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20.10.33-Shots of 1974 HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE HEARING to Impeach RICHARD NIXON, pan to LOTT, insisting that NIXON was innocent. C/S LOTT in office, says he wouldn't switch his vote. C/S LOTT in office, says he realized early in his career that the South was falsely stuck with a Democratic label, so he ran to succeed his retiring predecessor as a REPUBLICAN, not a DEMOCRAT. Still of LOTT campaigning. C/S LOTT in office, discussing past experiences as a DEMOCRATIC aide as a help to his career. Shot of LOTT in RULES COMMITTEE HEARING debating rules. C/S Rep. GILLIS LONG (D-LA) says LOTT knows the House rules inside out. 20.12.50-M/S LOTT with colleague in office, handshake and a joke. C/S LOTT in office, says he believes that legislation must be passed, he will fight for his side, but not derail the process if he can't win. WERTHEIMER v.o.-LOTT does have a PARTISAN reputation and SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS think that LOTT is more REPUBLICAN than SOUTHERNER. C/S Rep. GILLIS LONG, says LOTT is too bound to conservative agenda to represent the needs of the rural poor in the South. C/S LOTT in office, says he's a committed conservative, but he thinks he's flexible. 20.14.01-C/S a CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCATE, calls LOTT a leader of ANTI-CIVIL RIGHTS lobby in Congress, opposed to almost all CIVIL RIGHTS laws. C/S LOTT, says VOTING RIGHTS ACT is "not fair to our region" [the gall of Washington, forcing the South to let black people vote!!!]. WERTHEIMER v.o.-in the past, such attitudes would have hurt LOTT'S chances for Party leadership, but current REPUBLICANS owe more to the NEW RIGHT. C/S Rep. LONG, says that the RIGHT-WINGERS are taking over the REPUBLICAN PARTY in House, calls it Party Suicide. C/S MICHEL, says LOTT has a chance to be the Republican leader. L/S LOTT walking down Capitol steps. LOTT v.o.-says he'll wait and see, hopes to have the chance to be party leader. 20.15.38-WERTHEIMER-LOTT a certain candidate for MINORITY LEADER, but will have competition from MODERATE REPUBLICANS. Discussion of RIGHTWARD and SOUTHERN shift in REPUBLICAN PARTY, notes that LOTT has had to moderate his positions to be a leader, drawing ire of ULTRACONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN "Raucous Caucus". A big battle shaping up to replace HOWARD BAKER as SENATE MAJORITY LEADER, mostly MODERATE REPUBLICANS in the running.