Note: for non-Canadian readers (or, indeed for Canadian readers who don’t follow politics) Stephane Dion was the milquetoast who led the Liberal Party of Canada to its then-worst-ever federal election result in 2008. He ran on a campaign of a carbon tax shift (“The Green Shift“), for which the Conservative Party mocked and savaged him. We’ll […]
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CuriosityCat: America should step over the fiscal cliff
Step over the fiscal cliff, Americans!The fiscal cliff has been described as a fiscal suicide pact by some gloomy British obervers:There has to be an agreement. If the two sides can’t get behind a plan to cut the deficit there will be pretty horrible c…
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Kudos to Tabatha Southey on her Serengeti-prism for viewing Obama’s success
Republican voters?Commentators are diving into the gizzards of the election statistics to find out why Mitt Romney was so soundly trounced in a year when all odds (if you exclude the sheer determination of his opponent) were in favour of his becoming …
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Con Teabaggers and the Youth Vote
Oh boy. I know I shouldn't gloat about what happened to Mitt Romney and his Teabaggers, who were soooooooo sure they were going to win, they are now in astate of shock and awe.Or in the sixth stage of the five stages of grief, and in terrible, terr…
Continue readingearthgauge: Earthgauge Radio November 9, 2012: Elizabeth May, Obama re-election and Hurricane Sandy
On Earthgauge Radio this week, we take a look back at the devastation of Hurricane Sandy, consider the environmental implications of President Obama’s re-election in the U.S. and catch up with the leader of the Green Party of Canada, Elizabeth May. Click the audio player above or right click here to download. We’ve been trying […]
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Obama’s victory in pictures
Courtesy of Edison Research, here’s a simple way to analyse the Obama 2012 victory – as they say, a picture is worth a thousand words …The empathy gap:Romney lost the empathy battle big time.The Gender Battle:The Rainbow Vote: Young Uns and O…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: America Moves a Few Inches to the Left
For the most part the U.S political climate has remained the same. The White House resident is still a democrat, the senate is still controlled by democrats and the House is controlled by Republicans. But I think in all it is a win for left wing of the country, and shows to some extent
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: America Moves a Few Inches to the Left
For the most part the U.S political climate has remained the same. The White House resident is still a democrat, the senate is still controlled by democrats and the House is controlled by Republicans. But I think in all it is a win …
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: America Moves a Few Inches to the Left
For the most part the U.S political climate has remained the same. The White House resident is still a democrat, the senate is still controlled by democrats and the House is controlled by Republicans. But I think in all it is a win for left wing of the country, and shows to some extent
Continue readingCuriosityCat: President Obama now runs for his place in history
Robert CaroFor three years, Obama has had dinner with selected American historians, allowing him to ask probling questions.As one attendee now comments, he is focused on his role in history:“He has only one thing to run for: a place in history,” Ro…
Continue readingEclectic Lip: Mitt’s bad day (wasn’t nearly as bad as the dinosaurs’)
As expected by everyone outside the American right-wing echo chamber, Obama handily defeated Romney in the US election. In the weeks leading up to the election, pollster Nate Silver (who posts at the New York Times) came under such ferocious criticism from Fox News & friends, for purportedly “skewing” his results to inflate predictions in […]
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: How Israel Misread America
In today’s Haaretz, Rabbi Eric Yoffie considers how Israel got everything so wrong and what its leaders must do to make peace with the White House.Americans are resolutely centrist. Israel’s politics may be veering right, but America’s are not. De…
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Does Obama Have the Killer Instinct He Needs?
Will the United States and the world really have to endure “four more years” or will a new Barack Obama emerge in his second term?One sign to look for is whether Obama moves quickly to exploit fractures in the Republican ranks with “in your face” polic…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Mitt Romney and the Con Cicadas
Oh boy. I don't know how to say this, but I feel I almost owe Mitt Romney an apology. For while it's true that he's a shameless huckster who lied so much he almost fooled enough Americans into making him President. Which scared the bejee…
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Now Americans Need To Follow Republican Lead
Voters showed the Republican Party doesn’t represent America, but in losing the election and now facing hard choices, for America’s sake, perhaps Republicans should.
For today, after losing the Presidency, again, and additional senate seats, Republica…
Continue readingObama wins! Marijuana legalized?!?!
(On a quick side note, I’m going to start breaking up my posts into the different topics in the title, using red headings, as seen below – ‘Fiscal Cliff and American Political System’ – to make it easier for people to find what they really want…
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Careful Donald, They Might Dust Off the Guillotine
I’m pretty sure I have figured out Donald Trump’s affliction – paresis. If you don’t know, Google it.Trump is now calling for Americans to march on Washington to protest the “great and disgusting injustice” of Obama’s re-election.”We can’t let th…
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Whither Israel?
Benjamin Netanyahu did everything shy of stuffing ballot boxes for Mitch Romney. He gambled, and lost. Now Benny will have to wait to see what his odious efforts have earned him.Israel awoke to the news it faced what many see as a politi…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Obama and the Wailing of the Cons
Wow. What an amazing night. It's hours after it ended and I still can't believe it.How Obama knocked Mitt Romney off his White Horse, and sent him back to Bain Capital riding backwards on a burro.For as even David Frum admitted "This isn&#…
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Democrats Learn From Conservatives: Obama Like Harper, Romney Like Ignatieff
Many progressives are elated that Obama won last night, they should thank Stephen Harper.
For though many Canadians were happily surprised that Obama’s re-election strategy worked, there was really little doubt, as Stephen Harper had already proved i…
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