Rush finally said as much on his show this week--especially in light of clinton's latest pronouncements during last week actively undermining President Bush. I think, too, that clinton probably is LIVID with Blair, as recall how Blair and clinton were close and clinton probably counted on Blair to not throw in his lot with Bush. Luckily for us and the world, Blair turns out to have principles and has made his stand and is not wavering. He turned from the darkness (alliance with clinton), to the good. I'm sure clinton has Chirac's ear and is encouraging this attempt to topple Blair, in addition to his other aims to undermine President Bush.
Blair's low point for me was when he appeared in a film made especially for the Washington Press dinner in 2000. The film was made to glamorize Clinton but was utterly silly. Blair was seen riding a bicycle through the halls of the White House office building. The film was the epitomie of leftist boomer naievte and silliness.
Seems like that Tony Blair has done a whole lot of growing up in the last three years, while the Clintons, France, and Germany still inhabit their silly, naive, boomer world.