Egypt: Will the colonels now step in?
Whither Egypt?Egypt is in turmoil, with secular forces facing Islamic forces in the streets, and mobs gathering outside the High Court:But the credibility of the referendum was questioned when the…
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Robocon: A Puzzle
Huh?Consider these two statements by Allan Matthews, an Investigator in the Office of the Commissioner of Canada Elections:And this one:What does the second one mean?Must all participants in a single…
Joyce Murray is right: Our electoral sytem is broken and needs fixing
Joyce Murray: Targeting our democratic deficitAndrew Coyne has supported Murray's idea of removing the Harper Tories from power and reforming the electoral system.This is a brief report of what Joyce…
Andrew Coyne gives a good reason for choosing Joyce Murray as Liberal Party leader
Andrew CoyneAt last we have some candidates for leadership of the Liberal Party who – unlike Justin Trudeau – are prepared to deal with the reality of Canadian politics: our…
Goodbye, Premier Redford
Premier RedfordI like Premier Redford. I think she was a breath of fresh air in the closed Alberta system, promising a departure from myopic thinking and an entry into the…
Robocon: Elections Canada investigating possible voter suppression in one fifth (20%) of all ridings
The robocon net has been spread wide, with incidents in 56 ridings now being investigated:Elections Canada investigators are tracking complaints of misleading or harassing phone calls in 56 ridings during…
Calgary Centre Byelection: Liberal leaders who cannot count give Stephen Harper a belated thanksgiving gift
As national polls and recent federal elections have shown time after time, our antiquated first past the post system of electing MPs results in a party with a minority of…
Israel’s terms for a Gaza ceasefire?
Gaza stripSome reports have spelled out the terms Israel has tabled for a ceasefire in Gaza.Here is one summaryof those rumoured terms:According to reports in Cairo, these are the conditions…
Calgary Center by-election: Move over, Peek a Boo Tories, here comes the Red Tide!
Jack Layton's stunning success in the May 2011 election broke the grip of the do-nothing Bloc in Quebec, and made it legitimate for voters across Canada to consider the unthinkable.Now…
The Future: Low Growth West; High Growth East
China risingMartin Kettle has an interesting and disturbing article in today's The Guardian, headed Austerity is here to stay, and we'd better get used to it:But we are going to…
Grover Norquist: The Bathtub Drowner meets his comeuppance in 2012
The 2012 presidential election has been a time of momentous and historic changes in American politics. For the first time the Republican voter suppression tactics boomeranged, with millions of those…
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…
Justin Trudeau really really gets what the new Supporters class means
Justin Trudeau - realpolitiek practitionerJohn Ibbitson in the Globe & Mail comments on the plans of the Trudeau team to use the changed constitution of the Liberal Party of Canada…
Enbridge, the Storyteller & The Breaking of the Social Contract
Enbridge's Al Monaco - The StorytellerJust read Nathan Vanderklippe's interview with Al Monaco, CEO of Enbridge Inc., in Saturday's Globe & Mail. Extracts from the interview:Al Monaco pauses, for a…
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…
Mitt Romney’s three miscalculations
Polls never lie, eh?Seems they can make you see things that aren't there, as the Romney team did big time:They made three key miscalculations, in part because this race bucked…
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…
RoboCon: Michael Sona – "This entire, massive scheme"
Michael Sona on CBCListen to the Power Panel comments on the Sona interview first – you can find it here.Then listen to his interview – it is here.And here is…
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…
The new new Senate power nexus: Senators Warren and Rubio?
Senator Elizabeth WarrenA breath of fresh air entered the Senate last night with the election of Senator Elizabeth Warren. I expect her to join forces with rising Republican star Senator…