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“He’s tough on national security, he has an alternative global vision, people like him and he is a beautiful, reassuring speaker. He’s Bill Clinton without baggage. I’d say he’s a natural.” Tom Friedman reckons the Democrats should plump for Tony Blair as their presidential candidate. Well, it would improve my job prospects. There is, of course, the constitutional requirement that a president be born in the US, but since some people reckon Britain is the 51st state anyway…