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Fri 09 Sep 2007Stage StruckPeter Crawleysays Bush-whackery has run its courseWhat does George W Bush, a man not given to self- doubt, have to fear? Next week's report on whether the US troop surge - his last roll of the dice for Iraq and his legacy - has paid off? The steady disintegration of the Republican base rocked by so much terror, political scandal and administrative incompetence that even Rudy Guiliani or Arnold Scwarzenegger might struggle to rebuild it? Or does the American president lie awake at night wondering what his most staunch critic will throw at him next?