CONGRESS

Eager But Splintered GOP Would Await McCain In Congress

Republican lawmakers look forward to working with a President McCain. But he would still face a major challenge in managing the fractious party.

by Brian Friel and Richard E. Cohen

Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008


How would John McCain deal with Congress if he became president? Would he be the maverick reformer, cajoling and intimidating lawmakers? Or would he be the peacemaker, the problem fixer who fulfills his promise to use ideas from both sides of the aisle?

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