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TDH strategies has all the inside dirt on the Liberal National Exec meetings going on now. Among the highlights: -They want McKinnon out due to his huge McKenna bias-There’s talk of a spring policy convention and a fall leadership convention-A lot of Paul’s people want him to stay on as interim leader Follow the link […]

Bouquets of Grey has done the math, and predicts that Harper’s promised free vote on same sex marriage would go down in flames, gathering at most 130 MPs in favour. I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that the person happiest by this news is none other than Stephen Harper.

Round two of the political nut of the year is well under way. It’s a clash between Rob Anders and John Duffy. While both are worthy winners, Anders has always been a personal favourite of mine, so he gets my vote. Maybe 2005 wasn’t his nuttiest year ever, but think of it as a “lifetime […]

Andrew Coyne is running a series of polls on Liberal leadership. The most interesting is the “who should win from the Liberal perspective?”. Currently, McKenna, Manley, Dion, and Ignatieff are all doing quite well. But, with nearly 700 votes cast, there has been one single vote for Joe Volpe. Even Belinda’s got 28. UPDATE: He’s […]

While a lot of Liberals are no doubt upset about losing last night, the party now has a golden opportunity to rebuild itself. With Harper only winning a minority, the timeline will need to be sped up, but I still think the party needs to use a three stage approach: 1. Leadership Race2. Policy Conference3. […]

Sure, the Tories got the most votes. And the Greens were fifth. But the real interesting battles were, yet again, overshadowed by the Liberal/Conservative/Separatist/Socialist/Green media bias. Did the Marxists-Lenninists win bragging rights over the Communists? Could the Animal Alliance bring people out to vote? How many marijuana supporters remembered it was election day? Here’s how […]

Well, that was certainly a fun ride. For this week, I’ll be posting thoughts on the election, the transition, and the new Cabinet. I intend to focus a lot on Liberal Leadership over the coming months, but I want to mull the choices over for a bit. For now, let me say that when it […]

Final SES NumbersCPC 36.4%Lib 30.1%NDP 17.4%BQ 10.6% Election Night ResultsCPC 36.2%Lib 30.2%NDP 17.5%BQ 10.5%

Since I’d rather not make this blog “Calgary Grit…Live From Drumheller Penitentiary“, I won’t be blogging the election results tonight until the BC polls close at 8 pm Mountain time. But, rest assured, I’ll have a draft of thoughts on the election results ready to post come 8:01. I’ll also turn comments off before the […]