Trent Lott pulled a coup and recaptured a leadership role in the soon to be Republican Minority:

“Sen. Trent Lott, ousted from the top Senate Republican leadership job four years ago because of remarks considered racially insensitive, won election to the No. 2 post Wednesday for the minority GOP in the next Congress.

Lott returned to the center of power by getting the position of vote-counting GOP whip, nosing out Sen. Lamar Alexander. Sen. Rick Santorum told reporters that Lott beat Alexander by a 25-24 vote.

After an intense evening in which both men lobbied colleagues during floor votes, the Republican caucus elected Lott, a one-time whip and majority leader, by secret ballot. Lott will be the GOP’s second-in-command to Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, who was elected unanimously to be the Senate minority leader in the new Congress.

With the midterm elections finished and Santorum, another candidate for the post, failing to win re-election, Lott cast himself as the more experienced candidate and the better choice for a job.”

I’m happy for Lott, he was railroaded for bogus racism charges that were nothing compared to the crap that came (three times) out of 2008 Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, or even Biden’s “Every indian works in a 7/11″ remarks. Good for him.

Yeah I know the Captain won’t be happy because of Lott’s opposition to “Pork Busters”, but I was never on that band wagon anyway. Count me in was one who needs the couch! Reality check for the blogging elite, you are never going to stop politicans from being politicians.

The fact is that Lamar Alexander is a lightweight, we needed a dog in this fight for the next two years and we’ll have him in Lott.