Canadians: Woo! We did it!

[Interrobang]

Liberal minority government, which means *no* "Prime Minister Stephen Harper" (pardon me), and it also means that Layton's NDP, which did very well this election, has a *lot* of power.

This also means that no party has enough power to really get agendist on our collective butts, which equals four years of basically benevolent neglect at the federal level. Peace! Order! Good Government! Canada!

I can stop biting my nails now.

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Now you American guys have to ditch The Shrub in November, and we'll be all set. :)

[jeff30997]

1. I was pretty nervous too about Harpoon.

:toast: :party: :beer: :toast:

[Interrobang]

15. Have you ever noticed...

How much Harpoon (I like that) looks like a younger version of Newt Gingrich?

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Stephen Harper

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Newt Gingrich

[MikeG]

2. Why are the conservatives banging together plastic blue penises?

And, NDP women are the hottest.

[jeff30997]

7. Because the conservatives...

Are phallocrats!:evilgrin:

[richmwill]

3. Sounds good...

And we're working on pruning the Shrub all the way down to an insignificant little twig :)

[Gothic Sponge]

4. Congratulations!

We will work on Shrub! ;)

[Wonk]

5. How long can it last, though?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1884637

[GirlinContempt]

12. It can last...

It just depends on what the liberals decide they want...

[paranoid floyd]

6. Yes

This is good. We did not need Harper as Prime Minister. Now Martin has to really get his shit together and prove that he can govern responsibly. Given the way this could have gone, a minority government is OK with me. Layton may be the key to getting good things done.

And yes, please ditch the Shrub and let's let North American be the great continent that it can be.

[whirlygigspin]

9. A great day for Progressives!

the Liberals will have to keep the NDP happy in order to remain in power or they're gone...that means more policies that help the working poor and children and less corporate welfare a la Bush.

Keep their feet to the fire! woooooohooooo!

[HEyHEY]

8. WHAT? I wanted a NC majority!

;-)

[chaska]

10. Great news. I guess it's our turn now. ...Turn the mutha out.

[GirlinContempt]

11. I am SO excited I can't sleep

At all... wow.... YES!

[Interrobang]

14. Yep. I'm feeling pretty stoked myself. :)

I'm not happy qua happy with more Paul Martin as PM, as he's proven in the past to be too tractable a peon for the fiscal experimenters who've been messing around with Canada's economy for the last generation or so (for more see Linda McQuaig's _The Cult of Impotence_), but with Layton in a position of real power (for once), we might actually have some careful, reasoned, progressive changes. (I actually *am* a bit of a "conservative progressive" -- I've seen too much radical agendizing under Mulroney and then Mike Harris in Ontario, I'm up for some nice slow incremental change.)

[Melsky]

13. I was really happy about the results

I was so worried they were going to elect that scary Harper guy right when I finally got to Canada.