Today and tomorrow are th main events politically. If Ignatieff doesn't chicken out, we'll have a new government this week, and we'll finally have an NDP coalition. Last time the NDP had the balance of power, we got many of the social programs that are now woven into progressive Canadians' view of the country ( Read more... )

So, yeah. I watched the primaries. No major conclusions. Hillary has a 70-delegate lead over Obama, but all but six of her lead are "unpledged," meaning they could change their mind at the last minute. Six delegates -- or even seventy -- is nothing in a race where the magic number is 2,025, and there are several big races on Friday ( Read more... )