I trust you are not angst driven with my tardiness. I am not late for work today as I am not at work but at the Stratford Public Library. It is odd to wake in a house without internet. You have nothing to do before the caffeine sinks through the skull.  •  Anyway, the 401 was fine - thanks for …

It has happened. The Liberal Party of Canada's plan to roll out Ray Steven's hit "Everything is Beautiful in its Own Way" is now officially on hold because the headline in the Toronto Star this morning reads "Tories Jump Into Clear Lead":  •  “The survey, conducted by EKOS Research Associates for …

Could this be it? The first major gaffe in the masterful Tory campaign that has brought them to the place in the polls that they were on 12 December 2005?  •  “"I do think it's important to point out that Mr. Mulroney received a lot of criticism and a lot of focus for the fact that a large number …

The Globe and Mail reports today the following startling news:  •  “The Conservatives plan to air a negative television ad, warning that Paul Martin's Liberals are preparing to unleash a negative campaign, as the Tories aim to forestall attacks against their own leader...They have been …

I thought this. I really did. I thought that it is actually theoretically hypothetically possible given all I know that I could actually vote Tory this time. It was early in the caffeine cycle and so I will have to check back with myself later. Harper has time to grow a moustache before the 23rd …

[Ed.: Read the GX40 election 2005/06 archives.]  •  I wrote this over at Ben's this morning about the relative hugeness of the refusal of Federal finance minister Ralph Goodale to step aside while the RCMP conducts a criminal investigation into a possible leak of information from his department …

With 27 days to go in the Federal election campaign and the party riding as high in the polls nationally as it ever has, it seems to be a very odd for the Greens to launch a law suit against former members of its leadership but that is what it appears to have done with its time off school this …

I parked this over in the sideblog during this time of the great head cold, but the question still has to be asked: was this guy the country's dumbest blogger? Paul Wells tells us who the guy is (now was.) Forget for a moment the shameful sense of humour and the shoddy use of such humour for one's …

Is it just me or does Stephen Harper look much less...grouchy...when he has his glasses on. Its that squinty sort of thing he does that gives the impression. I'd bet if he started wearing his glasses on the campaign trail he'd pick up 3% to 5% on that alone.