His own party can see what is clearly obvious to everyone, that Blair is going to take down the entire party just for his own benefit. We are seeing some similar hints of revolt by a small (but growing?) number of GOP loyalists towards Bush as the election nears but nothing quite as extraordinary as actual administration insiders as is the case in the UK.
"This pantomime has to end or we are going to lose the next election," said one last night.Another was brutally dismissive of the Prime Minister's attempt to "spray around policy initiatives" ahead of the party's annual conference in Manchester. "Tony is deluding himself if he thinks that anyone is listening to all this stuff."
Senior ministers were speaking last night of "near-panic" among MPs in marginal seats as Labour's poll ratings plunge because of the in-fighting.
One said that Mr Blair was being "self-indulgent" in seeking to bind the hands of his successor to ever-more radical reforms of the public services.
