Trent Lott

We are going to start doing things a little differently. We are going to go back and do some of the things that worked.

You've got to do that every now and then. Even though you might get your little flak from some of the people within your conference. It's called leadership.

I was always a conservative Republican and I had very strong beliefs about certain things we should or should not do. But also thought that I was sent to Washington by the people of my state not to make a statement but to make a difference…

Quit campaigning, quit having press conferences, sit down at a round table and negotiate a deal.

I think if they would go back to the old way of getting things done, carefully and systematically, would really help them.

I was accused of being a compromiser or a deal-maker. I didn't know those were dirty words.

It's called leadership, Anderson.

When you're dealing with 100 United States senators, let alone 435 House members, you're not going to get it all the way you want it. The president's going to have to give some, the president is going to have to show leadership.

My recommendation to the Congress and to the president would be, quit campaigning, quit having press conferences. Sit down at a round table and negotiate a deal.

Would you at the very least sit down with him and listen to him?

First of all, there's going to be an election and the numbers will be different come this fall. And you're going to need leadership from the President and from the leaders in the Congress.