Over the past few decades the Republi-cans have perfected the art of the "wedge"—using an emotive issue to divide the Democrats. This week Russ Feingold, a Democratic senator from Wisconsin, responded by inventing the auto-wedge-using an emotive issue to divide the Democrats. By tabling a formal motion of censure against George Bush for "illegally" wiretapping suspected terrorists without first obtaining a warrant, Mr Feingold provided the Republicans with their best bit of news for weeks. Or so it seemed at first.
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