S U N D A Y , J U N E 0 5 , 2 0 0 5Very Lame Ducks?by Michael in New York on 6/05/2005 05:32:00 PMThe debacle over Iraq -- misleading the public, using fear tokeep a populace in check, using terror alerts for politicalpurposes when no threat was in sight -- seemed to have noeffect.</p><p> Bush and Blair and other major political figures werereturned to office.But now their power seems to be crumbling before our eyes.Right after Blair's party was reelected (in a historic third termthat was also at historically low levels), many were calling forhis head.</p><p> Step down, they said.</p><p> Blair caved in to reality, butmanaged to convince everyone he should stay on till the UKvoted on the EU constitution in mid 2006.</p><p> Now that thereferendum is dead, his own party members are braying againfor Blair to step down.</p><p> What exactly is he waiting for, they ask?Expect him gone by the end of the year.As for Bush, his every major initiative -- dismantling SocialSecurity, dumbing down science and research into battlingdisease, pushing through radical judges who can't gainreasonable support from moderates in both parties, not tomention "stabilizing" Iraq and Afghanistan -- has been an utterdisaster.</p><p> Now he's holding press conferences insisting that he isNOT a lame duck, as sure a sign of lame-duckiness as there is.So are Bush and Blair ones for the history books or do they stillhave some fight left in 'em? 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