One thing I always find amusing when listening to MPs is how their constituents always seem to share their opinion 100% of the time. A few weeks back, every Tory MP chimed in that “my constituents are telling me they want an election” while the constituents in Liberal ridings across the country appeared to be saying the exact opposite. It’s an easy fall-back to justify whatever position you’re taking (“Canadians in my riding are telling me that, yes, we should vote in favour of puppy genocide”).

So it was rather odd to watch the National last night on the Grewal affair. They went to his riding office and met with the receptionist there and she candidly admitted that they’ve been getting a lot of bad feedback. “75% of the calls are really, really negative” she said. You know it’s bad when even your own employees aren’t spinning it in your favour.

As for the allegations that the tape was altered…it seems every blogger out there has become an audio expert all of a sudden but, alas, my knowledge in this field is somewhat limited. I will say that I think Stephen Harper is too smart to approve of something like that. But the whole affair is really starting to look like Amateur Hour from both sides so who knows? The real test for Harper will be whether or not to kick Grewal out of caucus if it is shown that he edited the tapes.