More Impo-Trent

You take your chances, I guess, when you elect a frat-boy cheerleader type as your majority leader.

It's even worse when the frat-boy comes under fire for inexcusable racist remarks, and it turns out he worked to keep blacks out of his fraternity back in his college days.

Why in the world is this guy still majority leader?

I would not mind seeing him resign his Senate seat altogether, but he simply MUST GO as a national leader of the GOP.

President Bush had a chance after the last elections to push through parts of his agenda, despite holding only very slim majorities in both Houses, and Bush has even revamped his economic team in preparation (despite his famous sense of loyalty). And now Impo-Trent has gone and done something so unbelievably stupid that Bush's agenda is now in jeopardy.

President Bush blasted him today, but stopped short of calling for his resignation. That doesn't need to be seen as orchestrated by the White House. That needs to be seen as Impo-Trent facing up to the damage he has done to the Party of Lincoln with his stupidity, and steeping down all on his own.

And it needs to happen. Soon. This story is derailing the President's agenda, and hurting the Party of Lincoln. Badly.

[Posted at 17:39 CST on 12/12/02] [Link]