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Lagacé-Dowson’s orange revolution not over yet  
Dowson thinks the NDP could capitalize and take some left wing votes in Quebec whenever Gilles Duceppe decides to stand down as Bloc Quebecois leader. “Quebecers have shown that they are comfortable with the government assisting the population. This flies in the face of […]

There was a time – until quite recently – when we aspired each week to fulfilling our mission “to entertain, inform and occasionally comment on a wide range of subjects of interest to us and to the many participants in and contributors to the Wednesday Night Salon”. However, the entertain part is becoming increasingly difficult […]

IPS Coverage of the Campaign  ;  BBC   ;  Slate  ;  Politico ; Huffington Post Politics - admittedly pro-Obama, but often with well-founded stories and/or commentary
Powell Stands Against Smears This piece is particularly topical as we have recently received copies of Obama smear e-mails that are quite sickening. In both cases, we forwarded them […]

Frank Rich has the last word on the debates
There may have been none of those knockout blows the press craves, but the accretional effect has been to teach the public that McCain isn’t steady enough to run the country even if the economy were sound, and that Obama just might be.
In Debate No. 1, you […]

Rivals’ Visions Differ on Unleashing Innovation
By WILLIAM J. BROAD and CORNELIA DEAN
(NYT) For decades, the United States dominated the technological revolution sweeping the globe. The nation’s science and engineering skills produced vast gains in productivity and wealth, powered its military and made it the de facto world leader.
Today, the dominance is eroding. In 2002, the […]

See also David Jones on How the U.S. election process works
There is so much confusion abroad (and often within the U.S.) about the role of the electoral college in choosing the President of the United States that we thought it useful to post this explanation from Wikipedia.
The Electoral College consists of 538 popularly elected representatives […]

Belated Happy Thanksgiving to one and all and warm wishes to our Jewish friends as they celebrate Sukkot.

We hope that in counting your blessings you remembered to thank She Who Must Be Obeyed that the Canadian election campaign does not last for 18 months - 2 years, at least not officially. It just seems that […]

John Moore: Farewell to Stephen Harper, master tactician
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See also U.S. campaign 2008
Buckley Bows out at National Review After Endorsing Obama (Daily Beast)
Christopher Buckley: Within hours of my endorsement appearing in The Daily Beast it became clear that National Review had a serious problem on its hands. So the next morning, I thought the only decent thing […]

DUMB DEMOCRACY IS THE FASTEST ROAD TO TOTALITARIANISM
By Kimon Valskakis
(Globe & Mail) Winston Churchill once argued that democracy is the worst political system except for all the others. While there is no viable alternative to democracy, contemporary flaws in the system - what I call “dumb democracy” - threaten to weaken it and produce […]