Harvard shocked by Canada’s rejection of Ignatieff

[CountDeMoney]

Imagine how bad he'd have lost if he was from Yale.

[Josephus]

Turns out Havard is agast that Canadians wouldnt elect one of their own.

He still a mod over at Pdox?

LOL. Second time in two days I've spilled my morning coffee.

[Malthus]

Turns out Havard is agast that Canadians wouldnt elect one of their own.

Makes for a fun thread I guess, but don't see where you got that from in the article.

"Harvard sees itself as the centre of the universe, so I'm sure it felt it very deeply," said Graham Wilson, chair of Boston University's department of political science.

[Admiral Yi]

OK, if you want to take Graham Wilson's word for it.  Based on the thread title I expected more Harvardians to be actually agasting on the record.  Instead the direct quotes were more along the lines of concern that the "Ivy League Intellectual" theme might be crossing the border.

[crazy canuck]

OK, if you want to take Graham Wilson's word for it.

So what you really meant is you disagree with the analysis in the article not that you dont know where the idea is mentioned in the article.

[BuddhaRhubarb]

Imagine how bad he'd have lost if he was from Yale.

:spit take: Do you work for MAD magazine? kutgw

[Malthus]

OK, if you want to take Graham Wilson's word for it.  Based on the thread title I expected more Harvardians to be actually agasting on the record.  Instead the direct quotes were more along the lines of concern that the "Ivy League Intellectual" theme might be crossing the border.

I dunno, why should I take the chair of the department of political science at Boston U's word for how Harvard, in general, views a matter of political science?

That would just be crazy. 

[garbon]

OK, if you want to take Graham Wilson's word for it.  Based on the thread title I expected more Harvardians to be actually agasting on the record.  Instead the direct quotes were more along the lines of concern that the "Ivy League Intellectual" theme might be crossing the border.

I dunno, why should I take the chair of the department of political science at Boston U's word for how Harvard, in general, views a matter of political science?

That would just be crazy. 

Well he's at BU...

[jamesww]

It's a pity, as he did a worthwhile series about 'Death of Yugoslavia'; should have stayed a broadcaster.

[OttoVonBismarck]

Obviously Canadian elections get no attention at all in America. But I noted with humor that this time around, with massive tornadoes destroying the South, the Royal Wedding which millions of American women were super excited about, and Osama bin Laden getting his brains blown out the Canadian election may have been the most overshadowed one in the history of Canada.

[Neil]

Yeah, the last election got some coverage on the 24-hour news stations, but this one the day after Osama's death was a total non-event on CNN.

[HisMajestyBOB]

Obviously Canadian elections get no attention at all in America. But I noted with humor that this time around, with massive tornadoes destroying the South, the Royal Wedding which millions of American women were super excited about, and Osama bin Laden getting his brains blown out the Canadian election may have been the most overshadowed one in the history of Canada.

I couldn't even find news articles about it in US papers unless I dug deep into the International section.

[Capetan Mihali]

I couldn't help but notice a pall over the entire institution when I walked through the campus today.    

EDIT:  In seriousness, I'd never heard of him until the election.  I don't think he is as associated with Harvard as, e.g. Edward Said was with Columbia or Harold Bloom with Yale, etc. 

And the only Canadians I'm friendly with here are blood-orange lefties, so they weren't all that sad...

[Syt]

http://"They don't fully appreciate that as great a relationship as we have, the United States and Canada, as close as we are, it's important to Canadians to be Canadian, not American,"

Sounds like Germany and Austria.