But, in the wake of Trump's election, the sibling rivalry became a fundamental matter of business philosophy.
And the real campaigning will take place not before the election, but afterwards.The rivalry between the Kremlin clans the siloviki, or those linked to the security services, and those with ties to business will be reflected in the Duma.
Its forays into show business rivalry, election year machinations and satirical fantasy don't involve passages of dramatic histrionics or riotous hilarity; rather, they pursue an understated, and effective, path to success.
Stubborn, autocratic and very popular, they have each won two of the past four elections, and their rivalry has contributed to a kind of balance.
In this election, an old political rivalry is being resurrected.
It also looks at Haiti's efforts to rebuild from last year's devastating earthquake as it holds a presidential election, and a new rivalry emerging between Mexico's monopolists.
With the conservative Gaullist party he created crumbling around him under the weight of financing scandals, election losses and personal rivalries, President Jacques Chirac privately warned supporters today to stop bickering or face the loss of one of their last bastions, Paris City Hall.
They may look to a new front that has emerged in the province of Nineveh, around the city of Mosul, which remains a stronghold of Sunni nationalists and Baathists.The wrangle over Iraq's new election law illustrates the regional rivalry.
He had chosen not to campaign for majority leader earlier this year, he said, because he thought it would hurt his party to have such a fierce yearlong rivalry in an election year.
