Today, Tony Blair announced that he was resigning as Prime Minister of Great Britain and leader of the Labour Party effective June 27th. Recent history has not been kind to Mr. Blair, mostly because of his ill-fated decision to support President Bush in his war of terron, but his legacy is far more complicated than Bush's ever will be. Up until his recent foray into the middle east, Blair was almost universally respected as one of Europe's most effective leaders. Perhaps he paid the price of being in power too long. I'm reminded of one of the last scenes in Stephen Frears' "The Queen" when Queen Elizabeth reminds a neophite Tony Blair that public opinion may one day turn against him. I think that's true, like Yogi Berra correctly and eloquently pointed out, "The sun don't shine on the same dog's ass everyday."
I can't help but think he will be missed.
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