We might have to wait till the new year for Lott to be ousted, but perhaps he’ll come to his senses and step down with whatever dignity he might have left and save us all a Lott of trouble.
Congress has a ton of other things to do, true, but I’d say this situation could serve to put a lot of other issues on hold until it is dealt with.
I, for one, am ready to keep the pressure on as long as it takes.
Here’s an excellent progress report from Howard Fineman (With Eleanor Clift and Martha Brantfor) for Newsweek:
Ghosts of the Past.

He (Lott) had begun his career as a staffer to an ardently segregationist congressman. Blacks have a dim view of his record