While everyone’s political concerns were concentrated on the resignation of BC Premier Gordon Campbell, I was busy keeping track of the American midterm elections. I had something big at stake: a bet. Yesterday, in the wake of the Republican Party winning back control of the US House of Representatives, I kept a promise that I’d made to reader K.D. by temporarily turning myself into a Canadian goose. In my new form, I was as frustrated at my inability to speak as I was thrilled by my sudden possession of wings, so I made use of both by flying down to rural Idaho in the middle of the night to bother a very isolated and newly elected Governor Terry Branstad (R) at dawn. I had it on good authority that Branstad would be taking his dog out fishing in the early morning to celebrate his victory over Democrat Chet Culver. The video above shows my arrival and attack. If you don’t recognise my persistence, my honking is a dead giveaway. If he’d been in a rowboat instead of one equipped with a Yamaha outboard, I would have given him a good shellacking…