http://dir.salon.com/topics/trent_lott/?source=rss&aim=trent_lott en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:11:00 PST By Alex Koppelman Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/11/04/wicker_musgrove/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/11/04/wicker_musgrove/index.html?source=rss The incumbent Republican holds on to his Senate seat, easily fending off his Democratic challenger. By Tim Grieve Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/11/29/lott/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/11/29/lott/index.html?source=rss Trent Lott's brother-in-law, who represented him in a Katrina settlement, is indicted on charges of trying to bribe a judge. By Tim Grieve Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/11/26/lott7/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/11/26/lott7/index.html?source=rss Reelected in 2006, he'll be gone by the end of 2007. By Tim Grieve Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/06/11/lott/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/06/11/lott/index.html?source=rss The Mississippi Republican isn't for the attorney general; he's just against a no-confidence vote. By Tim Grieve Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/05/08/lott/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/05/08/lott/index.html?source=rss Trent Lott says Bush has until fall to show progress in Iraq or ... or ... or ... By Tim Grieve Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/11/15/lott/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/11/15/lott/index.html?source=rss Trent Lott's way with words didn't end in 2002. By Tim Grieve Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/10/03/roundup/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/10/03/roundup/index.html?source=rss Nineteen U.S. troops have died in Iraq since ABC broke the news of a congressman's interest in underage pages. By Tim Grieve Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/09/29/lott/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/09/29/lott/index.html?source=rss Trent Lott wonders why Sunnis and Shiites fight. By Tim Grieve Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/11/09/leak/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/11/09/leak/index.html?source=rss Bill Frist and Dennis Hastert had a big idea. Could it have been any worse? By Tim Grieve Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/11/02/lott/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/11/02/lott/index.html?source=rss Trent Lott wonders if Bush is well served by having his chief political advisor around. By Tim Grieve Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/10/05/lott/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/10/05/lott/index.html?source=rss Lott says he's "not comfortable" with Bush's Supreme Court nominee. By Mark Benjamin Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/09/07/gopresponse/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/09/07/gopresponse/index.html?source=rss Don't blame the federal government for the Katrina debacle, say GOP senators. And definitely don't ask the heads of Homeland Security and FEMA to testify before Congress. By Sidney Blumenthal Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2005/05/26/absolute_power/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2005/05/26/absolute_power/index.html?source=rss The Senate's compromise on the filibuster won't stop the president's quest for absolute power. By Tim Grieve Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/04/19/delay/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/04/19/delay/index.html?source=rss A day after Lott lectures the White House about its lukewarm support for Tom DeLay, Bush's political strategist wraps his arms around a "good man" and "close ally." By Tim Grieve Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/04/13/delay/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/04/13/delay/index.html?source=rss The Hammer seeks support from Senate Republicans, and a House colleague calls Christopher Shays a "jerk" for deserting their leader. By Arianna Huffington Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/huffington/2004/04/07/blogs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/huffington/2004/04/07/blogs/index.html?source=rss Simply put, blogs are the greatest breakthrough in popular journalism since Tom Paine broke onto the scene. By Sidney Blumenthal Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2003/11/08/apologies/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2003/11/08/apologies/index.html?source=rss Howard Dean, Ronald Reagan, CBS and the politics of apology. By Eric Boehlert Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/09/22/lott/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/09/22/lott/index.html?source=rss Once a GOP ultra-partisan, the deposed Senate leader is now leading the charge against the FCC and media giantism. Is it his revenge against the Bush White House? By Louise Witt Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/05/27/slavery/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/05/27/slavery/index.html?source=rss A new exhibit at the Museum of the Confederacy tells of slaves who supported slavery. But if former Gov. Doug Wilder's dream comes true, the nation's first slavery museum will tell a different -- and harsher -- story. By Sean Wilentz Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/05/12/pickering/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/05/12/pickering/index.html?source=rss President Bush dumped Trent Lott because of his segregationist baggage. So why is he fighting relentlessly for a judge who has refused to come clean about his own bigoted past? By Sheerly Avni Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2002/12/26/10_moments/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2002/12/26/10_moments/index.html?source=rss The 10 moments that defined American television in 2002. Not necessarily in a good way. By Aaron Kinney Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2002/12/26/year_in_02/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2002/12/26/year_in_02/index.html?source=rss Sure, TV in 2001 got all serious and stuff. This year we reconnected with what's really important: Hard bodies in hot tubs, public humiliation and more "Law & Order" spinoffs. By Eric Boehlert Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/12/21/bullock/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/12/21/bullock/index.html?source=rss Author Charles Bullock, an expert in the politics of the South, says the GOP will dust itself off and get along fine in Dixie. By Michelle Goldberg Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/12/21/frist/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/12/21/frist/index.html?source=rss Bill Frist, the likely new Senate majority leader, is hailed as a moderate, but he's an antiabortion hard-liner who votes much like Trent Lott. Compiled by Salon staff Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/12/21/reacts/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/12/21/reacts/index.html?source=rss Jill Nelson, Todd Gitlin and others react to the Senate majority leader's resignation and the apparent ascension of Sen. Bill Frist.