Efficient?
People who were around me in the fall of 2000 might remember how much glee I took in comparing the pair of elections that took place back then. The U.S. federal election happened. Then, while the outcome of that debacle was still being determined, the Canadians declared an election, campaigned for a month, held their election, and put together a new government, all before the Americans had figured out who had won theirs. This was an extreme case, of course, but I always use it as an example of how much more efficient it is to limit campaign and election times to a very limited time frame so as to leave time for, you know, *governing*.
I'm not going to back down on my position on the insanity of the sheer length of U.S. campaigns, but after next week I might have to eat my words about at least part of the aforementioned example, namely the part about Canadians being efficient and quick at putting together governments. The current speculation about seat counts certainly leaves a lot of options open, some of which sound pretty harrowing, and many of which will probably take a lot of time to decide on. Even *after* the election is over and the results have been determined, we may be in for a rough ride.
Well, then. At least it's not boring?
I'm not going to back down on my position on the insanity of the sheer length of U.S. campaigns, but after next week I might have to eat my words about at least part of the aforementioned example, namely the part about Canadians being efficient and quick at putting together governments. The current speculation about seat counts certainly leaves a lot of options open, some of which sound pretty harrowing, and many of which will probably take a lot of time to decide on. Even *after* the election is over and the results have been determined, we may be in for a rough ride.
Well, then. At least it's not boring?