{"id":2963,"date":"2011-04-12T18:59:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-12T22:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/?p=2963"},"modified":"2012-05-29T17:27:01","modified_gmt":"2012-05-29T21:27:01","slug":"debate-live-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/?p=2963","title":{"rendered":"Debate Live Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"

7:00 pm<\/strong>: We are ready to go! Vegas had the over\/under on “coalition” mentions by Stephen Harper at 8.5. Place your bets! <\/p>\n

7:02 pm<\/strong>: Fun fact – this set was also used in the 1972 debate. Geez, you think they could have used some of the G20 stimulus money on new panelling. <\/p>\n

7:08 pm<\/strong>: I’ll give Duceppe-Harper to Harper. The debate is all on the stimulus program, allowing Harper to tout what he has done, rather than talking about G20 waste or corporate tax cuts. <\/p>\n

7:11 pm<\/strong>: Jack Layton to Stephen Harper – “you used to care about the environment”. Huh? Maybe when he was 5. <\/p>\n

7:28 pm<\/strong>: Michael versus Jack…let’s call it a wash. After all, foreign policy won’t move any votes. The debate does give us the first “podium pounding” of the night, courtesy of Ignatieff. <\/p>\n

7:34 pm<\/strong>: Well, that’s 5 questions Harper has answered. Time to go home! <\/p>\n

7:40 pm<\/strong>: Harper versus Ignatieff…on the coalition! Oh man, here we go. <\/p>\n

7:44 pm<\/strong>: WTF moment of the night, courtesy of Harper – “I don’t think these personal attacks back and forth are <\/em>productive.” <\/p>\n

7:48 pm<\/strong>: Iggy versus Harper…I give it to Ignatieff for looking strong and forceful. “This isn’t bickering, this is democracy<\/em>” is likely the media clip of the night. But Ignatieff has made his point on contempt. He needs to start giving viewers a reason to vote for him. <\/p>\n

7:57 pm<\/strong>: The last 10 minutes of coalitions, letters from 7 years ago, proportional representation, and how governments are formed was a lot of fun for polisci clubs watching. But I can’t imagine anyone else in Canada caring about this. Harper takes this exchange for making the simple point that Canadians don’t want mor elections. <\/p>\n

8:08 pm<\/strong>: Layton versus Duceppe…I’l admit I found myself wishing there was a hockey game on I could switch over to. I did enjoy Jack implying we aren’t making enough babies though. <\/p>\n

8:39 pm<\/strong>: And Jack Layton makes history by making the first ever Twitter joke in a nationally televised debate. And, I assume, the first to use the word “bling”. Somebody is courting the youth vote! <\/p>\n

8:52 pm<\/strong>: Harper calls Health Care his top priority. What about our fragile economic recovery? <\/p>\n

9:00 pm<\/strong>: Now we SPIN! I’ll have my thoughts later tonight. Comment away!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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