Ramesh Ponnuru over at NRO is drooling over the team of conservatives in the new Senate leadership (other than Trent Lott, of course). Says one source: there's no need to worry: "We've got Trent surrounded." One of the more radical changes is Don Nickels replacing Pete Domenici at the Budget Committee. Ponnuru also lists possible challengers to Barbara Boxer; one is Congressman Darrell Issa. God help us. Issa is one of the handful of Republicans who is reflexively pro-Arab.