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Just a reminder that voting for the Greatest Prime Minister We Never Had closes Monday at noon, so get your votes in. Some background information on the candidates can be found here: Sifton EndorsementSeveral candidates pannedA look at the female candidatesA look at the 19th Century candidates Links to biosThe top 16 will make it […]

I must say, I’m downright giddy after reading this gem from Paul Wells. Apparently my best buddy Jim Dinning personally donated $25,000 to the Paul Martin campaign back in 2002 (this certainly won’t help to dispel the frequently made comparisons between Dinning and Martin). Here’s the text of the letter which I can only hope […]

I won’t have time to profile each and every candidate for the Greatest PM we never had (check out some other profiles here) so I’ve been trying to examine the people who might otherwise be overlooked. Thus far, I’ve profiled the female candidates and those who made their mark in the 19th century. Today, I […]

Cross-Posted to Gerard’s OC I just received this press release from the Gerard Kennedy campaign and I assume it will be up on his website soon (UPDATE: Globe article here). I suspect that trying to make some money off Harper’s “principled stand” is bound to rub some people the wrong way because the implication is […]

1. Curious where your Liberal leadership candidate of choice stands on the Middle Eastern conflict? Well, most of you will be able to find out in this Toronto Star article. With no real disagreements among the candidates on domestic issues (gasp! They all want more female MPs and support the environment. Who woulda thunk?), foreign […]

According to Anne Coulter, Bill Clinton has “latent homosexual tendencies” because he has a lot of sex…with women. He’s gay. Because he sleeps with women. That makes him gay. Heterosexual sex is a sign of homosexuality. We’re not making this up. Just watch the video. hat tip: Clear Grit

While everyone is probably familiar with John Manley and Preston Manning, politicians who made their mark a hundred years ago are at quite a disadvantage in a tournament like this. History is written about the winners, after all. In last year’s contest, the final match was between John A. MacDonald and Wilfrid Laurier so, clearly, […]

I think the Star lead to this story says it all: Toronto MP Joe Volpe’s rocky campaign for the Liberal leadership just keeps getting more bizarre.

As a reminder, you can vote again every today until Monday for the Greatest PM we never had. Given that we’ve never had a female Prime Minister (OK, OK, a real female Prime Minister), I figured it would be appropriate to start off the first round profiles for “best PM we never had” by looking […]

Canada has had 22 Prime Ministers and, truth be told, over half of them can only be classified as failures. When you see names like Bowell, Turner, Campbell, and Meighen on the list of our former leaders, it’s not hard to wonder if there was anybody out there who could have done better. Over the […]