How effed up ARE we when we can't appreciate Obama? Well according to Canadians....

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119. What Spazito said but also

Speaking as a Canadian, what is also baffling is the point raised that all these indicators of an economic recovery compared to the doo doo Obama stepped into when he first arrived in office and no recognition of that by the electorate. Specifically the soft right. Let's face it, most voters vote with their own interests first. And right wing voters even more so. Harper was elected with what is called a Minority government the first time, then when the economy started improving and didn't crash like our neighbour to the south, he was re-elected with a Majority (still with only 39%) The reason it didn't crash so bad was because of the former Liberal governments solid bank regulations. I'm sure Harper would have been against those and followed Dubya's lead if he had won power earlier, but Harper was glad to take credit for our more stable economy, and won because of it.

That is what is baffling to Canadians, and I'd gather people in most western democracies, that all those "moderates" and folks in the mushy middle, the small c conservatives, wouldn't reward that at all. But then I also don't get why Democrats were running away from Obama and not proclaiming his and their parties accomplishments from every roof top in order to communicate that to those voters.

But one thing I've noticed watching Americans, you tend to stick with your packs no matter what. You talk about being "life long" Democrats or "die in the wool" Republicans. Like you are born into a tribe and you have no choice in the matter. Canadians are more easy going when it comes to parties. Personally I'd never vote Conservative, but I know there are many Canadians that have voted back and forth between parties depending on the particular issues or the state of the economy.