Three ridings will elect new MPs tomorrow, but all eyes are on Vaughan. Yeah, in the scheme of things one seat won’t change anything in Ottawa, but this one has been hyped to the point where the outcome will certainly define the media narrative for the remainder of 2010.

As such, the Liberals are running ads on TV – my Italian vocabulary doesn’t extend past pasta dishes but, from the planes buzzing around Harper’s head and the price tags flashing on screen, it’s safe to classify this as an attack ad.

The Liberals have also put out a video with Justin Trudeau (sporting his Movember stach) slagging Fantino over past comments he’s made about the Charter.

Of course, this is now and the Tories are alleging the Liberals thought a lot more of Fantino back when they were courting him to run. This really shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone – Fantino is a star candidate, and few can resist the siren’s call of a star.

Which is why Fantino’s disappearing act is so perplexing. Maybe the Tories are confident they have it in the bag. Maybe they’re worried about what he’ll say. Maybe he’s not as impressive in the flesh as on a pamphlet. But for whatever reason, it’s certainly counter intuitive to hide your best asset – after all, if the Tories take this riding they haven’t held for 22 years, it won’t be because of the Conservative brand, it will be because of the candidate.

But even if Fantino is nowhere to be seen, there are stars to be found. Don Cherry has endorsed Fantino, and high profile MPs have dropped in for all parties – I was out canvassing yesterday and saw both Martha Hall Findlay and Gerard Kennedy in the Genco campaign office.

So tune in tomorrow night – it’s gonna be a close one. I won’t even try to make a prediction because it could very much go either way.

UPDATE: I still think it’s too close to call, but those always reliable “anonynous Liberals strategists” have already admited defeat.