MARK TAPSCOTT: Why does anybody not working on K Street take Trent Lott seriously anymore? Beats me. Plus this: “What Lott really meant is that he would likely have had absolutely zero influence with Tea Party backed senators whereas with the Establishment-types he would have been lining his wallet with cold, hard lobbying contract cash. Did Politico, which reported Lott’s remarks in a story bylined by Jonathan Martin and Manu Raju, point out this fact? I’ll bet you can guess the answer to that question.”