American conservatism: Slip-sliding away.

Go. Read. And then ponder this -- the Obama budget passed the U.S. House of Representatives without a single GOP vote. Not one. And if the Arlen Specter switch sticks and Al Franken is finally seated, the Democrats will have a filibuster-proof 60 seats in the Senate and the ability to completely, totally and utterly ignore the Republicans.

At which point, Canada's wanks -- who have been salivating over the prospect of a Stephen Harper majority and the unrestricted legislative control it would give them -- will suddenly decry the danger to democracy that comes with the lack of a viable opposition for checks and balances on unlimited power.

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