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Joe Volpe’s leadership campaign is off to a rocky start. Out of curiosity, has anyone bought the domain name “www.toriesforvolpe.ca” yet?

Rick Mercer takes a look inside the Liberal War Room.

A few people have been subtly, or not so subtly, complaining that I haven’t written much nice about the Liberals of late. Believe me, I’m been trying to come up with something nice to say about this campaign, especially as the prospect of a Harper majority becomes more and more real. While it’s really hard […]

I posted on the CBC quiz before Christmas, and Politics Watch has finally come out with a vote selection quiz of their own. Unlike the CBC one, I matched up 100% with Paul this time, followed by Layton at 94%, Duceppe at 73% and Harper at 42% (which is weird, since I put down that […]

-Paul Martin Quote of the Campaign: From this Saturday’s Globe: “I want to talk to you about what you’re doing for the Liberal Party,” he told his followers. “I want to talk to you about how important it is that between now and Jan. 23, some 10 days from now, we put out every single […]

In recent days, I’ve heard from several people that high level Martinites in Alberta have been preparing for the Frank McKenna leadership campaign and quietly pressuring others to join. I also know of at least one Martinite in a Senior Cabinet Minister’s office who has been making similar sales pitches. None of this should be […]

Given Liberal claims that the new Tory ad violates copyright laws, I see only one solution: A Liberal ad attacking the Tory ad which attacked the Liberal attack ads.

Weekly Winner: Steve Paiken, for asking tough questions which led to what was probably the best political debate in Canada in years. Honourable mention to Alex Atamanenko, of the NDP, who has all but locked up the British Columbia Southern Interior riding after the Derek Zeisman news broke. Weekly Loser: John Duffy. The more I […]

Voting has begun at Progressive Bloggers for the Political Nut of 2005. There are some good candidates who you can read about here. I’ve got my choices narrowed down to Rob Anders, Gurmant Grewal, Scott Reid, and John Duffy, and am leaning towards Grewal, but I’ll need to think it over a bit before casting […]

Today, the Tories showed why they’re in front. It’s not because of brilliant policy, but because of a brilliant campaign. The economist who had supposedly “endorsed” their platform has washed his hands of it. But their new commercial highlights the disorganization in the Liberal campaign and is a smart bit of advertising. (And as a […]