Not surprisingly, there’s much rejoicing and incomprehensible shock over the most recent SES polling numbers: Lib: 40%CPC: 28%NDP: 17%BQ: 11%Green: 4% I for one think Harper should stay the course. Laying out a policy platform may not be pretty but it needs to be done. When the Tories go negative after Christmas, they’ll need to […]

CTV has more about the possible income trust leak on their nightly news tonight. I think it’s safe to say this has the potential to be anywhere from bad to a guaranteed government sinker for the Liberals. The real question is what kind of timeline the RCMP has for this investigation, and if we can […]

I’ll resist the urge to post a satirical press release (“Martin promises 40 billion over 40 years for childcare!”) to look at the nominees for the Canadian Blog Awards in several categories. If nothing else, this will give me an opportunity to comment on a few of the better blogs out there. Best BlogThe Accordion […]

What does it tell you when this becomes headline news: Martin Refuses to Demonize Harper

For what it’s worth, I’m a big government guy so I prefer the Liberal child care plan to the one Harper announced today. However, with Harper’s policy out there, this will lead to an honest discussion about the merits of state run child care versus an individual’s right to decide how… …what’s that? Oh, never […]

Just thought I’d ask.

It’s official: Gilles Duceppe has lost it. Duceppe proclaimed today that he hopes the Bloc can win all of Quebec’s 75 seats in this election, wiping the Liberals off the map. I don’t know who Duceppe’s pollster is giving him breakdowns of the West Island (Frank Graves?), but I think Irwin Cotler can likely still […]

With a campaign this long, it might make more sense to do monthly updates but I’ll try to do a “week in review” every Sunday evening. If there are any other features you’d like to see in the “week in review”, feel free to suggest them in the comments: Weekly Winner: Political Junkies. An avalanche […]

This has certainly been an odd election as far as celebrity endorsements go. First, Bono turned on Paul.Then, Kinsella has all but gotten on the Harper bandwagon.Ralph Klein and Kim Campbell have both said they think Harper will lose.Buzz Hargrove is now in Paul Martin’s pocket. And now, watching Hockey Night in Canada, Don Cherry […]

The off-beat election pool is now closed; thanks to the 40-50 people who signed up. Be sure to pass on any stories about candidates for the major parties bringing up abortion, Belinda in TV ads, or nominees for the most vicious attack ad of the campaign. Out of curiosity, I added up the totals of […]