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The Donnybrook
Monday, November 26, 2007
 
The Mississippi Hair Helmet runs for the cayshe...

Trent Lott is stepping down so he won't have to wait 2 years to become a lobbyist...

While the exactly reason Lott is stepping down before he finishes his term is unknown, the general speculation is that a quick departure immunizes Lott against tougher restrictions in a new lobbying law that takes effect at the end of the year. That law would require Senators to wait two-years before entering the lucrative world of lobbying Congress.
Could this lead to a Democratic pickup in the "Deep" South? Maybe, if Rep. Gene Taylor or former Mississippi Attorney General Mike Moore decide to run...



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