In the midst of what has been a rather uninspiring campaign, it’s nice to have guys like Rob Anders remind me of why I’m a Liberal. Taking a cue from the “Vote out Anders” campaign, comes “Vote out Vellacott“. Also in the news, it appears a Tory candidate in the BC interior is set to […]

On the National tonight, they had a segment where they showed the “spinners” for each of the parties what it’s like to be a journalist, giving them their own little journalism school. The Liberal participant was Susan Murray. Former CBC radio reporter Susan Murray. I don’t know about you, but that sure seems like bullshit […]

Out today is news that David Orchard is officially supporting the Liberals and will be campaigning for Chris Axworthy in Saskatoon. Apparently Orchard echoes one of the Liberal TV spots when he says that he’s worried about Harper working with the Bloc in a minority government. Since I really don’t want to see a Harper […]

The Liberals have released their campaign slogan, “Choose Your Canada”. It’s OK, but with Paul Martin’s emphasis on asymmetrical federalism, it would make more sense for the Liberals to come up with a different slogan for each province. Courtesy of the Liberal mole, I’ve received a draft of the province-by-province slogans the Liberal party plans […]

In case you missed it, the Liberal platform has been leaked. While the Liberals have apparently been quite sloppy keeping it secret, every indication is that this is the work of the elusive Liberal mole.While there’s a certain “what goes around, comes around”ness to all of this, whoever is leaking this stuff has clearly crossed […]

The Globe has a story on Tory candidates and abortion today so I’m going to go with January 10th for the first abortion reference in the off-beat election pool. Yes, there have been whispers about it by pundits, but this is the first time I’ve seen media coverage of a candidate making the comments so […]

A lot gets lost in translation, so I don’t want to declare a winner or try and imagine what francophones watching this debate thought. For what it’s worth, I don’t think Duceppe was as strong as he’s been in debates past. Layton was better tonight than last night and landed a very good shot against […]

The latest batch of Liberal ads are out and we’ve finally hit the motherload of attacks ads we all knew was coming. I don’t have time for a full review yet but let me just say they are very, very negative but the few I’ve looked at could be very, very effective. Now, we’ll finally […]

Ralph Klein, no doubt horrified at losing the Liberal Party as a straw man in Ottawa, has decided to break his vow of silence and wade into the federal election campaign. At this point, Harper’s best bet would be to send Ralph Klein, Rob Anders, Cheryl Gallant, Scott Reid (the insane one…oops, that doesn’t work […]

There’s an article in the Globe today on the pride of Calgary West, Mr. Anders. I can’t find the online version, but here’s the key quote: While attending Queen Elizabeth High School in Calgary, he participated in a model parliament leading a party dubbed Septa Sparta to victory. According to the school’s 1989-90 yearbook: “Septa […]