Et tu, Trent? From Roll Call (sub. req.) ...

With leadership elections just two weeks away, Sen. Trent Lott (Miss.) appears to have begun a quiet campaign for the GOP Whip position in the 110th Congress should his ally, Sen. Rick Santorum (Pa.), fail to win re-election next Tuesday.

I like to avoid counting chickens before they're hatched. But I'm not stupid. As Atrios would say, Bye Rick.