Lessons from the South: This is the Face of the Right

Last night Mike Huckabee was on Jon Stewart. If you have any interest in politics, take the time to watch it. In a long, fascinating and civil conversation Huckabee shows what a moderate right-winger in the USA looks like: small government, social conservatism, and a heady dose of olde-fashioned Christianity. 

It really puts Canadian politics (and journalism) in perspective. Does anyone on the left really think that this represents the end goal for Harper's "American-style politics"? Is anyone on the right surprised about the discomfort that the electorate has with ties between Canadian and American right-wingers? 

And when was the last-time a Canadian television journalist engaged in such a substantive conversation about political philosophy. Note the use of the radical technique of asking questions and then pursuing the guest after he gives evasive answers. - BC