Word: trent
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...wake of Trent Lott's bombshell announcement that he will step down as the Senate's Republican leader, Bill Frist is quickly emerging as the party's choice to replace him. The Tennessee Senator was very recently considered a dark horse, his bid overshadowed by more established contenders like Mitch McConnell and Don Nickles. Late Thursday he officially declared his intention to stand for majority leader, and within hours, numerous Republican leaders, including McConnell, Virginia's John Warner and Oklahoma's James Inhofe, threw their support behind the second-term Senator. The 51 GOP senators will meet January...
...Trent Lott is not having a very happy holiday season. With leading Republicans lining up to denounce his comments at a Strom Thurmond birthday event, the beleaguered Mississippi Senator is facing an uncertain political future. Will he stay on as Senate Majority Leader, as he has repeatedly vowed? Or will his detractors get their...
...Trent Lott never to see another white person again...
With Senate Republicans planning to meet January 6th to discuss whether Trent Lott should remain as majority leader, everyone in Washington is wondering: if the Senator does bow out of the leadership post, who will take his place? The short list is Don Nickles, Mitch McConnell and Bill Frist. They represent a broad swath of the Republican ideological spectrum, and, to a man, have counted themselves as Lott's close friends. Now, they may be after...
...idiosyncratic electoral system requires that candidates get 50% of the vote or face a runoff, and on Nov. 5 Landrieu came up just short, with 46%. That opened the door for Terrell, and she charged through it with a parade of Republican heavyweights right behind her: George Bush, Trent Lott and Dick Cheney all stumped for her. Meanwhile, Landrieu scrambled to put distance between herself and her crippled party, pointing out that this year she voted with Bush 74% of the time. Both sides seized the low ground with attack ads: Republicans screeched that Landrieu voted for taxpayer-funded abortions...