The British election is so Americanized this year that Conservative David Cameron is borrowing from the political playbook of Bill Clinton (circa 1992) by campaigning right through the night before the Thursday election, while, for example, the more traditional candidate, Labour's Gordon Brown, went home to Scotland Wednesday to rest up and await the verdict of the voters. Tediously, all the candidates have tried to wrap themselves in Barack Obama's imagery, doing look-alike campaign posters (Lib Dem's Nick Clegg) and a retread slogan of Hope and Change (Cameron).
Thing is, as the Brits will find out, Hope and Change is a superficial feeling, not a program.It's not even a noble sentiment, like, say, "Land of hope and glory, mother of the free."
Latest polls put Labour a bit back up above the Liberal Democrats, with Conservatives still ahead by about seven points. That seven points would be a near-landslide in the U.S., but not necessarily in the U.K.
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