For anyone looking to kill some time…

-Via Cherniak, I found this pretty funny. Hopefully Gerard’s launch won’t feature “we’re going to St. John’s, then we’re going to St. John, then we’re going to Victoria, then we’re going to Red Deer, then we’re going to Moose Jaw, then we’re going to take back Ottawa – Yeeeeeeeearrrrrrhhhhh!!!”

-Inkless Wells may have gone dormant, but Paul’s latest Maclean’s piece is up. It talks about the tag team efforts to destroy the Liberals, but also features this fun tid-bit:

At one point Chuck Strahl, the agriculture minister, joked that thousands of farmers protesting outside had every right to expect action from a Conservative government “because they certainly didn’t get any from the last government.” Strahl’s colleagues gave him a standing ovation. Emerson joined the ovation. Basically Emerson was applauding the assertion that he belonged to a do-nothing government. Later he professed to “shake my head at the hypocrisy” of another MP. He will provide barrels of fun for a long time to come.

–The Hill Times has an article on federal MPs who might jump to the provincial PCs if Preston Manning runs. For what it’s worth, I think Manning should run provincially. He’d actually bring some substance to the race and would make Paul Martin wannabe Jim Dinning work for it.

-The Globe has the run-down on the campaign launch dates. I’d say we’re looking at a group of ten candidates consisting of: Ignatieff, Kennedy, Dion, Dryden, Rae, Brison, Bennett, Findlay, Volpe, and Bevilacqua (Maybe toss in Hedy Fry and/or Denis Coderre too). For all the talk about the “big names” opting out, I think that’s a pretty solid field.

-Oh, and this is almost a week old, but Rick Mercer in bed with the Liberal leadership candidates…gold!