Wins show Bush ready to use stick: ; President changes style to get vital bills passed

WASHINGTON - Six months after President Bush unleashed a charmoffensive on Capitol Hill, his velvet glove has turned into aclenched fist.

When Bush late Thursday eked out one of the most hard-wonpolitical victories of his presidency - House approval of apatients' rights bill he can support - it wasn't because of givinglawmakers nicknames, horsing around or other hallmarks of his much-vaunted personal charm. He got his way by browbeating a keyRepublican while sticking resolutely with his threat to veto theDemocrat-backed version of the bill.

And when Bush triumphed Wednesday night in persuading the Houseto pass key elements of his energy plan, including his …