Gift from Canada

From the Washington Times:

Why does President Bush hope Christmas comes a little late this year? Because on Jan. 23, Canada may elect the most pro-American leader in the Western world. Free-market economist Stephen Harper, leader of the opposition Conservative Party, is pro-free trade, pro-Iraq war, anti-Kyoto, and socially conservative. Move over Tony Blair: If elected, Mr. Harper will quickly become Mr. Bush’s new best friend internationally and the poster boy for his ideal foreign leader.

A Harper victory may prove to be the exception to the international rule—a rare foreign event that manages to put a smile on President George W. Bush’s face.Patrick Basham is senior fellow in the Center for Representative Government at the Cato Institute.

So far in this campaign, the momentum certainly has been with Harper.