They've watched in vain as he has ascended to elder statesman. They've watched people love him in spite of his sins. "That's one of the things I've never figured out," remarks former senator Trent Lott, the Mississippi Republican and majority whip...

could not stand that he was going to get away with this.” — Journalist Jonathan Alter on House Republicans’ drive to impeach Clinton “When you hear someone say, ‘It’s not about sex,’ it’s about sex.” — Sen. Dale Bumpers (DArk.) during Clinton’s impeachment trial “It’s one of those things I never quite figured out.” — Former Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) on how Clinton rebounded after the Lewinsky affair “Whatever you think of the man, he wanted to do the right thing for the people.” — Thomason on the Clinton legacy “It was a lot of fun to watch.” — Klein on Clinton’s two terms in the White House

We demand that Mr. Messina immediately apologize and we ask that President Obama disavow his campaign manager’s ridiculous statement.” She made it sound like Trent Lott praising Strom Thurmond’s dixiecrat politics. Or maybe the late Ed Sullivan...

They’ve watched in vain as he has ascended to elder statesman. They’ve watched people love him in spite of his sins. “That’s one of the things I’ve never figured out,” remarks former senator Trent Lott, the Mississippi Republican and majority whip...

Sens. John Breaux (D-La.) and Trent Lott (R-Miss.) of the Patton Boggs affiliate The Breaux Lott Leadership Group are advocating for Visa U.S.A. Inc. , according to a lobbying registration filing submitted to Congress this week. The former senators,...

But over the past half-century of savoring and covering American politics, I have learned that an endorsement can tell us something quite important about the individual endorsing as well as about the individual being endorsed. Permit me to tell you...

They’ve watched in vain as he has ascended to elder statesman. They’ve watched people love him in spite of his sins. “That’s one of the things I’ve never figured out,” remarks former senator Trent Lott, the Mississippi Republican and majority whip...

Republican abruptly said, "It's not anymore!" Dupes of the Republican party need to be reminded that in 2001, George W. Bush(R) was president, Denny Hastert(R) was Speaker of the House (until 2007), and Trent Lott(R) was Senate MAJORITY Leader and...

Yes, Trent Lott, our former Senate majority leader, who resigned his seat following a controversial mutter that Strom Thurmond should have been elected president, despite being on the ticket as a member of the openly racist Dixiecrat party. Sometimes I...

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) doesn’t feel deep affection for fellow Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Fla.). Mississippi Republican Sens. Trent Lott and Thad Cochran had no love lost when they served together. And the rivalry and...

Then there's the play to support Arlen Specter by Santorum. That was the consummate Trent Lott type insider tool move normally so despised by Rush. In fact, Rush did not like it at the time. In addition, Santorum's own literature from the 06 campaign...

Palazzo "clearly isn't up to the job of being an effective congressman," Cole said. "He has hired immature, fresh-from-fraternity-parties staff who have embarrassed his constituents." But Norris, who worked for former Republican Sen. Trent Lott of...

The guests of the policy roundtables included Sens. Scott Brown, R-Mass. , and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, along with former Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff and former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott. Freshman Rep. Michael Grimm, R-N.Y....

First we have to get rid of the “crybaby” Speaker who doesn’t represent the conservative base in the least! McConnell in the senate is no defender of the base either. It’s not just Romney. The entire Republican political class is in an all out war...

Bonjean is a partner with Singer Bonjean Strategies and the owner of the Bonjean Company, both full service public affairs firms. He was chief of staff for the Senate Republican Conference under Sen. Jon Kyl and the top spokesman for then-House Speaker...

He hasn't contributed much since the late '90s when he threw about $750 to Hosemann's unsuccessful bid for Congress, the Mississippi Republican Party and the New Republican Majority Fund, a PAC affiliated with former U.S. Sen. Trent Lott. On the state...

Blunt, with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, made a record-setting rise to leadership. Some were startled by Blunt's quick rise to leadership. After all, the time-honored tradition for first-year senators -- at times been broken by outspoken...

In 1995, he later was replaced by Robert Dove. But in a sign of just how much political pressure is exerted on parliamentarians, Frumin was reinstalled into the post back in 2001 after Dove infuriated then-Republican leader Trent Lott of Mississippi by...

What has to happen is they have be, frankly, inbred. And, you just, that's the only thing that's going to do it, Rose. This the party who used Willie Horton, who the Bush campaign portrayed as a dangerous super-predator, lurking in dark alleys, ready to...