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…”

I have been watching the Congress pretty closely now for 35 years as a Member of the House and the Senate, and I have been involved in end of sessions 19 times in the Senate, but I must say, it is about as big a mess as I have ever seen…

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

A lot of it is because Republicans when they start talking don't talk about education. You have to talk about it. You have to go there, where they are.

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