly sweet finale to this very good election season; Louisianans have not sent a Republican to the U.S. Senate in more than 100 years...