BRIT CANDIDATE WANTS TO BREAK WITH U.S. ....MISSES SADDAM

BRIT CANDIDATE WANTS TO BREAK WITH U.S. MISSES SADDAM

The shiny young face of the UK’s usually lagging third party, the Liberal Democrats, Clegg may upend British politics in the May 6 elections.  One key to his stunning rise has been his dismissal of the “special relationship” with the US as out of date and worthless. President Obama’s cool with that, but it’s hard to see who would respect a decoupled-from-Washington UK in the morning.  Anti-Americanism plays well in Britain, though.  (What, no Obama effect?).  (CONTINUED)