Frankly Lott is now trying last ditch attempts to keep his [link|http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59566-2002Dec15.html| job. ]

But he's not getting the best of help, is he?


"I think we should not lynch him," Sen. Richard C. Shelby (Ala.) said on CNN's "Late Edition." "I believe right now that Lott would have the confidence of the caucus."


(Emphasis added.)