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Barack’s infomercial appears tonight at 8 pm – the rumoured cost of 5 million dollars is about as much money of the Liberal Party raised in 2007, by the way. And later tonight, you can catch the next President on The Daily Show. Because, judging by the polls, this one’s as close to a lock […]

But I’m sure this won’t stop the rumours: OTTAWA — Frank McKenna announced today that he will not be a candidate for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada. “Although I have been deeply moved by expressions of support for me from across the country, I have not been persuaded to change my long-standing […]

Because, in Canada, you now must always signal an election by calling off a trip to China: QUEBEC and MONTREAL — Quebec voters will likely face another election campaign before Christmas as Premier Jean Charest plans to call an election next week for a Dec. 8 vote. The stage was set for a snap election […]

There’s increasing chatter in the back channels that, because the upcoming Liberal policy convention has been turned into a leadership one, the convention itself might relocate from Vancouver to Toronto, Montreal, or Ottawa. Even though a Vancouver convention means a more expensive plane ticket for me, I think a move to central Canada would send […]

Manley Considering Liberal Leadership Bid

I was down in New Hampshire this weekend, helping out the Obama campaign. I’ll be sure to have a full recap…next week! Until then, here’s Thursday’s SNL open if you haven’t caught it yet:

The Liberal Party has a problem. And the first step (or twelfth?) in solving any problem is to admit you have a problem. And the biggest problem right now is that too many Liberals won’t admit there’s a problem. So here are a few inconvenient truths: -The Conservatives raised 12 million dollars more than the […]

A preliminary look at the field… THE ROOMATES Rae and Ignatieff are the two names on everyone’s lips, yet again. Both are better candidates than they were last time, when Iggy’s newness to politics and Bob’s newness to the Liberal Party were major turn-offs. Still, the anybody but Ragnatieff sentiment carried the day two years […]

Throughout the election I asked readers to rate the different ads the parties tossed out on the airwaves. And, even though there were some obvious partisan biases at play, it’s hard to argue with the final list. Here are the top 5 ads, based on your votes: Number 5: Harpernomics (Liberals) Number 4: Bushwacked (Liberals) […]

John McCallum to be Liberal interim leader: CTVUpdated Sat. Oct. 18 2008 10:54 PM ET CTV.ca News Staff Ontario Liberal MP John McCallum has been tapped to take over the reins of his party as interim leader if Stephane Dion steps down as expected on Monday, CTV News has learned.