So, for the second time in our country’s history, we’ve got a third straight minority government. It’s also the first time Canada has elected back-to-back Tory minorities which probably isn’t overly significant, but it’s a fun bit of trivia (if by “fun” you mean “horribly depressing”). Yes, it’s a disappointing result, but there were many […]

This is your chance to make predictions for tomorrow – either on popular vote, seat totals, or on any of the close riding races you’ve been following that you think might surprise people. The final projections from the Calgary Grit simulation model are at the bottom of this post – but, before then, here’s what […]

On the Net: Kinsella has “when they were younger” pictures of the party leaders. Fagstein runs down the newspaper endorsements – the Globe goes with Harper, the Star with Dion, and the Sun goes with Layton. Projections, Polls, Predictions: Will all be posted here tomorrow.Apparently Judy Sgro and John McCallum were unavailable: Conservative MP Heckles […]

Initial Reaction: So much for “the economy is strong”. Ad Intent: Duh. Tag Line: Stephane Dion. Not Worth the Risk. Things that Work: This one gets the message across and plays on what has become the only issue of the campaign – the economy, specifically, economic uncertainty. Things that Don’t: I can’t find any glaring […]

…is that the Tory monopoly may get broken up on Tuesday. But it won’t be Anne’s old riding that falls…

How Stephen Harper’s cozying up to the nationalists and the nation resolution were going to lead to a major breakthrough in Quebec?

Anyone else think it’s about time we give Gilles Duceppe some credit for his latest Lazarus feat? And this one wasn’t even Adscam-aided.

Audio expert says Cadman tape not altered: court record GREAT MOMENTS IN SPIN UPDATE: Kory Teneycke: “This is very helpful for us.”

This is pretty neat – tag clouds from each party’s website.

Well, it seems clear that this one is going to dominate the blogosphere so, if you haven’t seen the Dion clip yet, here it is. A few random thoughts: 1. I think the clip is actually fairly benign. It was a poorly worded question that Dion wanted clarified (Cherniak actually has a pretty funny line […]