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After being bombarded with hundreds of polls during the campaign, the final ones are out tonight: SES Lib 30.1%CPC 36.4%NDP 17.4%BQ 10.6% Somewhat interesting are the Sunday numbers in the poll which have the Tories up by a mere 2.8%, and only 1.7% among voters “very likely” to vote. Yeah, there’s a big margin of […]

Atlantic CanadaQuebecWestern Canada From the start, the consensus was that this election would be decided by Ontario voters. In 2004, they didn’t fully trust Harper and rushed back to the Liberals at the last minute. This time? We’ve seen hints of that, but I don’t think it will be enough to turn the tide. 2004 […]

2004 Results BQ 54 seats (49%)Lib 21 seats (34%)CPC 0 seats (9%)NDP 0 seats (5%) Riding to Watch: Outremont Jean Lapierre has been the laughing stock of Parliament Hill since becoming Paul Martin’s Quebec Lieutenant. Lapierre represented Paul Martin’s desire to cozy up to separatists, in the hope of sweeping Quebec. But Lapierre, while being […]

A lot of other blogs are rolling out their candidate endorsements, so I figured I’d jump into the mix. After reviewing all of the 308 307 Liberal candidates coast to coast, I have decided to officially endorse Bruce Benson from Selkirk-Interlake. Mr. Benson has been making a name for himself with the media this election. […]

Yesterday I looked at the West. Today, the East. I should warn you that outside of the Rankin Family Christmas, Anne of Green Gables Miniseries, and Brian Tobin’s memoirs, I know very little about the Maritimes. Given that, many readers probably have a better idea of what the big local issues are and how the […]

Paul Martin is frantically spending the last days of the election campaign reminding people that Stephen Harper comes from Calgary. Because, you know, everyone from Calgary in unfit to be Prime Minister. If Martin does somehow win this election, he’s going to leave Alberta extremely pissed, and a lot of Liberals out West in a […]

Warren Kinsella has Darrel Bricker’s thoughts on the election campaign. It makes for a good read.

OMG! CANADA! On US TV! That is SO cool!!!! (hat tip Zerb)

Harper and Martin both finish off their campaigns with warm and fuzzy TV ads. Both work fairly well, in my opinion. The shots of Harper with his wife, at rallies, and genuinely happy should make people feel comfortable voting for him.

Since we’re about to go dark on poll numbers, I figure it’s time to post final predictions for election day. I’ll start with the West today, and move east. Obviously, things could still change (especially if there’s any truth to the somewhat wishful rumour about a “nuclear” CTV story on Harper set to air tomorrow). […]