Mixin' it up

Tony Blair's son is reportedly set to hop across the pond and intern with Republican staff at the U.S. House of Representatives.

"Euan Blair has been given the opportunity to take up a short, unpaid internship with the Rules Committee of the House of Representatives," said a spokesman at the prime minister's Downing Street office.

Despite Blair's close relationship with U.S. President George W. Bush, the news raised eyebrows among some Democrats who see Blair's Labour party as natural allies, reported the Sunday Telegraph newspaper.

I may be way off, but does anyone actually see the point of a British intern at a high-ranking legislative branch of American government? Not to mention the whole thing smells like a personal favor that George Bush is doing for his old buddy Tony (and yes, I do recognize that the political comradery between the Democrats and Britain's Labour Party does seem all too obvious...sorry, Dean). Or could it be this: with the decaying state of Europe's political and economic apparatus right now, Euan Blair might just be the EU's newest member of the "How-To-Be-More-Like-America" committee.