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Tour Gratuit
On Sunday, I lamented that this election campaign was still lacking a defining storyline. Given the polls today, it’s safe to say we finally have it. The NDP surge is one of those surprises that maybe shouldn’t be too surprising. After all, there have been thousands of attack ads aired against Michael Ignatieff and Stephen […]
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Quebec Turns Orange
I haven’t reported on any individual polls as of yet this campaign, but this one, accurate or not, is going to be the only thing talked about tomorrow: NDP 36%BQ 31%CPC 17%Lib 13% UPDATE: Ekos is in…and the Bloc has dropped to 24% in Quebec. People have been predicting the death of the Bloc for […]
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"Canada must reflect the true character of the Canadian people"
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Before They Were Stars
From vintage voter, comes pictures of our current leaders in their youth. Their hair and glasses were all bigger, though some things never change – even a young Steve Harper had issues with “reality”.
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Scoreboard Watching
As we enter the stretch drive on the campaign trail, I figured I’d check in on the “20 questions” pool, to see if the campaign has unfolded as people expected it would. Over/under on the highest level of support the Conservatives will hit in a national election poll – 42% (63% said over) While Harper’s […]
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Week 3 in Review: Hash-Tag FAIL
Week 3 was all about the leaders debates – Tuesday in English and Wednesday en francais. We were treated to a round of hockey metaphors by the participants and boxing metaphors by the pundits. In the end, there was no knock-out punch, no consensus winner and no defining moment. Which is fitting, since the entire […]
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So What?
Michael Ignatieff’s “rise up” speech, which has been generating a fair amount of online buzz this weekend. Ten dollars says Ignatieff shouting “rise up” will be coming soon to a Tory attack, after a narrator asks “what does Ignatieff say about raising taxes?”.
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Ad Watch: Mmmm…pancakes…
The Tories and Liberals went neg earlier this week. And now, Jack Layton, running to be PM, is on the attack…against Michael Ignatieff . How would you rate this ad? A B C D F See Results
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Et Le But!
I’ve only had a chance to watch bits and pieces of last night’s debate, where the leaders exchanged hockey metaphors as freely as hockey players exchange body checks. So far be it from me to try and make sense of who won or lost, especially when the clips I saw featured a charming Scottish translator […]
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Le Debat
Although the french debate has been moved to accomodate millions of rabid hockey fans, the new date does not convenience me. So I leave this as an open thread to comment on the debates – I’ll be back later tonight or tomorrow morning with some thoughts, after I’ve seen the tape. Like you, I look […]