State of the Disunion Address 4:55 pm: I check the TV Times to see my viewing options: it’s basically between Everybody Loves Raymond and Everybody Hates Liberals…I guess I’ll give Paul a chance. Round 15:02 pm: “This occurred under a Liberal government”, “unjustifiable mess”, “I will be politically accountable”…boy, Harper’s going to have a tough […]

Voted Off the Island The “Mad as Hell” tour will become “MadTV” tomorrow night as Paul Martin addresses the nation. From the sounds of things, Martin will make a 6 minute plea and will be followed by the opposition leaders (well, he’ll be followed by Harper, and then everyone will turn over to Survivor at […]

Vultures Circling Say I’m going to take on Tiger Woods one-on-one in a world televised match to determine the “ultimate golf champion of the Universe.” Now, let’s say I cancel the first match because I’m sick. Then I back out of the rescheduled game because I have some business to tend to. Then, I cancel […]

Party Favours Lots of buzz around Warren Kinsella’s testimony today. Warren defends himself at his blog, but really, that hardly seems necessary. I mean, everybody who has even remotely followed politics over the past decade (or has taken the time to read Juggernaut) knows of the close ties between Earnscliffe and the then “PMO in […]

Polls, Predictions, and Political Putzes -With all the fluctuations we’re seeing in poll numbers, it’s inevitable that the pollsters will get criticized. Here’s a good article on that and here’s a great post criticizing the CBC for misrepresenting their poll data. While the “horse race numbers” are usually fairly accurate in polls, it’s obvious from […]

Polls, Predictions and Prognostications -Jack Layton has got to be feeling a little antsy right now. One day, polls show his party three back of the Liberals and poised for their best showing in years. The next, it looks like they might even lose seats. A lot has been made about the political future of […]

Sex Sells? Now here’s a platform Canadians can get behind…or under…or on top of…or, oh, never mind…

Three Ring Circus What an odd day on Parliament Hill. First of all, the Liberal Kyoto plan was revealed, garnering less fanfare than Peter MacKay’s speeding ticket last week. It certainly received less media attention than the never ending speculation about the innocuous Kyoto amendment last month that threatened to bring the government down. On […]

(Same) Sex Sells Ladies and gentlemen, for those who think the next election is a fait acomplit, Stephen Harper has just given the Liberals an issue to run on. The only chance the Liberals have next election (and I’m not even talking about winning here, but of coming close) is to solidify their base. Poll […]

Perspective is Everything Gotta love this bombshell story from the Globe & Mail online today: By TERRY WEBERWednesday, April 13, 2005 Updated at 1:35 PM ESTGlobe and Mail UpdatePrime Minister Paul Martin said Wednesday that if opposition parties band together to force an election, it’s going to happen.He again insisted, however, that Canadians should hear […]