There's been no lack of crowing from the Cons about how the end of George W. Bush's stay in power in the U.S. will make it more difficult to tie Harper and his government to their thoroughly despised Repulican soulmates.
But there may be ample reason to keep drawing the connection if Harper continues to to help Dubya tie Barack Obama's hands in dealing with the financial meltdown. And it surely can't be an accident that Harper and Bush were the two loudest voices demanding an APEC declaration perfectly timed to try to limit Obama's ability to maneuver by ruling out anything that could be construed as a "trade barrier" once he actually takes the reins.
Update: In fairness, the risk of Obama actually being held to the declaration would seem to be reduced when Harper himself is now slamming the same joint statement which he signed onto on Canada's behalf.
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