No. 1 Partner

Like Mayor Giuliani, so perfectly attuned to New York's mood since Sept. 11 that his moribund political career has rejuvenated, Tony Blair has had a good war. The British Prime Minister threw himself into shaping — and building support for — the campaign against al-Qaeda. He barnstormed Paris, New York, Washington and Brussels in just two days last week, meanwhile working the phone from his plane to explore cooperation with Iran's President Mohammed Khatami. George Bush put his arm around him at the White House and described him to a joint session of Congress as "my friend"; Blair, looking stern and...