The United States is at a fork in the road regarding which way we will go as a people. The 2012 election could be the most important in our lifetime, and conservative leaders have reached a consensus on how to channel the energy and concerns of the American people to realize historic change this year.
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Mitt Romney is still flip-flopping even as he seems ever more confident of the Republican nomination. Rick Perry is breathing life into his campaign, after his poor debate showings, with his new flat tax plan, which has been fairly well received. Herman Cain, the intelligent, accomplished, and optimistic man he is, nevertheless is encountering flip-flopping problems of his own, particularly around his stance on abortion and the question of the number of “9’s” in his economic plan. Ron Paul, polling the strongest he ever has over the years, still needs to convince more Americans that the elimination of major agencies of the federal government won’t make the country fall apart. Michele Bachmann may be fizzling out, despite her conviction to repeal Obamacare, and Rick Santorum, another individual of strong conservative convictions, still can pull ahead.
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The Conservatives rolled to a decisive victory in the country of my birth’s national election winning 54% of the seats in Parliament, which wound up being 167 seats, more than enough of the 155 needed to have a majority government. I’m sure Prime Minister Harper’s fantastic job with the economy played a large roll in securing the big win.
via the Winnipeg Free Press:
OTTAWA – Canada has a dramatically new political landscape after voters redrew both the electoral map and the nation’s trajectory with a convincing Conservative majority.
Installing Harper and his flinty brand of conservatism in office with unfettered power for four years may not even be the most historically significant headline of the 41st general election.
The Liberal party that governed the country for much of the past century was handed a resounding defeat, finishing a distant third behind Jack Layton’s bounding New Democrats.[...]
For Harper, who has long plotted the Liberal party’s demise, the evening was an historic vindication. He sealed his place in the national ledgers, joining Canada’s first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, and 1950s-era Tory leader John Diefenbaker as just the third Conservative ever to win three consecutive elections.
Harper did it with a two-note campaign focused on Canada’s relative economic success in a global economy battered by deep recession, and with dire warnings of instability under any minority scenario.
Not only is this a great win for the Conservative Party of Canada and Prime Minister Stephen Harper, but a great win for all of the Canadian people!
