When even Conservative supporters in the media start musing with friends about the possibility of a collapse in the Harper Conservative Party vote on October 19, you know that the drip-drip-drip of wet deposits from chickens coming home to roost is attracting attention: Talking to a Liberal friend Wednesday evening,
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CuriosityCat: Look for Ms Clean to replace Harper as Leader of the Opposition on October 20
Dianne Watts, Leader of the Opposition? With poll after poll showing the most likely election result in our federal election on October 19 will be a majority of seats held by the opposition parties, the NDP and LPC, the chances of Stephen Harper remaining as prime minister are slim to
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Fun With Stephen
As a Facebook wag described the above, Harper’s caucus room post-election. I have always respected Smokey’s advice. At this critical juncture, Canadians would be foolish to ignore him. Recommend this Post
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Duffy’s Shadow Looms Over Harper’s Future
We won’t have long to wait for the release of the tell-all book on Mike Duffy, penned by his old journalism colleague, Dan Leger. The book, Duffy: Stardom to Senate to Scandal, is said to revisit the good old days when Leger met Duffy in Ottawa (1984-1990) and traces Duffy’s
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Do You Trust the RCMP to Investigate the Duffy Scandal?
So we’re going to let the RCMP get to the bottom of this senate expense scandal that now extends straight to the top of the Prime Minister’s Office. I wish that gave me hope. It doesn’t. Ever since former and subsequently disgraced Commissioner Zaccardelli conjured up notions in mid-election of
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