WATCHING WASHINGTON BUSH'S OCS DILEMMA

With Patrick Crow Anyone curious about how decisions are made in the White House has to be dumbfounded about President Bush's indecision on three controversial offshore lease sales. For nearly 5 months Bush has been mulling the fate of OCS Sale 91 off northern California, Sale 95 off southern California, and a portion of Sale 116 off southern Florida, all originally scheduled for this year. It's ironic, but Bush brought this dilemma on himself.