We’re under an hour away from the results of the PC leadership review vote. I tend to think the fact that they’re announcing it at midnight means that Ralph isn’t expecting a thunderous show of support. Until then, I encourage everyone to take a look at this quote from Ralph tonight, which we’ll file under […]

The first of the Liberal Leadership polls I’ve been dreading has been released. You can read the article for the results and the four “frontrunners” score surprisingly close. But I won’t post the results from this poll, or any other similar ones, because these are dangerous polls that people should completely ignore. They are based […]

Tory MP Colin Mayes has made retracted comments that journalists who write distorted articles should be thrown in jail. Paul Jackson better start looking for a good lawyer…

I found this e-mail update on the LPCA convention’s leadership panel quite interesting: Belinda Stronach will not participate in the panel because she is not yet a declared candidate. Yet, despite this, at last count, nearly 10 non-declared leadership candidates will be participating in the panel…

A new propaganda book entitled Let’s Talk About Sovereignty At School is out and drawing quite the reaction. No surprise. Among the problems the book asks kids to do: They are asked to make decorations for Quebec’s national holiday on June 24, and the book’s illustration is a child’s drawing of a Quebec flag on […]

There’s certainly been some selective reading on my first few leadership posts. After calling the IT scandal the “kiss of death” for Scott Brison, I got comments like “you’re right, the Income Trust stuff will blow over”. After my Ignatieff post which I concluded with “the reward isn’t worth the risk”, two or three blogs […]

John Ibbitson has a column today which shows just how disconnected from reality Garth Turner truly is. Consider the following: For Mr. Turner, however, the little guy is the bleeding upper middle class. Halton, on the edge of Greater Toronto, is full of them: Mr. Turner chronicled their plight in his speech. He recalled talking […]

Gerard Kennedy was out west this weekend and, having never met him before, I decided to see what the hype was all about. The Calgary reception he did was very well organized, with glossy little contact cards, and I certainly got the sense that he was running. His speaking style was very natural and he […]

Warren Kinsella leads the charge against Michael Ignatieff’s latest article on torture. Even though it probably would have been a more enjoyable use of my time to be strapped in the Iron Maiden, I decided to read the full article. And, after doing so, I fail to see what the fuss is about. It’s obviously […]

And so the list of Liberal leadership candidates who did not hold a Liberal membership three years ago grows…