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Anyone else think it’s about time we give Gilles Duceppe some credit for his latest Lazarus feat? And this one wasn’t even Adscam-aided.

Audio expert says Cadman tape not altered: court record GREAT MOMENTS IN SPIN UPDATE: Kory Teneycke: “This is very helpful for us.”

This is pretty neat – tag clouds from each party’s website.

Well, it seems clear that this one is going to dominate the blogosphere so, if you haven’t seen the Dion clip yet, here it is. A few random thoughts: 1. I think the clip is actually fairly benign. It was a poorly worded question that Dion wanted clarified (Cherniak actually has a pretty funny line […]

The 2006 election really turned over the Christmas holidays when families got together and chatted politics around the dinner table (or, for New Democrats, “around the kitchen table“). If we assume that the same thing will happen when Canadians watch football and talk turkey this weekend, that certainly ads an intriguing element of uncertainty to […]

Stephen Harper: “Only two men can become Prime Minister“ Stephane Dion: “Only two men can become Prime Minister“

After much nagging from Gauntlet, the seat projections have returned. If you want to read up on the methodology, click here. Subsequent updates can be read here and here. I’ll be posting the final projections this weekend, once all the companies release their final polling numbers. As always, the usual disclaimers apply – if the […]

In uncle Steve’s latest “fireside economy chat” commercials, he has ditched the sweater vest for a suit jacket.

Just got back from Dion’s big Toronto speech (although you wouldn’t know it was Toronto given the way he was playing to Quebec voters hard during it). All in all, a solid effort – lots of passion, a touch of empathy, and his English wasn’t that bad. Most importantly, he went hard against Harper on […]

Random thoughts throughout the evening, as I flip between the US presidential debate and the Harper-Mansbridge interview: 9:28 – Obama channels Jack Layton, railing against “big oil” and “corporate tax cuts”. I suspect we’re in for a “kitchen table” before the night is done! Tom Brokaw reminds the candidates to manage their time…he’s like their […]