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Harper wins muscular minority
1 hour ago OTTAWA Stephen Harper's Conservatives won a muscular minority mandate Tuesday night as Canadian voters entrusted the prime minister with the levers of government in tough economic times - but not a blank cheque. The outcome saw the Liberals sink to their lowest level of popular ...
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Conservatives win a second, stronger minority; 'Our support base is stronger,' Harper says
nationalpost.com — As of 1:55 a.m. ET, the Conservative party was leading or elected in 143 seats Conservatives 143;... Liberals 77; Bloc 49; NDP 37; Ind 2; Green 0 OTTAWA -- Stephen Harper's Conservatives returned to power with a stronger, broadly based minority, facing a ... (more) Conservatives win a second, stronger minority; 'Our ...
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Hugh Hewitt: Conservatives Win In Canada
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — Just as they have in France, Germany and Italy and almost certainly will in Great Britain and Israel when elections are next held in those two states. It will be a "muscular minority" government to our north, but one committed to the dynamic capitalism that defines free and growing societies. The world knows that the war with the jihadists is real and continuing, that Iran is bent on acquiring nuclear weapons, and that only a vigorous growth agenda based on low taxes and a slimmed down public sector is an answer to the international financial crisis. Obama is leading McCain ...

Hugh Hewitt: Conservatives Win In Canada
Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog — Just as they have in France, Germany and Italy and almost certainly will in Great Britain and Israel when elections are next held in those two states. It will be a "muscular minority" government to our north , but one committed to the dynamic capitalism that defines free and growing societies. The world knows that the war with the jihadists is real and continuing, that Iran is bent on acquiring nuclear weapons, and that only a vigorous growth agenda based on low taxes and a slimmed down public sector is an answer to the international financial crisis. Obama is leading McCain ...

Canadians Give Conservatives Larger Plurality
GayPatriot — ... Well, our neighbors to the north had another election yesterday and returned Harper to power with an increased plurality in the House of Commons:  “The Conservatives won 143 seats, up from 124 in the last election, while the Liberals were down to 76 from 103.”  With the French having recently replaced an anti-American pseudo-conservative and with the Italians bringing Silvio Berlusconi, a pro-American conservative and in Italy, back to power, the world seems to be moving right. ...

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FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... than 20 years ago. "I told Obama's people, 'Don't get your feet too far in Afghanistan,'" Murtha said. Obama has said he wants to send more troops to Afghanistan. Murtha remembers visiting Afghanistan when small bands of Mujahideen were routing the better-equipped Soviet Army. They're professional soldiers, different from those fighting U.S. forces in Iraq, Murtha said. More troops won't be enough to stabilize the country, he said. Harper wins muscular minority Stephen Harper's Conservatives won a muscular ...

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FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... (tags: barack_obama john_murtha) Harper wins muscular minority Stephen Harper's Conservatives won a muscular minority mandate Tuesday night as Canadian voters entrusted the prime minister with the levers of government in tough ...

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