Hello. American politicians. Are you listening?
Geroge Bush, could learn something from PM Blair...
It would be fun if President Bush started advocating some tougher measures, and libs started calling him "Tony's poodle"
Seriously, we had a tough time getting an extension of the Patriot Act through.
I remember Ronald Reagan writing about Margaret Thatcher that once she convinced Britons that conservative policies work (by showing them the American recovery under Reagan), she was able to pass much more extensive legislation that he could, as Prime Ministers automatically have a majority in Parliament, while Presidents don't enjoy automatic support, even from their own party.