Harper has appointed John Williamson, a former newspaper editorialist and formerlobbyist, as his new director of communications. The over under on how long Williamson lasts is 8 months.

The Globe’s front-page headline of “HARPER GETS EVEN” was somewhat more charitable than what I would have run with. But, then again, “HARPER GOES AGAINST EVERYTHING HE’S EVER SAID IN ‘UNDEMOCRATIC’ AND HYPOCRITICAL MOVE” might not have fit above the fold. So, fair enough. Still, I look forward to future headlines such as “HARPER GETS […]

“As everyone in this room knows, it has become a right of passage for aspiring leaders and prime ministers to promise Senate reform – on their way to the top – but once they are elected, Senate reform quickly falls to the bottom of the Government’s agenda. Nothing ever gets done.”-Stephen Harper, Speech on Senate […]

Then: Tories pledge Senate reform, fixed election datesCalling Canada’s appointed Senate a relic of the 19th century, Harper said a Senate chair should be occupied by someone with a democratic mandate. Now: Harper to appoint close Tory backers to SenateCampaign chair Doug Finley and long-time communications assistant Carolyn Stewart-Olsen to go to Red Chamber in […]

Via Full Pundit: These, then, are the people with whom Dumont has thrown in his lot. And he might be having second thoughts after seeing what they’ve done to him in a promotional video for his show, Dumont 360 (snipurl.com/ qu9lj). For 10 seconds, it shows Dumont in slow motion pointing, posing, jogging (!) and […]

LAYTON MEETS WITH PM IN ADVANCE OF FALL SESSION Aug 25, 2009 OTTAWA – New Democrat Leader Jack Layton will meet with Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Langevin Block to discuss the fall session of Parliament. Layton plans to speak to reporters immediately following the meeting. There’s a lot of speculation there could be a […]

A Sunday night 11-point deficit turns into a statistical tie by Monday afternoon. At this rate, he’ll be approaching Diefenbaker ’58 numbers by mid-week! OTTAWA_ A new poll suggests the Conservatives and Liberals remain locked in a dead heat amid rumblings of a possible fall election. The Canadian Press Harris-Decima survey put the parties in […]

Via Kinsella, comes today’s Star article declaring “Mission Accomplished” for the mainstream media in their war with the rogue blog rebels: We are witnessing the triumph of the allegedly extinction-bound MSM over their cyberspace detractors. The economic reality is that the 224-year old Times of London boasts vastly more “brand-name awareness,” as marketers say, than […]

Well, at least according to “un proche collaborateur de M. Ignatieff, qui a requis l’anonymat“, “une autre source libérale“, and “un stratège libéral“. Les libéraux veulent provoquer des élections (Ottawa) Les libéraux de Michael Ignatieff n’ont plus qu’une chose en tête à l’approche de la rentrée parlementaire: renverser le gouvernement conservateur. À moins d’un revirement […]