The Upside is that I can move to either Canada or New Zealand

 All the tracking polls show that McCain's numbers are headed in the direction this country will definitely take under Obama--down.  Though, I am still heartened that at worst, the leads are in the middle single digits.  

I follow up on international politics because as a conservative, you have to just to escape the depressing series of anti-GOP stories emanating from Manhattan.  Liberals have a lot at stake to make Obama president, because unlike in 2004, Canada is not an option for escape.  Canada has been governed by the Conservative Party since 2006 and on Oct. 14, the Tories are widely expected to beat the ever living hell out of the Liberal Party and finally gain a parliamentary majority.  See bloggingtories.ca to follow up on the Canadian election.  The Tories are ahead by double-digits over the Liberals.  PM Stephen Harper said that Canada has become a conservative country, and he is right.  It's a country that drills, has balance budgets, and beats the US in economic competitiveness.  By the time the Bush-Pelosi bailout passes, Canada can claim to have a significantly less socialized economy than the US.  

The Antipodes disappointed me when they turfed conservative John Howard out of office last year even when the economy was going on its 20-year expansion.  Howard though maybe was around too long, governing Australia since 1996.  Australia's Hawaii, New Zealand, is ready to redeem itself by chucking the unpopular left-wing government of PM Helen Clark.  She is being kicked HARD to the curb by voters with polls showing her down against the conservative National party by 15-20 points.  The election is on Nov. 8, a few days after ours so that gives me time to pack.  Follow NZ 08 at http://www.stuff.co.nz/vote08.

By next year, George Brown's Labour government is set to collapse electorally.  The Conservative Party has leads that are between 100 to 250 points depending on whether the polls was taken by Guardian/ICM or the Telegraph.  

So English-speaking conservatives, cheer up cheerio.  It's time to rack-up those frequent-flyer miles.  It's nice to have friends that aren't Georgia and Saudi Arabia.