[goldstategop]

Canada's Liberals are the longest running comedy skit Canadians have seen for a decade. The longer they're in power the more arrogant, profligant, and incompetent they become. Its amazing Canadians tolerate the lot of them. Americans would have thrown the bums out a long time ago.

[Phantom Lord]

Its amazing Canadians tolerate the lot of them. Americans would have thrown the bums out a long time ago.

I doubt that. Look at DC, California, Mass., and other various places where the liberals rule with an iron fist and often are not even opposed by a republican on the ballot.

[RansomOttawa]

Canada's Liberals are the longest running comedy skit Canadians have seen for a decade. The longer they're in power the more arrogant, profligant, and incompetent they become. Its amazing Canadians tolerate the lot of them.

Unfortunately, the right is split between the Progressive Conservatives, who squandered their credibility 10 years ago and were decimated, and in any case probably would have come up with a similar boondoggle anyway; and the Canadian Alliance, which despite having enough seats to form the opposition, are still largely considered a party of Western discontent and have yet to make any serious inroads in the East, which is crucial if you want to have any chance of becoming the government.

The Alliance was recently plagued with some internal dissent, including the temporary defection of about a dozen members over former party leader Stockwell Day's leadership.

There have been a couple of attempts made to "unite the Right" in recent years, but the Conservatives will have none of it, so the present situation may well continue for some time.