Power poker in Canadian politics
The players of this zero-sum contest are Stephen Harper/Stéphane Dion, who can win the game, and Jack Layton/Gilles Duceppe, who can only influence the outcome. Poker, like politics, is about power, whether measured by chip count or seat count.
The 21st Century has been good to the game of poker. Texas hold'em, the professed "Cadillac of Poker" has attracted mainstream attention with the strength of a ravaging river. The excitement provided by sunglass-wearing high-stakes gamblers is, in an odd way, similar to the stimulation provided t...
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