Barack Obama: Republicans

U.S. Dept: Are you surprised by the U.S. election result and how badly Republicans have been doing among a group that you in Canada have been able to reach out to effectively?, according to Globe and Mail. I think the biggest thing to remember is that within the range of reasonable expectations we could have had radically different results, right? One or two per cent either way. But certainly I think in the end it probably was the most expected result, which was Barack Obama maintaining his presidency, the Republicans keeping the House and the Democrats keeping the Senate. I am not going to analyze Republican or Democratic politics in the United States and stephen Harper: The short answer is I suspect so. We haven t sat down and mapped out a schedule but as long as we re able to make progress we will continue doing the range of things we are doing. Which aren t just visits by the prime minister and/or governor general, but also ministerial visits that happen much more frequently. The opening, of course, in both countries and expansion of the consular presence, the presence of consulates and embassy staff and trade commissions. But, look, we will judge as we go forward the results we re getting for this. So far I am pleased but we have a long way to go. I don t know, in fairness, how much analysis I want to do of the U.S. election. I will just say that the result didn t surprise me. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.