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Why Stephen Harper should be afraid of Jack Layton
No, not because of the latest poll that has people somewhat prematurely speculating about Layton as Prime Minister. Rather, Harper should be worried, because it turns out Jack is a better piano player than him. Now all we need is for Iggy to beat him in a hockey trivia contest, and the man’s spirit will […]
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Poll Soup: What the NDP surge means
Trying to make sense of what the NDP’s Quebec surge means in terms of seats is a difficult game. For starters, most public polls lump all of Quebec together when, in reality, a voter in Montreal is very different from a voter in Abitibi. Just because the Liberals or Conservatives are down province-wide, it doesn’t […]
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Finally, someone attacks the NDP’s candyland platform
The NDP platform has been given a free ride this campaign. Luckily, there are people out there willing to put the NDP’s platform promises under scrutiny. Those people? The NDP: NDP casts doubts over its own green spending promises OTTAWA — The federal New Democrats say they might not be able to pay for $3.6 […]
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Week 4 in Review: Here Come the Socialists!
Previously: Week 1, Week 2, Week 3 Last week, I said the election was still searching for a storyline – with the Bloc imploding and Quebec turning orange, it seems we finally have one. Over the last 7 days we’ve been reminded that a week is a long time in politics. A dull campaign has […]
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Ad Watch: Let’s celebrate the GST cut!
In a commercial very reminiscent of what this blog’s readers voted the third best ad of the 2008 campaign, a woman frets about paying the bills and worries about the tax hikes a Liberal (or NDP!) government might bring in. Yes, we all know Ignatieff won’t raise the GST, but she doesn’t. So no one […]
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Like Jean Lapierre Before Him…
…Gilles Duceppe is desperately trying to turn this into an election referendum: Election a federalist-sovereignist battle: Duceppe Bloc Québécois Leader Gilles Duceppe appears to be escalating his party’s message amid a dramatic drop in poll numbers, saying the election is not a “left-right” battle, but a “fight between the federalists and the sovereignists.” Duceppe made […]
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Party Like It’s 1995
Jean Chretien will join the Liberal campaign this week, and Jacques Parizeau will join the Bloc campaign.
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Vote Early, Vote Often
Just a reminder that advance polls are open yesterday, today, and Monday. Elections.ca will gladly point you where you need to go. I just got back from voting for Christine Innes, a fine candidate in Trinity Spadina who I’ve had the honour of door knocking for this campaign. Christine, as you may know, is running […]
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One-on-One
Peter Mansbridge talks coalitions with Michael Ignatieff in studio, talks coalitions with Jack Layton on the campaign trail, and talks coalitions with Stephen Harper in an empty hockey rink. All three do a good job getting their message out, but Layton clearly made the best choice in terms of format. Viewers get to see the […]
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Ad Watch: I…Won’t…Stop…Until…The…Job…Is…Done
The NDP release the kind of ad you’re supposed to release when you’re surging. It’s all Jack, it’s all positive, it plays on that sense of momentum. How would you rate this ad? A B C D F See Results