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Hope
You know, you get caught up in the cynical aspects of politics so much that it often becomes nothing more than a game, or a show. Attack. Scandal. Strategy. Every now and then you need something to happen that just inspires you and makes you feel good about the democracy. That was tonight. I honestly […]
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History in the Making
I had the opportunity to head down to New Hampshire a little over a week ago for some campaigning and, I must say, it was a great experience. If you imagine every movie you’ve seen about campaigning in New Hampshire…that’ll give you an idea of what it was like. I don’t know any other way […]
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Random Ideas I’ve Heard Which Are Kind Of Growing On Me
Make everyone who wants to run for a delegate spot for the LPC convention sign up for the Victory Fund.
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The Gerard Kennedy Experiment – Deux
Interesting… Apparently, Gerard Kennedy is leaning strongly to running in the leadership as the party renewal candidate. It will be interesting to see if the 308-riding strategy can lure Kennedy into the race. Like Obama running hard for delegates in Idaho, Kennedy is the candidate most likely to win delegates where the Liberals have been […]
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But, yeah, a change in leadership will cure ALL our problems…
Not. OTTAWA — The once-mighty Liberal party has raised less money from fewer donors so far this year than the NDP, traditionally the poor sister of Canadianpolitics. According to quarterly financial returns posted by Elections Canada, fewer than 35,000 donors contributed a total of $3.6 million to the Liberal party from January to September this […]
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Prankin’ Palin
hat tip – Bowie In fairness, these guys have succesfully pranked a lot of big names, including Queen Elizabeth, during the Referendum.
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These Past 8 Weeks in Alberta
OK, so my weekly Friday look at Alberta politics and the ALP leadership race got kind of sidetracked, what with the federal election being thrust upon us. So here’s a run down of some of the things you (and I) may have missed: 1. To recap, the membership cut-off November 7th, with the mail-in vote […]
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Cabinet Making – Follow the Instructions
This was a pretty standard Cabinet making exercise, with few surprises. Among the highlights: The Strong Performers Get Promoted Jim Prentice winds up with Environment (presumably because he’s the only member of caucus who owns a hybrid car) and Lawrence Cannon gets Foreign Affairs, meaning we’ll quickly see if the strong reputations Harper’s HoC flank-men […]
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Red State, Blue State
This is pretty cool – a visual history of the electoral college. hat tip –freakonomics
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Cabinet Speculation
Tomorrow is Cabinet Day and, while it doesn’t figure to be as exciting as Harper’s first Cabinet (Floor crossers! Senators!), there’s still some intrigue surrounding it. With Flaherty locked in to Finance, the biggest mystery is who will take over the revolving door at Foreign Affairs. When I first drafted this post yesterday, I was […]