Trent Lott: “Exploring for oil and gas...”

When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We`re proud of him. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn`t have had all these problems over all these years either.

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.

It's called leadership, Anderson.

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.