Trent Lott wants more power

Trent Lott is going to try to regain his former post as majority leader in the Senate. He was forced to step down after making racist comments at Strom Thurmond's 100th birthday party. If he is elected back to the position, it would be a clear delineation of the Republican Party's true colors. They are, on the whole, unconcerned about ending racism. Lott's re-ascendency would signal the end of the party's public declarations of apology for the "Southern strategy", which rang hollow nonetheless. There is a reason that they receive less than 10 percent of the African American vote.