-Sure, it’s opportunistic. Really opportunistic. But I guess it beats a PM only addressing the country to plead for his political life.

-The deadly dance begins. I said all along that the fiscal imbalance/equalization promises would be the hardest for Harper to keep. Flaherty’s first budget wrote itself but his second one is going to be one giant headache.

-Leaked polls show Canadians cool to child care AND the GST cut. Combined with recent poll numbers, I think this means we can safely rule out a fall election. And maybe even a spring one.