Westmonster's as confounded as anybody else by the dissonance between last night's Clinton victory and the pre-election polls showing Obama with a double-digit lead. Was it the tears? Was it the piling on? Was it the women? Was it cocky Obama supporters not turning out to vote? We may never… read more…

Westmonster can't just leave well enough alone, which is why we return to Dizzy's aforementioned piece on the race factor in the U.S. election, and the impact Obama's campaign might have on perception of America internationally. Unlike Dizzy's "American friend," we don't think he's calling out America as inherently racist.… read more…

Westmonster turns its head toward America today, as the big political story has Illinois U.S. Senator Barack Obama and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee taking the Iowa Presidential Selection Caucuses on the Democratic and Republican sides, respectively. Democratic Senators Joe Biden (Delaware) and Christopher Dodd (Connecticut) dropped out of the… read more…

Newly minted American citizen Christopher Hitchens was an arrogant blowhard long before he won his Green Card. Yet, occasionally Westmonster finds some valid points mixed in amongst the bombast. Here on the first real day of the 2008 American presidential selection process, he weighs in with some about how "undemocratic"… read more…

Westmonster is finally prepared to go out on a limb and make the prediction: George Bush will be ousted as President of the United States before January 21, 2009. Westmonster's crystal ball isn't clear enough to say whether he'll be ousted as a result of the forthcoming U.S. election or… read more…