The Next Prime Minister?

I count Britain's David Cameron among the fairly large cohort of politicians with whom I would not want to be stuck in an elevator, but I have the unsettling sense that he is indeed a man on the move:

Cameron has spent the last three years busily fixing his broken party, introducing new purpose, new policies, and even a new logo -- a green oak tree. Mixing traditional conservative issues like low taxes and small government with newer policy platforms focused on the environment and poverty, Cameron has revitalized the British center-right. His path has not always been straightforward ... [b]ut today opinion polls once again strongly suggest Cameron will become the country's prime minister at the next election, due at some point before mid-2010.

(Link). In fairness, I think you'd have to say that it's not so much that Cameron looks so good as that Gordon Brown looks so awful. Too bad about Brown, if ever there was a case of "be careful what you wish for..."