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Canada votes Monday...

January 20, 2006 12:46 PM ET | Permanent Link | Print

And it's looking more and more likely that the Conservatives, led by Stephen Harper, will win a major victory—and perhaps an absolute majority—in Parliament. They've been leading the governing Liberals in the polls by margins of around 10 percent for a couple of weeks now. Here are some interesting thoughts on Canada's politics, and the way in which the blogosphere has undermined the country's governing party and mainstream media, from David Warren of the Ottawa Citizen. Read the whole thing.

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Michael Barone is a senior writer for U.S.News & World Report and principal coauthor of The Almanac of American Politics. He has written for many publications—including the Economist and the New York Times.

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