Poor Harper
You had to know that he was looking forward to taking over the title of "Bush's Poodle" once Blair stepped down. But Blair has went and found himself a way to stay in the public eye for a little while longer. Of course, appointing a peace envoy who is best known for helping launch one of the stupidest wars in recent history doesn't seem like the best of ideas, but then Blair is in charge of the Israeli/Palestinian road map. When some of the major players wants the road map to succeed, having somebody with little credibility on the issue in charge of it makes more sense.
As for Harper, I'm sure he looks at this situation as one of those, "If at first you don't succeed . . .
