Ahhh, Trent we hardly knew ya...and I really don't want to either
It seems that there is a bit of tempest around ol' Trent for after he bid that paragon of Tolerance and Virtue Strom Thurmond "Hail and Farewell" at his 100th birthday bash. The blogosphere is having a field day with it... not surprisingly, the "mainstream, liberal" (remember them?) are keeping it pretty quiet, on orders of Gen Rove and his PAO Ari. However, even the righty bloggers are upset about Lott's remarks at the 100th party. This quote is from Jeff Cooper and he makes that point too...not much in the "real" press.

Curiously, though, the story has been largely absent from the mainstream media (Atrios has noted, for example, the continued silence of the New York Times), and while the audience that heard Lott's remarks reportedly "gasped," so far there has been no comment from other Republican senators. This is important. In a few weeks, the Senate will reorganize under a Republican majority, and at present Lott is slated to resume his position as majority leader. If his comments are allowed to pass unremarked, and Lott is re-elected to his leadership post, it will go a long way toward rebutting the suggestion of some Republicans that the racist "paleo-conservatives" have been banished from the mainstream of the party.