Lindsey is also a former colleague of Feldsteinat Harvard.
John P. Ellis, a Boston Globe columnist and aformer IOP fellow, said members of the braintrustassume Bush will run for the presidency as aRepublican candidate in 2000.
"They're acting as if he is going to run, soeverything they do is predicated on the fact thathe is going to run," he said.
"But he hasn't said he is going to run," Ellisadded.
Ellis is Bush's cousin, but he said he does notdiscuss politics with Bush since he became acolumnist.
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"Bush is a brand, and George's task will be toshow what is distinctive about him as opposed towhat was distinctive about his father," Ellissaid.
"Being the son of George Bush is an advantage.It's 100 percent name recognition.