Calgary Grit

I don’t want to be accused of being a “bad Liberal” or of being overly negative towards the party, so I’ll simply say this. The PMO being investigated by the RCMP during an election campaign likely is not good.

SES is the first polling company to have some results from what has been a truly horrific week for the Liberals between Klander and Income Trusts. Today’s results: Lib 35%CPC 34%NDP 15%BQ 13% In itself, these numbers aren’t the end of the world. But, consider a few things: 1. SES has consistently shown the Liberals […]

…to find out that the Liberals aren’t the only ones making asses of themselves in cyberspace. Courtesy of Bouquets of Grey (formerly Buckets of Grewal), comes ramblings of Peter Goldring’s campaign manager (or someone impersonating him) has been posting online in support of Alberta separation. Not surprising, but still troubling if true. Anyone who lives […]

With the story now out, the four parties now have to draw up game plans for handling the Income Trust leak (ITScam? GoodaleGate? Broken Trust Scandal? Income-trust-insider-trading-riddle-scandal-thingie?). For the Bloc, it will be business as usual and another excuse to bring up Adscam. For the NDP, this is certainly Jack Layton’s best Christmas ever. He’s […]

…no one’s going to be talking about Klander much. This is HUGE. Martin will use the “can’t comment on an RCMP investigation” line and I doubt we’ll find out much else before voting day, but the mere fact that Goodale’s office is being investigated is a massive blow to the Liberals. It’s also an absolutely […]

There’s been some media attention given to the Klander comments, but it really doesn’t seem to be generating a ton of traction. It may just be because the story broke on Christmas. It may just be because of the tragic shooting in Toronto which is sure to dominate the news for the foreseeable future. It […]

…has had a tough couple of months, eh? Herle, Reid, Duffy…now Mike Klander. I’m taking bets on how long it will be before Karl Littler does something incredibly stupid. While it’s not exactly shocking to see the Board mess up, there are two surprising things about this: 1. It wasn’t Scott Feschuck’s blog that got […]

I’m not sure how much I’ll post over the next week, so this is pretty much an open thread – throw any thoughts on the campaign so far or predictions for the second half in the comments section. However, I will say this. Even though the polls aren’t moving, the Liberals should be worried. Canadians […]

…try, try, again. This is actually a pretty nice Christmas present for Pelletier, once you consider the huge cash settlement he’s going to get in court.