-Lots of Afghanistan news. The Liberal motion to set February 2009 as the withdrawal date will be voted down tonight thanks to the NDP even though 2/3 of Canadians agree with it. Gordon O’Connor, meanwhile, is in trouble for the treatment of prisoners, and Dion has some egg on his face for an odd proposal.

-After going 7 for 8 in first round predictions, I’ll go with the Ducks, Sharks, Sabers and…I dunno…let’s say Sens.

-Looks like the Clean Air Act is dead, although I wouldn’t be surprised to see one of the opposition parties bring the amended version back on an opposition day.

-The sexy centrists are no more…it’ll be Royal versus Sarkozy in the French election run-off.