"There is no ideological content to his speeches, " said Nusrat Javed, a liberal commentator who hosts of one of Pakistan's leading political talk shows, on the Aaj News channel.

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The problem that any ardent Blairite must confront is that there are no ideological grounds for taking on Mr Brown: the policy differences that divide him from Mr Blair, although real, are too nuanced and subtle to provide any.

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Far from seeking an agreement with Obama, Netanyahu should realize that given the president's ideological rigidity, there is no agreement to be had.

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