From Reuters:
“Now, the temptation is going to be, by well-meaning people such as yourself and others here, as we run up to the issue, to get me to negotiate with myself in public,” Bush told the questioner on Monday. “To say, you know, ‘What’s this mean, Mr. President? What’s that mean?’”
Negotiate with yourself, George? How do you do that? Good cop, bad cop, all in one?