July 30, 2007 8:54 AM

Bush and Brown Holding First Meetings

Given how close the Bush-Blair relationship was, and how supportive the government under Blair has been of the Iraq mission, one might hope that, now that Brown has taken over as Prime Minister, Bush might give the new PM's misgivings about the Iraq mission slightly more credence than he typically would give an anti-war dissenter.

But probably not.

No matter how the meetings turn out, it's unlikely to result in this: