"Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant: No matter how friendly and even-tempered the beast, one is affected by every twitch and grunt." So said Pierre Trudeau to Americans during a speech at the National Press Club in 1969.
The Elephant is a blog that takes Trudeau's quote to heart. What happens in Washington still creates ripples, or waves, north of the 49th parallel. The Elephant will, by virtue of upcoming events, focus heavily on presidential politics as ...
For weeks, Hillary Clinton has embraced the white working class in states like Indiana, Pennsylvania and Ohio, believing their support is crucial not only to her hopes of winning the Democratic presidential nomination but also the general election in...( read more ) ...
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