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Poll Position
Liblogs was engulfed in a virulent debate this morning about why the Nanos numbers were so far off from everyone else. Well, that didn’t last long: Nanos: CPC 38, Lib 27, NDP 21, BQ 8, Green 6Decima: CPC 37, Lib 24, NDP 17, BQ 8, Green 11Ekos: CPC 36, Lib 25, NDP 19, BQ 8, […]
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Did You Hear The One About The Listeria Victim?
A look at the lighter side of the campaign so far, through the cartoons. Hat tips to Aislin, MacKay, Cook, the Globe, and Maple Leaf Web.
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A Richer, Fairer, Greener Canada
Updates to follow once I get some free time, but for now: Read the Platform Globe Recap A Richer CanadaThe Liberal platform stays true to the Liberal legacy of strong economic and fiscal management, including commitments to: Balance the budget: We will restore the $3-billion contingency fund abandoned by the Conservatives to give Canada’s government […]
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Department of Bad Excuses
The Conservatives say Toronto Centre Tory candidate Chris Reid resigned this weekend after telling them that he couldn’t commit to serving four years in government. 2008 Toronto Centre By Election ResultsLiberal 59%NDP 13.8%Green 13.4%CPC 12.3%
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Week 2 in Review
Week 1 in Review On the Net: (Conservative) Premier Danny Williams’ ABC campaign has a website. And be sure to check out the Democratic Space campaign coverage. Quote of the Week: “My own belief is if we were gong to have some kind of big crash or recession, we probably would have had it by […]
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Seat Projections
For a full description of methodology used, please see: Week 1 Projections With three companies running daily tracking polls, there’s a lot more data available, which has decreased some of the variance in my projection model. I’ve also tweaked the system slightly by weighting the Ekos polls less – with the demon dialing, the’re getting […]
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Ladies and gentlemen, the comic stylings of Mr. Gerry Ritz!
After fretting about the political dangers of the Listeria scare, Ritz quipped: “This is like a death by a thousand cuts. Or should I say cold cuts.” Then when told of a death in Prince Edward Island, Ritz said, “Please tell me it’s (Liberal MP) Wayne Easter.”
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Green Book
The Greens released their platform today – smartly trimming down their previous 160 page policy document to a slick 8 pages (including pictures!). Although I know they’d disagree, from my view it appears the Greens are trying to stake out the left of the spectrum. While the Dippers have become a lot more populist and […]
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Guest Blogging: Liberal Education Policy
The Liberals released their PSE platform today and, since I think this is an important and often overshadowed policy area, I figured I should critique it. As luck would have it, an expert in the field sent me in his (rather lengthy) synopsis of it which I will repost rather than giving my own 2 […]
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Idiots and Turds
Who do you think Tory officials would have referred to with that colourful language? Liberals? The CBC? Elections Canada? Nope. Those words were in reference to Conservative campaigns who felt uneasy at the in-an-out scheme. Hat Tip – Radwanski