Author: Warren

Check this out.  Pretty good – but there are lots more to come.   .

I’ve been getting some amazing notes from you guys this morning – offers to stay with a family in PEI, advice about real help from a former colleague on the Hill, a long letter from a fellow Bishop Carroll alumnus. Lots of others. Going to get on the right track

So: fathers, sons. Today is Father’s Day. I hope that yours is a happy one, whether you are a Dad, or you are with your Dad. Mine isn’t, and likely won’t be. Today is the tenth anniversary of my Dad’s death, and it has been weighing on me like a

The first duty of intelligent people, said George Orwell, is to restate the obvious. In politics, it isn’t done nearly enough.  So, let us state the obvious: Kathleen Wynne won a huge, impressive, astounding victory.  But she didn’t win so much as Tim Hudak lost. Political reality (an oxymoron if

Enjoy your stay in Hell, Jim. .

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…with those most likely to vote. Holy shit la merde! They’ve got a huge sample – two thousand people. And look at what’s happened to the NDP vote! If this is a trend, and not a blip, who is going to be leader of the Opposition? And, continuing with the

I don’t agree with John Ivison’s apparent suggestion that Tim Hudak is glissading (what a great word that is) to inevitable victory.  I think whoever wins will do it based on GOTV, and no small amount of luck, and the seat margin will be puny. But this quote from his

Good morning, Ontario! This rainy morn, we have two Ekos and Forum meteorological predictions wreaking havoc with PC governing plans – but, remember, Forum and Ekos have previously promised one thing, and decidedly done another. Ipsos is rolling into our area at 6 p.m. tonight, and they tend to be

I am not so much a cat person. But I could watch this 6,000 times. And, in fact, I have. The expression on his little furry face! What genius.

In a tight election race, like this one, you have to pay attention to the little things. It’s the little things that will kill you. Case in point: the Liberal government’s headlong rush to cram casino operations in every single corner of the province. I’m amazed the Liberals have let

I’m not sure why I titled this post in that way.  I like rhymes and alliterations, as you know. Anyway.  Yesterday’s post on GOTV caught the attention of no less than Keith Levene, formerly of the Clash and Public Image Ltd.  Here is the proof: Which gives me a shameless

1. Ontario New Democrats: Money. Effect: They disappeared in Week One, and only reappeared at the debate, at which point it was too late. 2. Ontario Liberals: A coherent message. Effect: Nobody knows what they stand for, apart from being against the other parties (unless someone wants to have a

Despicable. Disgusting, dispiriting, deflating: Ontario’s 2014 election campaign has been all of those things, and more. It is coming to a blessed end in two days’ time. But this grinding, joyless farce has given voters no shortage of reasons to refuse to participate. A sampling: · Liberal leader Kathleen Wynne

You hear weirdos like me talking about it a lot.  And, in super-tight elections like Ontario 2014, Get Out The Vote isn’t just something – it’s everything. Whoever has the best GOTV on Thursday wins: it’s as simple as that. Here’s a great Obama 2012 vid about what it is,

That’s one way of putting it. What is Harvard’s Nieman Lab? Here. Who is John Tory? Here.

• Jamie Ellerton (PC) and Nancy Leblanc (Liberal) in Parkdale High Park. • John Fraser (Liberal) in Ottawa South. • Jonah Schein (NDP) in Davenport. • Arthur Potts (Liberal) in Beaches-East York. Might be more to come. But the above folks are all good eggs. Wish Nancy and Jamie weren’t

Just got Geoff Pevere’s book, and can’t wait to read it. Bonus: SFH – the band who played with Frankie Venom at his very last performance – is mentioned at the end, and Frankie’s prophetic words to us. Below, us backing Frankie on ‘Blitzkreig Bop.’ Now, go buy Geoff’s book.

There are lots of reasons, but the four found in the highly-scientific poll below are the main ones.  Can you guess which one is the big one? I have several bets riding on this puppy, so choose carefully. It has a margin of error of one kabillion percent, 21 times