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Barry Kay: Without splitting the left-of-centre vote, Conservatives could not form the government.
With the Canadian election approaching, incumbent Prime Minister Stephen Harper appears destined to remain in power, with the only question remaining being: How much power will he attain? Senior Editor Paul Jay sat down with Barry Kay, who's own seat distribution forecast at http://www.wlu.ca/lispop shows Harper's Conservative Party just two seats away from forming a majority government. This despite the fact that the vast majority of Canadians support parties that campaign to the political left of Harper's policies. Barry explains both the reasons for this phenomenon in Canadian politics, and the sort of strategy which would be required to ensure an electoral outcome more reflective of the Canadian populace.
Dr. Barry Kay is a Professor of Political Science at Wilfrid Laurier University. His research focuses on the topics of elections and public opinion. He is a past member of the Canadian National Election Study team, and recent publications pertain to electoral systems, public opinion polling, and the impact of single-issue interest groups. He has developed a model for projecting parliamentary seat distributions from popular vote or opinion polls, which is updated regularly and can be found at www.wlu.ca/lispop. He is also a political analyst with Global Television, for their national election coverage.
See Part 2 at: http://current.com/items/89382638_strategic_voting_in_canada
See Part 3 at: http://current.com/items/89400173_canadians_want_to_keep_health_care_system
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Rep. Alcee Hastings, a liberal Democrat representing Florida's 23rd Congressional District, is a perfect example of the pathetic leadership that has poorly served black America over the past 40 years.Rep. Alcee Hastings, a liberal Democrat representing Florida's 23rd Congressional... more
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You know, one of the things that trouble me most, these days, is the overt bitterness of the liberals/progressives/socialists among us. It runs like a sour note through a symphony. It spills over in conversations one tries to have with a liberal/socialist. It runs through their writings, too.You know, one of the things that trouble me most, these days, is the overt bitterness... more
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Murray Dobbin: The right has convinced Canadians that their values will never become public policy.
As Canadians prepare to go to the polls on October 14th. The question of a majority conservative government continues to play in the minds of voters. Prime Minister Stephen Harper stated last week that Canadians have grown more accepting of conservative ideas. Journalist and Author Murray Dobbin does not agree.
Murray Dobbin, Vancouver based, has been a journalist, broadcaster, author and social activist for over thirty five years. A board member and researcher with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, he has written five studies for the centre including an expose of charter schools and ten myths about the Canadian tax system. He has been a columnist for the Financial Post and Winnipeg Free Press, contributes to the Globe and Mail and other Canadian dailies and now writes a column for the Vancouver on-line paper The Tyee. He has written five books, three of them critical profiles of Canadian politicians. His latest book, Paul Martin: CEO for Canada? exposes Martin’s corporate agenda for the country.
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“Wall Street greed” is the catch phrase being used by the establishment press, half of Congress and the Bush administration to explain the implosion of the subprime mortgage industry and subsequent mass bank failures in the U.S.“Wall Street greed” is the catch phrase being used by the establishment... more
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Republican or Democrat, Conservative or Liberal, Right or Left, pick your choice, no need to think. Republican or Democrat, Conservative or Liberal, Right or Left, pick your choice, no... more
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Apparently, the people of the US have decided that national socialism is the way to go. The fact that it spells doom for what used to be the greatest nation on earth doesn’t seem to worry anyone except a few of us old “give me liberty or give me death” types… and there’s only a handful of us left.Apparently, the people of the US have decided that national socialism is the way to... more
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Liberal Democrats are in agony over bailing out Wall Street. Conservative Republicans are in agony over massive government intervention in what they like to call the free market. Yet neither side wants to be blamed if the financial system implodes.
It gets more complicated: An administration whose critics believe it abused the power it grabbed during a different kind of national emergency, after the Sept. 11 attacks, is asking for unprecedented authority over the financial system. Yet the man leading the charge this time, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, is one of the few administration officials trusted by Democrats.
All this is happening suddenly, and just six weeks before Election Day. Both presidential candidates are wary of getting on the wrong side of the public's justified populist fury or its desire for prudence in the face of potential catastrophe.
Liberal Democrats are in agony over bailing out Wall Street. Conservative Republicans... more
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People who startle easily in response to threatening images or loud sounds seem to have a biological predisposition to adopt conservative political positions on many hot-button issues, according to unusual new research published yesterday.
