Bush v. Congress

Republican fratricide.

THE Bush campaign swears it has no plans to run against the Republican Congress, but not everyone is convinced. “Is this triangulation or is this strangulation?” asks John Feehery, a spokesman for Speaker Denny Hastert. Feehery posed this question the day after the first real conflict between House Republicans and George W. Bush.

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Ramesh Ponnuru

Ramesh Ponnuru is the editor of National Review, a columnist for the Washington Post, and a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.

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Republican fratricide.

THE Bush campaign swears it has no plans to run against the Republican Congress, but not everyone is convinced. “Is this triangulation or is this strangulation?” asks John Feehery, a spokesman for Speaker Denny Hastert. Feehery posed this question the day after the first real conflict between House Republicans and George W. Bush.