Trent Lott and others show that they're part of the problem.

^Former Senate majority leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.), now a D.C. lobbyist, warned that a robust bloc of rabble-rousers spells further Senate dysfunction. "We don't need a lot of Jim DeMint disciples," Lott said in an interview. "As soon as they get here, we need to co-opt them."^

^But Lott said he's not expecting a tea-party sweep. "I still have faith in the visceral judgment of the American people," he said.^

Lott, who apparently landed quite softly in D.C. after his resignation, can't understand why people don't like the idea of "business as usual" in Washington.