...or am I the only Democrat that's glad to see Trent Lott back on top

Attend the tale of Trent Lott. Way back in the dark days of 2002, the Congress threw a little party for Strom Thurmond of South Carolina. At the time, Old Strom was really "Old Strom". He was about 141 years old. In South Carolina the motto is, why vote for someone who endorses segregation when you can elect someone who actually owned slaves.Thurmond served in the Senate for 48 years. That's longer than Ted Kennedy.
Anyway, at the party Trent Lott, then Senate Majority Leader, was asked to say a few words. If Trent had been lucky enough to trip on his way to the podium and fall off the dais he might have escaped with only a skit on Saturday Night Live. Unfortunately, he made it to the lectern and proceeded to drop kick his career into the nearest commode. Sen. Lott referenced Thurmond's 1948 run for the presidency on the States Rights Democratic ticket. As you might imagine this was not an especially progressive band of brothers. (There were actually no "brothers" anywhere to be seen.) Trent allowed that "if the country had followed our lead (Lott hails from Mississippi which went for Thurmond in '48) we wouldn't have had all these problems over the years either."

This seemingly small compliment to an old man was immediately taken as absolute proof that Lott was a pro-segregationist racist. Faster than you can say Jim Crow, Trent was out of the Senate leadership and almost out of the Senate. No one would return his calls. The White House acted like he had been sprayed by a skunk. Even the camera-shy Rev. Jackson took a few shots. Once again, no good deed goes unpunished.

However, if you accept John Kerry's story that he screwed up a joke (some people shouldn't try to be funny) rather than attempting to insult the intelligence of the people in the military, then you have to feel sorry for Trent Lott. His attempt at flattery cost him four years in Senatorial Siberia.

Recently in from the cold, Senator Lott was named Senate Minority Leader for 2007. I'm sure that the good senator has learned his lesson. For one thing, he can begin to understand the suffering of the minority. Also, if he should be invited to the David Duke Prayer Breakfast, he would be advised to make an excuse. Just say your doing a guest appearance on Saturday Night Live.