No surprises in this election. As expected, the Liberal lizards have formed another government and Paul Martin is still the prime lizard of Canada. The only change is that now they have a minority government, so as soon as they reach the first important issue, it's all over.

I heard an interview with Bob Rae, the former premier of Ontario, on CBC recently. He said (and I'm paraphrasing here) that running a minority government as if it were a majority is like jumping out of an airplane as if you had a parachute.

It's a nice image, but is it true? Maybe someone should take Mr. Martin on a skydiving trip and see if the analogy holds up.