Despite Scandal, Bush Supports Hastert

By TERENCE HUNT
ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON (AP) -

The White House tried to distance President Bush from any political backlash from the page sex scandal Thursday, saying House Republicans were dealing with the matter and do not need to be told what to do.

Bush has not talked with embattled House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., or other members of the House GOP leadership, and has not tried to do so, presidential spokesman Tony Snow said.

"Everybody here wants the president to come in and tell the House how to do its business," Snow said, emphasizing that Congress and the White House are separate but coequal branches of government...http://tinyurl.com/m94o4
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