Well… It happened two days too late, but Trent Lott realized the futility in his quest for keeping his position in the Senate. At one point there was talk that some Democrats were trying to work behind the scenes in supporting Senator Lott. Why? Simple. For Lott to stay makes the Republicans look bad. Keep the racist segregationists in leadership positions and the Republicans virtually guarantee their own defeat in 2004. Well, I think it’s worth noting that if truly the ideological positions of Republicans are so out of line with the rest of the nation, then the Democrats should simply let the Republicans defeat themselves. This is a time for political Judo. This is a time for the Democrats to allow the Republicans to set the direction and the Democrats to enhance the momenteum. How? Simple. Expose them.

Of course, if only it really were that simple.