We and They

The differences were already evident the moment Ignatieff became a member of parliament and front-runner to succeed Dion. Harper has his MA in Economics from the Calgary School. Ignatieff was educated at Oxford and Harvard. Harper's former employers consist of the National Citizen's Coalition and the Canadian Alliance. Igantieff has taught at Cambridge and was the director of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.

Now, Harper and Ignatieff square off in the political arena and the differences continue to pile up. Consider their itineraries and plans in going to meet our cousins south-of-the-border.

Harper goes on a US media tour stopping at FOX News. Ignatieff goes to Washington DC to meet with key advisors to the President of the United States of America, Barack Obama.

Harper gets to speak with Wolf Blitzer on CNN. Ignatieff gets to deliver the keynote address on Afghanistan on Thursday to an exclusive group of U.S. policymakers that includes Richard Holbrooke, the president's special envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Progressives get the ear of Obama insiders - Harper entertains the audience of the "Situation Room." If I didn't know better, I'd say Ignatieff was our Prime Minister.