In case you missed it, Slate’s hilarious facebook feed of Obama’s first 100 days.

Tomorrow on the Globe website, Navdeep Bains will be talking about: How ready are the Liberals to fight the next election? How will they attract a broader range of Canadians than have signed up for their party in recent years? Will changing their leadership system really make them more democratic? What more should they be […]

I missed this while in Vancouver, but Don Newman will be signing off CBC’s Politics brooooaaaaaadcast for the last time this June. This is disappointing news, since Newman is one of the best political journalists in Canada – fair to all his guests and respectful of them, but also able to ask the tough question […]

Federal NDP support may be waning, but the Dippers do have a shot at taking the BC election next Tuesday (albeit a long shot). They will have a slightly better chance at the Nova Scotia election, now set for June 9th. So over the next month, we’ll get a pretty good idea of how willing […]

New liberal logo. Thoughts on Iggy’s speech and all the rest to follow tomorrow…

WOMOV is in. The most hotly anticipated vote of the weekend just wrapped up, with the Liberal Party overwhelmingly rejecting the 25% youth quota amendment and deciding to adopt a weighted one member one vote leadership selection process. As I’ve argued before, both of these decisions were the right ones to make, and I’m glad […]

For complete convention coverage, check out: http://www.vancouver2009.ca/10 am: A random Vancouverite on the street heckles me on my way down to the convention centre, complaining that the Liberal Senate is responsible for all the crime in the country. C’mon bud, I’m from Alberta – that’s nothing. 10:30 am: I had a good chat with Ralph […]

Liberal fundraising numbers: Q1 2009 – $1,831,843Q1 2008 – approx $846,000Q1 2007 was under $600k When put into context, there’s still a long way to go, but it’s encouraging nevertheless…

In the last leadership race, I profiled the, what was it, fifty or sixty candidates. So, to kick off this leadership convention coverage, I present the first in a one part series of leadership candidate profiles – Michael Ignatieff. “It’s good for people to believe in causes larger than themselves.”-Michael Ignatieff Background: Ignatieff was born […]

PATRIOT IN-LOVE WITH MYSELF The NDP’s research team has carefully examined Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff’s new book and found the personal pronoun “I” is mentioned 164 times. Bob Rae, Jean Chrétien, Paul Martin, Stéphane Dion and the carbon tax are not mentioned. Number of times Jack Layton uses the personal pronoun “I” in the first […]