Clegg Bandwagon Rolls On...

As far as this viewer was concerned, there was no clear winner in the second U.K. election debate, which took place last night. (The Guardian site has lengthy extracts.) All three participants—Gordon Brown (Labour), David Cameron (Conservative), and Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrat)—performed pretty well, and none of them made any major gaffes. Consequently, the basic dynamic of the campaign remains unchanged: Clegg's party, which hasn't formed a government since the First World War, is...