And if Iraq policy descends, as it very well may, into a bitter wrangle between the executive and the legislature, the chances of bipartisan progress on domestic policy will look all the slimmer.

• 如果布什的对伊政策与民主党的建议大相径庭地话（很有可能时这种情况），那么行政机构与立法机构之间的分歧将不可避免，那么两党联手解决共同商讨解决国内事务的几率将微乎其微了。