The finding suggests that people who are particularly sensitive to signals of visual or auditory threats also tend to adopt a more defensive stance on political issues, such as immigration, gun control, defense spending and patriotism. People who are less sensitive to potential threats, by contrast, seem predisposed to hold more liberal positions on those issues.
People who startle easily in response to threatening images or loud sounds seem to... more
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The first high-profile political debate since the bailout of American International Group foreshadowed what the upcoming presidential debates might sound like. Hint: Get ready for discussion about bailouts and regulation to drown out talk of “experience” and “change.” The first high-profile political debate since the bailout of American International... more
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The Communist Party USA newspaper, the “People’s Weekly World”, has an editorial you need to read if you have any doubt about where Obama’s support is coming from. Actually, every American voter should read it.The Communist Party USA newspaper, the “People’s Weekly World”, has... more
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University of Toronto political scientist Nelson Wiseman expressed surprise that Conservatives are going so negative so early in the campaign given that they're ahead in polls. Usually, negative ads are deployed later in a campaign by the losing camp.
University of Toronto political scientist Nelson Wiseman expressed surprise that... more
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Since the beginning of his Presidential bid Rep. Bob Barr has been attempting to inject the issue of privacy into the 2008 election and policy debates. Sadly, even as Congress debated the largest overhaul of FISA and the surrounding policies since the 70s, little has come of the consistent attempts.Since the beginning of his Presidential bid Rep. Bob Barr has been attempting to... more
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As a dues-paying member of Hillary Clinton's Vast Right Wing Conspiracy, it came as a revelation of sorts to learn about the parallel universe in which a Vast Left Wing Conspiracy exists. Within it, liberals do endless battle with one another for control of the Democrat Party. ...As a dues-paying member of Hillary Clinton's Vast Right Wing Conspiracy, it came... more
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"Rachel Maddow will replace Dan Abrams as host of the 9PM hour on MSNBC, the New York Times' Bill Carter reports. Just last month in a Times article by Jacques Steinberg, MSNBC president Phil Griffin declared Maddow "at the top" of a "very short list" for those who should have their own show, though at the time he said he "[didn't] know when" that would be. As Carter reports, the final stretch of the 2008 election season will be Maddow's debut as the host of her own MSNBC show..""Rachel Maddow will replace Dan Abrams as host of the 9PM hour on MSNBC, the New... more
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Citizens will have a hard time accessing the courts and getting justice if the task force gets its way... It will cost more and take longer to have their lawsuits dealt with due to the unreasonable roadblocks built into the proposed rules.
Citizens will have a hard time accessing the courts and getting justice if the task... more
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Dr. Benjamin Wiker has written an outstanding and timely book titled: "10 Books that Screwed up the World: And 5 Others that Didn't Help" (Regnery, 2008). Besides reviewing books by Machiavelli, Hobbes, Descartes, Rousseau, Marx, Engels, Darwin, Hitler, Mead, Kinsey and other writers, Wiker, in Chapter 8, gives the reader an engaging critique of the book "Beyond Good and Evil" by the great German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. ...Dr. Benjamin Wiker has written an outstanding and timely book titled: "10 Books... more
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"Sadly, as we observed on tonight’s edition of Fox News (May 16, 2008), even that most likable and unusually rational liberal regular, Mort Kondracke, apparently suffers from that dangerously contagious congenital leftist affliction: liberal egocentrism...""Sadly, as we observed on tonight’s edition of Fox News (May 16, 2008),... more
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"RUSH: I know I'm fighting an uphill battle here, folks, on trying to convince you Republicans in Ohio and Texas to cross over, pimp yourselves for a day, vote for Hillary to keep this campaign going, this Uncivil War, Democrat Party. I know what's going to happen. Even if I convince you to do it -- remember what this is, this is about us winning. You have to understand, it's not about Hillary winning; it's about us winning. It's about our party winning. It's about those people losing.""RUSH: I know I'm fighting an uphill battle here, folks, on trying to... more
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If you are interested find out about the Liberal Party . We are not the Liberal Democrats.
www.liberal.org.uk
If you are interested find out about the Liberal Party . We are not the Liberal... more
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