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American exceptionalism: Other democracies don't have to deal with shutdowns...

There is something rotten at the core of American democracy, and the fault lines are increasingly being exposed now that one of the two major political parties has gone completely off the rails and...

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Keystone XL: Wildlife in the Crosshairs

The Keystone XL pipeline is a veritable grab-bag of controversial issues, but with so much debate over energy security, jobs, and politics, the most urgent problems of tar sands development are put on...

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#NOKXL Blogathon: Your voice on the Keystone XL pipeline matters

The Keystone XL pipeline is the perfect symbol of our disastrous energy policies and broken political system. Now that $100 a barrel is the new floor for oil prices, the oil industry can finally turn a...

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Canadian Conservatives repudiate Harper; end opposition to gay marriage.

This is breaking news from the Globe and Mail.I apologise for the non-diary, but I shall let you read this for yourself.Oh, and by the by, this is a BFD.

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Canadian Election Lessons Shared Around World

Article on cbcnews.ca and how liberal/left political organizations are learning the lessons from the recent Canadian election.The election saw the Conservatives soundly beaten.Below the fold for the...

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Saturday Night Loser's Club, Vol. D: Sunny Ways Edition

So, 5 days later than eveyone else, 3CM the loser chimes in on the happy results north of the 49th parallel this Monday, where the Grits wiped the political floor with the Tories, big time, which will...

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Morning Digest: Our massive House fundraising chart is here

Colorado Democrat Morgan Carroll is off to a fast fundraising startLeading Off: •Fundraising: Daily Kos Elections'massive third quarter House fundraising chart is now available. We have listings for...

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How Canada's Liberals obliterated the Conservatives this week, with tons of...

(click to enlarge)On Monday, Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper's decade-long reign came to an end in dramatic fashion as left-leaning voters flocked to the historically centrist Liberal Party...

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Trudeau Keeps Campaign Promise to Withdraw Military from Iraq and Syria

So Justin Trudeau, the Prime Minister-elect of Canada as of last night, is wasting no time keeping one of his major campaign promises:Ottawa (AFP) - Canada's prime minister-elect Justin Trudeau said...

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Oh, Canada! Welcome back to political sanity

Justin Trudeau has been elected as the new prime minister of Canada, of which there should be much rejoicing here on the southern side of the border. The son of the late, great Pierre Trudeau who led...

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BREAKING: Canada's Liberal Party ends 10 years of Conservative rule in a...

Canada's incoming Liberal prime minister, Justin Trudeau On Monday, Canada's historically centrist Liberal Party took power in a landslide, bringing an end to Conservative Prime Minister Stephen...

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Canada general election liveblog #6

Today, Canada goes to the polls to elect a new Parliament. Polls start to close at 7 PM ET in the east, with the last polls closing at 10 PM ET in the west. To see how many seats we can expect to...

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2015 Canada federal election poll closing times

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Canada's Liberal Party surges to wide lead in polls, poised to end decade of...

As you can see in the chart above, Canada's historically centrist Liberal Party has jumped out to a substantial edge over the governing Conservatives, leading them, on average, by a 37 to 31 margin in...

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Reason over Passion: the Case for Voting Liberal

“Reason over Passion” was the motto of Canada’s 15th Prime Minister, Pierre Elliot Trudeau. It describes an intellectual discipline of being rational, rather than emotive, in making choices. In...

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Canada's Liberals Troll Tories with Hilarious Advert

Earlier in the year, Canada's Conservative Party took out an advert claiming Liberal leader Justin Trudeau was "not ready for prime time," but he has nice hair.Yesterday the Liberals put an advert on...

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Canadian Election Day, Monday, 10/19/2015

There's a lot riding on this election.  Stephen Harper has worked hard at pushing Canada to the right, censoring scientists (especially scientists working on anything that might indicate global climate...

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New DK Group: "Kos Canucks"

I have quite a few relatives in Canada (by marriage), including one who is very involved in politics.  Conseuqently, I follow Canadian politics more closely than most Americans.  I see the occasional...

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How Harper handed the Canadian Election to the Liberals

The Liberal Party has taken an unexpected lead in the final days leading up to Canada's election on October 19th.  If they win, they'll owe it to one man: Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper....

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A decade of Conservative rule may finally end in Canada's twisting three-way...

From left to right: Liberal leader Justin Trudeau), Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and New Democratic Party leader Thomas Mulcair After ten years of right-wing governance, Canada goes to...

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