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This Date In History
Today marks the two year anniversary of Stephen Harper’s election win. This is notable because nobody thought his minority government would last this long. Only one has lasted longer since World War II and no Tory minority had ever even celebrated a one year birthday before. Hell, I remember the media stories about the PMO […]
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The Manley Report
First of all, kudos to Stephen Harper for his wickedly brilliant selection of John Manley to chair this panel. I know, I know, the tendency is always to assume everything Harper does is some sort of evil strategic ganius coup de force but his time it really is, for reasons that a lot of other […]
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Tory Times Are Tough Times
The buzz out of Kitchener is that the Liberals may do the honourable thing by not taking advantage of an impending economic slow down. Garth Turner explains: “I think the most important thing for us is not to just say, ‘Oh goody, here’s an opportunity for us to bring the government down’ when people are […]
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The Answer is "Bee"
I just got back from competing on the bloggers team on CBC’s Test the Nation. Ever since I was a little boy, I’ve dreamed of appearing on Test the Nation so this was quite the thrill. After arriving at the studio this afternoon, I walked down the hall of a thousand Rick Mercer pictures into […]
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The Race Is On
Sure, sure. Romney and Clinton win Nevada, while McCain exorcises his demons in South Carolina. But who cares? The real race, as I see it, is the epic battle shaping up between former “front runner” Rudy Giuliani and…Ron Paul? Here are the results to date: Iowa – edge RonRudy 4%Ron 10% Wyoming – drawRudy 0%Ron […]
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At Least He Didn’t Promise To Invade Norway…
There’s been a lot of hubbub over some comments made by Dion earlier in the week, that certain people have interpreted as a suggestion NATO invade Pakistan. Today’s Post editorial calls it “Stephane Dion’s Obama Moment”which is probably the nicest headline the Post has given to him in a year. As for Dion’s actual comments, […]
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McCain Mitts His Match, and other news
The Mittster came up with a big win in Michigan last night, keeping it a four man race for the Republican nomination. The next big test is South Carolina, where McCain will try and exorcise the ghosts of 2000. Meanwhile, Giuliani’s strategy to lull his opponents into a sense of overconfidence by sucking royally in […]
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Vote Early, Vote Often
Round one of voting for the Canadian blog awards has begun. Voting is open until January 21st. While I have said in the past that I find stacking Internet polls tacky, I should clarify that statement to say I find it tacky except when I’m doing it. So feel free to go and vote. I’m […]
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The Man With No Plan
I don’t know a lot about the “Albertans for Change” group but they certainly appear organized and well funded. Few Alberta opposition parties have had the dough to run commercials in recent elections but this group, composed of Alberta unions, is now airing three attack ads directed towards the Premier. With ominous music, black and […]
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Polls
If you’re just looking for some quick junkfood, the latest Ipsos poll has the Liberals up 20 in Alberta. Given the sample size, I wouldn’t put any stock in it, but I couldn’t resist posting it – seeing a Liberal surge in Alberta the second I leave was too funny to pass up. Now, if […]