Mr. Bush built his campaign last year on his "compassionate conservative" message.

Mr. Bush built his re-election campaign last year around the assertion that he was the candidate best able to defend the country against another terrorist attack.

During the first days of this crisis, Mr. Bush could only build a foundation for a new kind of wartime presidency.

Mr. Bush has built his career on such notes, and now it seems the Governor has decided the pen may be as potent as the sword.

Mr. Bush and Congress can build on that success.

Mr. Perry was a dutiful lieutenant governor who helped Mr. Bush build a record on which to run for president.

Mr. Bush built a strong local organization early because he was challenged in the state's caucuses by Pat Robertson, the former television evangelist.

How can that help Mr. Bush build that stable new world order to which he pays such ardent lip service?

Mr. Bush has built his campaign around a five-year, $483 billion tax cut that would send most of the surplus back directly to taxpayers.

Mr. Bush has cast himself as an outsider and built his campaign in part on his disdain for Washington and politics as usual.