One of Al Franken’s best hits, put to video: Hat Tip – Wingnuterer

Poilevre gets read to slam McGuinty tomorrow. Flaherty continues his assault today: TORONTO — Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty took the extraordinary step yesterday of denouncing Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty’s management of the economy just hours before the unveiling of the provincial budget. Mr. Flaherty did not say anything he hasn’t already said in recent […]

I had some fun with the US Presidential race earlier this week. But on a serious note, everyone should take the time to listen to or read this speech by Barack Obama, broken down by Joe Klein here. I started the youtube video on Tuesday night and ended up watching all forty minutes of it. […]

Via Macleans: But it was also a riding where the Liberal candidate, Joan Beatty, was appointed by Dion over the wishes of the local riding association as part of his pledge to put more women in the Commons. (In fairness, it has to be said that the alternative was David Orchard, a mischievous but masterful […]

It appears that Obama has tackled the race issue head on, which means we’re back into the “first black President” versus “first female President” debate (or “bitch President“, as SNL eloquently put it). However, the proper debate would be “first non-fictional black President” versus “first non-fictional female President”. Because, through the magic of Hollywood, Americans […]

A once proud party lies in shambles. Serious soul searching is needed. It’s always hard to compare byelections to general elections due to low turn-out, different candidates, and altered voting tactics. The exception would be when the same candidate runs in both elections and the reasons to vote for him are identical in both instances. […]

(that was the best of the comments section…although a strong showing by the Greens will certainly prompt an edit) 8:00 pm: Eight o’clock and the polls are now clos…what’s that? Apparently, there is a concern that thousands of Vancouver Quadrans will log onto the net to see if Martha did or did not win, and […]

…or I might go on strike! On Friday, it got to be too much for Alegre, a diarist on the flagship liberal blog DailyKos, who frequently writes in support of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. “I’ve put up with the abuse and anger because I’ve always believed in what our online community has tried to accomplish […]

…it could be worse. TAMARAC, Fla. (AP) – Every vote counts. But what happens when there are no votes at all? That’s the situation city officials in Tamarac are facing. No voters showed up Wednesday night to cast a ballot in an annexation referendum for an unincorporated Broward County community. There are 68 registered voters […]

Showing a complete lack of leadership, the official opposition backs down and lets the budget pass. Shameful. Disgraceful. I guess we can start writing the Mario Dumont obits, eh?