It looks as though the Movable Type database was corrupted when I ran out of disk space, and that comment-tracking is a casualty. I'll be attempting a series of head-spinning computer-surgery acts, fresh with advice from the MT forum.
Thankfully (oddly? suspiciously?) the headlines have quieted down a bit. Congress' next session is sure to bring about some pitched battles on national priorities; Newt Gingrich posted a self-described GOP wishlist in The Wall Street Journal today; tax cuts, litigation reform, robust defense spending. For all intents and purposes, I can see the coming political season as a Republican victory - kicking a compromiser like Lott out of the way makes for a doubly resolute Congress, and Bush seems as solid as ever.
Alright. Fixit time.