Election October 19: The REAL ballot box question of Canadians
The Two Ballot Box Questions Much as the CPC, NDP and LPC try to frame the ballot box question for the October 19 election, voters have their own views of…
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Election 2015: X marks the spot
Here’s my current expectation of the possible seat wins around one week before the October 19 election. I’ve added an X – to mark the right hand border of my…
THE critical numbers on October 19: 50%, 40% and 30% soft support
Switching time Ignore the fluctuations in daily polls leading up to Canada’s October 19 election. But keep your eyes firmly fixed on poll findings and anecdotal evidence regarding three numbers:…
Election 2015: The Shift to the Liberal Party starts
The Second King of Austerity? With the dog days of summer ending, and only 6 or so weeks left in the interminable campaign, one of the most interesting sites to…
Harper’s ‘New’ Conservatives Slow-Motion Implosion
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…
The Duffy Trial: Not Unexpected Consequences
Can we expect this soon? For those Conservative spokespersons who don’t believe that the sorry tale of a Prime Minister’s Office scrambling to come up with the very best way…
Justin Trudeau, the King of Growth, leads with honesty
Mulcair took a dangerous step with his pledge not to go into deficit: Despite the low price of oil and Monday’s tumultuous day on the markets, Mulcair said he does…
Donald Trump has the Stone’s to become President
Roger Stone So, does Trump have what it takes to become the president? This article thinks he does. The reference is to the guerrilla-warfare expert on American politics, named Roger…
The crumbling e-mail defences of Hillary Clinton & of her presidential hopes
And with them goes the crumbling of her chances of being president. A slightly desperate section of the Democratic Party senses blood in the water from her self-inflicted wounds, and…
Duffy scandal: The Troublespotter who did not read line 5 of the email
Chris Troublespotter Woodcock Imagine you hold one of the most powerful offices you can hold in a democracy such as ours, and your job is this: “My job was to…
Trump: Finally, someone gets it
Let loose the reptiles Here’s what I think is a really really good analysis of Trumpmania, from the August 22 New York Times: But the breadth of Mr. Trump’s coalitionis…
USA 2016: My Dream Ticket – Biden for President, Warren for VP
My Dream Ticket And Biden undertakes to be a one-term president, stepping aside for Elizabeth Warren to run for president after that, with his blessing. Let’s hope that this was…
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…
Duffy scandal: The differences between the Duffy Trial and the Harper (Governance) Public Trial
PM Stephen Harper, the leader of the “Harper Government”, is on trial by the public for the manner in which he governed his Prime Minister’s Office (the PMO), while senator…
Duffy Scandal: PM Harper does not get it that there is a second trial going on
Harper defence to Trial #2 Here’s what Harper is saying in response to questions about the senior advisors and senators involved in a cover up of the real facts in…
Duffy trial: How many in the Harper PMO were walking around in a cloud?
Donald ‘Darth Vader’ Bayne Barrister Donald Bayne, the Darth Vader defender of democracy (and of the sad figure of Senator Duffy), scoffedat the answer given him by Harper’s former Chief…
Election 2015: Is the Liberal Party ready for October 20th?
Who will be our next PM? Probably Harper We vote on October 19. It will be a cliffhanger, with final results only out early the next day. A minority government…
Duffy trial: Nigel Wright and Emails change the ballot box question
The Plausible Deniability chickens come home Stephen Harper, blinking furiously, tries to stick to his two self-chosen ballot box questions (security and economic growth), while disregarding question after question about…
The Duffy Senate trial: The Missing Prime Minister “Shut Down” Email
Barrister Bayne, Duffy and Nigel Wright chronicleherald Yesterday Donald Bayne, the bulldog barrister acting for senator Duffy in Duffy’s criminal trial, focused on an email that Nigel Wright, the prime…
The Duffy Senate Scandal: Nigel Wright tells the truth and sinks Harper
Things have veered sharply off course for the most controlling politician Canada has had for many decades. What was to be a tightly controlled and swiftly administered exercise in damage…