{"id":2420,"date":"2009-09-20T21:45:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-21T01:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/?p=2420"},"modified":"2009-09-20T21:45:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-21T01:45:00","slug":"some-free-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/?p=2420","title":{"rendered":"Some Free Advice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Given how Liberals <em>always<\/em> take advice from the National Post, <a href=\"http:\/\/network.nationalpost.com\/np\/blogs\/fullcomment\/default.aspx\">Full Comment<\/a> has been running a series of advice columns from bloggers this weekend &#8211; I&#8217;ve given a quick recap below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/network.nationalpost.com\/np\/blogs\/fullcomment\/archive\/2009\/09\/19\/advice-to-ignatieff-dan-arnold.aspx\"><strong>Dan Arnold<\/strong> <\/a><br \/>1. Let Ignatieff be Ignatieff<br \/>2. Build up the ground game<br \/>3. Rise above the fray<br \/>4. Get an economic plan<br \/>5. Break out of the Ottawa bubble<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/network.nationalpost.com\/np\/blogs\/fullcomment\/archive\/2009\/09\/20\/jeff-jedras-s-advice-to-ignatieff-stand-up-for-canada-someone-has-to.aspx\"><strong>Jeff Jedras<\/strong><\/a><br \/>1. It&#8217;s not just the economy, stupid<br \/>2. Stand up for Canada<br \/>3. Court women<br \/>4. Make government matter<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/network.nationalpost.com\/np\/blogs\/fullcomment\/archive\/2009\/09\/20\/raphael-alexander-s-advice-to-ignatieff-forget-jack-layton-and-play-the-long-game.aspx\"><strong>Raphael Alexander<\/strong><\/a><br \/>1. Don&#8217;t make threats you can&#8217;t keep<br \/>2. Control the media<br \/>3. Let the Conservatives bury themselves<br \/>4. Don&#8217;t make a scandal out of everything<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/network.nationalpost.com\/np\/blogs\/fullcomment\/archive\/2009\/09\/19\/kelly-mcparland-how-iggy-can-become-prime-minister.aspx\"><strong>Kelly McParland<\/strong><\/a><br \/>1. Let Kennedy hammer Tories on pork-barrelling in QP<br \/>2. Figure out what you&#8217;ll do as PM<br \/>3. Don&#8217;t need to be the opposite of the PM on <em>everything<\/em><br \/>4. Voters aren&#8217;t stupid<br \/>5. Quit listening to advisers<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/network.nationalpost.com\/np\/blogs\/fullcomment\/archive\/2009\/09\/19\/gerry-nicholls-advice-to-iggy-part-one.aspx\"><strong>Gerry Nicholls<\/strong><\/a><br \/>1. Drop the &#8216;Harper is scary&#8217; routine<br \/>2. Get a new ad company<br \/>3. Offer a Chretien-esque approach to the economy<br \/>4. Coalition was stupid<br \/>5. End the group-think<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, some of the advice is more constructive than others, but they all make for interesting reads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Given how Liberals always take advice from the National Post, Full Comment has been running a series of advice columns from bloggers this weekend &#8211; I&#8217;ve given a quick recap below: Dan Arnold 1. Let Ignatieff be Ignatieff2. Build up the ground game3. Rise above the fray4. Get an economic plan5. Break out of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}