He's Baaaaaaaack

Enough politics for now, except to point out that Trent Lott, the Republican scumba ... er, senator from Mississippi, is trying to claw his way back to the top of the hog trough.

Former Republican Majority Leader Trent Lott, meanwhile, opened a bid to return to the Senate's Republican leadership after being ousted in 2002 for remarks interpreted as endorsing segregationist policies of the 1940s.

"Yes, I am," the Mississippian said Tuesday when asked if he was challenging Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander to become minority whip in the newly elected Democratic-majority Congress next year.

Ugh. Moving on ...