New Tory leader to test mettle in showdown with Blair

Fresh from his decisive victory Tuesday as Conservative Party leader, the telegenic, eloquent and youthful Cameron will fire the opening shots in a revitalized campaign aimed at returning his party to power.

And newspaper pundits say Cameron -- the fifth Conservative leader to face Blair -- has raised hopes he will produce the first credible opposition to Blair's Labour Party since it swept into Downing Street in 1997.