Axis of feeble
http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=6916012
May 11th 2006
From The Economist print edition
A world-bestriding partnership is drawing to a close
THEY have been improbable soul-mates, the silver-tongued British
barrister and the drawling Republican from Texas. But the partnership
between Tony Blair and George Bush has shaped world events in the
nearly five years since the attacks of September 11th. Over the past
year, however, the debacle in Iraq and problems at home have turned
both leaders from soaring hawks into the lamest of ducks.
This week Mr Bush's popularity drooped to 31% in the polls; his party
faces a beating and the possible loss of one or both houses of Congress
in November's mid-term elections (see article). In Britain meanwhile,
much of the Labour Party, which Mr Blair reinvented and led through
three consecutive election victories, wants to bundle its saviour into
retirement and replace him with Gordon Brown (see article and article).
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