Trent Lott: “I was somewhat hesitant to speak at this time because I didn't in any way want to make this a partisan series of…”

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

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…

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.

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.