I don't for one minute believe in astrology, but Harper is certainly the most obstinate PM we've had in a long, long time. He never lets go an idea once it is set in his head, he refuses to negotiate his position on any issue except behind closed doors, and then we have no clue what's happened. He is also secretive - I doubt his closest friends have a full understanding of what his personal opinions are on any issue, unless he has stated them outright and publicly.

He has already alienated most of the Atlantic voters, mostly through stubbornly refusing to come to terms with anybody here on any matter of local importance, and because he holds grudges, and when Stevie's got a grudge on against someone in a provincial government, the whole province is likely to suffer for it.

It's my estimate that his attitudes, more than his policies as evidenced so far, will lose him the next election, unless the other parties really, really fail to pull themselves together - which is entirely possible.

The best I can say about him is that he has not been as dreadful as I expected, and he looks remarkably like one of my favourite cousins, who is just as stubborn, but hasn't any power to make a nuisance of himself with. Maybe it's some gene-linked trait affecting pudgy brunette men.