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Weekly Winner: Ed Broadbent. He’s not running, but seeing Jack Layton name drop Ed’s name a half dozen tims in the debates, shows he’s still a star. Plus, the NDP went and recruited another Ed is his 70s, Ed Shreyer. Weekly Loser: Ambassador Williams. “I recognize it’s good for politics when the US attacks you. […]

If you shift your eyes to the right, you’ll see that I’ve added a “(59% of) CANADA VOTES” section to the links. It amounts to various election pages that political junkies might find interesting in their never ending thirst for election news. If you know of any good pages I’ve missed, mention them in the […]

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From the sounds of things, both Martin and Harper will be making their first (only?) visits to Alberta today. UPDATE: Well, they’re still playing U2 to introduce Paul at these things, despite his lovers spat with Bono. For what it’s worth, Paul was pretty good tonight – lots of emotion, looked rested, looked genuine.

Well, it was better than last night. At the very least, it was more entertaining than Wheel of Fortune, albeit not quite as good as Jeopardy. We saw some emotion, a few sparks, and harder questions even if the format made really debate tough. I’m going to give this one to Jack “let’s not play […]

The new format made for a more orderly debate but a far, far more boring one. You’d get a question and everyone would agree what a wonderful question it was, then move on to their platform. I’ll give the moderator some credit for actually asking tough follow up questions, after the very off-beat questions from […]

Like many Canadians, I intend to sit down with some popcorn and beer to catch the debates tonight and tomorrow. And, like many bloggers, I intend to use that cheap popcorn and beer joke to lead off my debate preview.Paul MartinThe Stakes: While the Liberals are leading the polls, expectations are high on Martin, which […]

I’m sure we can expect to hear a lot about this in the coming days. Apparently, an old speech of Harper’s has been dug up as “proof” that he’s out of touch with Canadian values. While the speech is eight years old, it’s fairly damning. The official line is that it was “tongue in cheek” […]

Finally, after a series of awful ads most high school drama teachers would fail, the Tories have come out with their first winner: change. It’s got a simple message that appears to be resonating. The music works well. It’s a negative ad, yet it feels positive. It shows the Globe & Mail “Martin Liberals Took […]

Watching this campaign, it’s been interesting to see various media sources and blogs assume that Canadian voters are fickle, short-sighted, and simplistic when it comes to politics. When the Tories announced their GST rebate, the general consensus was “bad policy, good politics”. When the Liberals announced their hand gun ban, most people acknowledged it wouldn’t […]