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  • Gridlock Need Not Be Inevitable for Bush

    11/09/2006 9:24:01 PM PST · by SmithL · 43 replies · 723+ views
    AP ^ | 11/9/6 | LAURIE KELLMAN
    WASHINGTON -- Now that voters have rejected one-party rule in Washington, can a president of one party and a Congress led by the other play nicely enough to accomplish anything in the next two years? It's been done in the past. Still, President Bush and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle will have to put aside at least some of their pre-election rancor and suppress any desire to get even. For his part, Bush tried to move past the bitter tone of the campaign within hours of its end by granting a top demand of the Democrats: the ouster...