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Linda Diebel has a run-down on the leadership race today offering “informed speculation to Sunday Star readers, having interviewed some two-dozen analysts and campaign advisers about projections and permutations.“ While she seems to have a fairly good grasp on the relative strength of the candidates, I did find this projection of hers in Quebec interesting: […]

1. For those wondering why I haven’t posted on the David Herle poll (besides the fact that it’s a David Herle poll), here’s what I wrote back in March about leadership race polls: But I won’t post the results from this poll, or any other similar ones, because these are dangerous polls that people should […]

In the day she’s profiled in the Globe and Mail, Carolyn Bennett has dropped out and tossed her support behind…Bob Rae. This is probably for the best. Carolyn is an individual who I really like as a person but she certainly wouldn’t have made a good leader and was heading for an embarrassing delegate total […]

It’s always a great joy for a blogger when your blog finds itself at the top of the google search list for a hot topic. Because of this, many will toss out the hip key words to try and drive traffic to their site. However, it always works best if you can be at the […]

If I were running for Liberal leadership under an environmental platform, having been the Environment Minister responsible for the Liberal Party’s Kyoto plan, I can’t think of a worse possible thing to hit the presses the day before delegate selection meetings start. Admittedly, Sheila Fraser won’t be winning too many popularity contests among Liberals anytime […]

One of the The only highlight from the 2006 Liberal election campaign was certainly the entertaining blog of Scott Feschuk. Well, he’s back.

Say what you will about Michael Ignatieff (and I’ve said a lot), but the man has certainly made the Liberal leadership race a lot more lively than it would have been in his absence. Case in point is his proposal to re-open constitutional discussions which has generated quite a few diverse reactions. I can’t say […]

-Sure, it’s opportunistic. Really opportunistic. But I guess it beats a PM only addressing the country to plead for his political life. -The deadly dance begins. I said all along that the fiscal imbalance/equalization promises would be the hardest for Harper to keep. Flaherty’s first budget wrote itself but his second one is going to […]

For those who have better things to do than watch CPAC on the Sunday afternoon, you probably missed the third Liberal leadership debate in Quebec City. I did prefer the new format but it seemed like time always ran out just as things started to get interested. Given that most of the debate was in […]

Way back in March, I asked people to predict who would run for Liberal leadership. Looking back at the guesses made, it’s clear that no one really had a good idea of how this race would shape up back then. Everyone knew Belinda would run, and a lot of people were convinced we’d see Goodale […]