Ironically, the figure David Cameron most closely resembles is one few British voters feel much affection for: the Governor George W. Bush of 1999-2000, who excited Clinton-battered Republicans with promises of a new “compassionate conservatism.”
Like the early Bush’s, Cameron’s big ideas come concealed in a thick haze of evasive verbiage. [...] [Cameron] has learned a lesson from [Tony Blair]’s experience. You cannot let people down, if you offer them nothing.