Highlight: Lott said he wanted to leave on a "positive note" after winning re-election last year to a leadership post and fostering legislation for rebuilding the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina. He was first elected to Congress on the coattails of Richard Nixon's re-election landslide in 1972 — with 78 percent of the vote in Mississippi. He won election to the Senate in 1988, succeeding retiring veteran Democrat John Stennis. Full Story
Why would you want to leave after running for re-election only last year? Unless of course you are ill or you’re trying to avoid a scandal. The rumor mill has it that there is a male escort by the name of Benjamin Nicholas with a story to tell. Google it ‘cause you ain’t heard it from me.
