"An obsessively partisan Stephen Harper slips into his Richard Nixon mode": Thomas Walkom

Those who did not live during the era of failed American President Richard Nixon, may not be aware of the similarities between him and Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The Star's Thomas Walkom finds some disturbing parallels ...

"Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s affinity for political hardball is well-known.

Politics is a tough profession and Harper, like many successful practitioners of the art, has few qualms about getting down and dirty.

But increasingly, there is an outrageous element to Conservative partisanship — a craziness that borders on pathology. - Think Richard Nixon."

The Star