Trent Lott’s first time. Now there’s something you didn’t want to think of.

It sure looks like there is solid evidence that Trent Lott only returned to the Senate this term to “get” State Farm. Which would sure suggest that his realization that such efforts were falling apart might explain his hasty retirement.

Balducci’s plea agreement tells us what we all suspected about the Dickie Scruggs case: Balducci, the guy who originally offered the bribe, did flip on the other alleged co-conspirators.