KEN LAYNE writes: "Sean Kirby just left a comment here that cracked me up:
'In a way, our mutual loathing of Trent Lott has brought Americans together, albeit for a brief while.'
True, ain't it? But it's also more damning evidence of Washington's tin ear. People can and will disagree on all sorts of things, but something like this Trent Lott outrage pretty much puts everybody on the same page, from Atrios to Andrew Sullivan, Krugman to Kaus. Yet Lott is still in power. (He'll probably be gone by the weekend, but it should've happened last week. Or 22 years ago.)"