I watched some of the Canadian election returns on C-SPAN last night. (Thanks, C-SPAN.) I know this is not a 1994-Gingrich-style drubbing, but the coverage on the CBC sounded a lot like the American media reaction then: ahem, this is NOT, repeat, NOT, a rejection of liberalism. It’s just a modest, even indecisive step toward moderation.

I was a bit amused this morning to see an AP report discussing the “extreme” Harper (translation: too much like American conservatives). “They were willing to give Harper a chance to govern despite concerns that some of his social views are extreme.” Harper might “reverse” gay marriage, which just passed. Imagine the slogans: “Don’t Let Harper Turn Back The Clock to 2004.”