Why Lott Cashed It In
By Bob Novak
Washington Post
Well-connected Republicans in Mississippi were shocked by more than the unexpected nature of Trent Lott's resignation announcement Monday. They were stunned that Lott, in good health at age 66 and at the top of his game, was leaving the Senate just one year into his fourth term in order to make more money.
One of Lott's longtime political associates, who asked not to be quoted by name, put it this way to me: "Can you imagine Pat Harrison, Jim Eastland, John Stennis [past Mississippi senators] or, for that matter, Thad Cochran [the state's other senator today] quitting the U.S. Senate to go into business? I cannot."
Washington Post
Well-connected Republicans in Mississippi were shocked by more than the unexpected nature of Trent Lott's resignation announcement Monday. They were stunned that Lott, in good health at age 66 and at the top of his game, was leaving the Senate just one year into his fourth term in order to make more money.
One of Lott's longtime political associates, who asked not to be quoted by name, put it this way to me: "Can you imagine Pat Harrison, Jim Eastland, John Stennis [past Mississippi senators] or, for that matter, Thad Cochran [the state's other senator today] quitting the U.S. Senate to go into business? I cannot."
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