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Orchard Jumps In
David Orchard has tossed his toque into what I imagine will be a hotly contested Liberal nomination for Gary Merasty’s old seat. Not a huge surprise considering he played a major role in delivering the Liberal leadership to Dion. While I could restate my view of Orchard, I’m not in the mood to read through […]
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The Data Game
For those who missed it last night, The National’s report on how political parties use personal data should be mandatory watching for anyone in the Liberal Party’s head office. Despite some talk of renewal during the leadership race last year, it’s abundantly clear that the party is still eons behind the Tories structurally and it […]
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Resistance is Futile
Last spring, there was the non-aggression pact with the Greens. This weekend, the exodus of the Progressive Canadians to the Liberals. It’s clear now that the Liberal plan is to assimilate the fringe parties one by one (hell, David Orchard probably counts as a fringe party by himself), growing Liberal support 0.1% at a time. […]
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The Saga of Craig Chandler
When the saga of Craig Chandler broke this fall, I didn’t blog about it. As much fun as it would have been to skewer Craig (and after reading this post, you’ll fully appreciate just how much fun it is!), the fact was he was just some guy going for the Tory nomination and I didn’t […]
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Adapt or Leave
Craig Chandler comes through in Calgary Egmont! I’ll go into quite some detail on the saga of Craig Chandler tomorrow for those who haven’t been following it. To put it into perspective, this is akin to Randy Hillier losing a nomination battle…in which he is the more moderate candidate. This is going to be fun, […]
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It beats watching late night CBC…
With the Writers Guild of American (or, NAMBLA) on strike for two weeks, the Daily Show, Colbert Report, and other late night talk shows have been on reruns. While this does open up the opportunity for spending your nights doing more productive things like reading or…sleep, I know a lot of people are missing the […]
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Poll Parade
The poll numbers seem a bit all over the place over the past week, with the Tory lead ranging from 14 points to…zero. Here’s the average of the Decima, Ipsos, SES, and SC numbers that have been published over the past seven days: CPC 35.75Lib 30.75NDP 17.25Green 9.5BQ 8.5 In other words, we’re right back […]
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On The Take
One imagines this blog will be quite interesting over the next few months…
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He’s A Real Boy Now
In QP today, Harper said he couldn’t answer questions on the possible extradition of Schreiber because it’s the Minister of Justice’s decision. Uh-huh. The Prime Minister who won’t let his Ministers choose long distance carriers without vetting their choice through the PMO isn’t going to get involved in managing the biggest scandal to hit his […]
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Mulroney’s Waterloo
Coming this spring to CBC, the explosive sequel to “Gomery” takes a no holds barred look at the Brian Mulroney Airbus Affair. The excitement of the Gomery Inquiry will be re-lived and, while the cast is different, like any good reality show we’ve got the same endearing stereotype cast you’ve come to know and love […]