This is not in any way to blame the US for creating Blair, but it is interesting to see how he was bright enough to pick up on the ways things are done across the Atlantic and mould them to his own advantage. You read this and then couple that with the state the Tories had got themselves into - no wonder they didn't stand a chance in 97..
http://timesonline.typepad.com/comment/2007/05/five_americans__1.html
http://timesonline.typepad.com/comment/2007/05/five_americans__1.html