Campaigns matter. Stephen Carter, the election strategist who took Naheed Nenshi from nowhere to capture Calgary’s mayoralty, is the same guy who engineered Redford’s huge win on Monday night. Carter…
For the past while, I’ve been pretty open about my enthusiasm for Alison Redford. I’ve also been pretty critical of her main opponent, Wildrose’s Danielle Smith. I haven’t hidden it.…
Sarah Palin North got beaten, badly. The PC leader who impressed me so much, months ago, won big. Quick takes: Rod Love has gone into hiding. A hole has been…
But that’s just politics. When Canadians are probed about their attitudes and identities — the deep-down, emotional stuff that doesn’t easily lend itself to words, but which drives political choices…
In the future, if you are to look up the dictionary definition of “idiotic,” this will be one of the examples offered up.
Speaking for me, myself and I, a election would’ve been quite acceptable. We would have won a majority, and the Ontario PCs would have been reduced to third-party status. Also,…
Wildrose has been dropping sharply since the bozone layer eruptions began. The PCs now own Edmonton, and the huge Wildrose lead in Calgary has vanished. Rural Alberta is rural Alberta:…
I love it when conservatives give writing tips, and then misspell two key words in three sentences: Hey Kinsella: You would make a great writer for the National Enquire. Have…
This story, about the loathsome Bev Oda’s willingness to blow the equivalent of most Canadians’ monthly pay on herself, reminded me of this unforgettable photo: Isn’t that gross? What a…
The Ontario PCs are voting for one. The Ontario NDs keep issuing ransom note demands, and hold rallies to call for an election. Ontario doesn’t want or need an election.…
Here, courtesy of GC.
Harper didn’t just win by uniting the right, however. He did something else, too. For a decade, Chretien defeated conservatives by highlighting every boneheaded, xenophobic utterance by (mostly) Reform Party…
Danielle Smith, the former TV talking head now propped atop the Alberta Wildrose Alliance Party, should have heeded Harper’s lesson. When she had a chance to do so, Smith could…
It’s cold and rainy, but I’m here with Son One, Two and Three, plus two big labs. It’s perfect. One downer: gas cap was off the boat when we got…
1. All political parties attract their fair share of idiots and extremists. 2. It happens on both Right and Left. 3. When the media or the public bring idiocy/extremism in…
Alberta voters, apparently, have a different view. Wildrose has got wasted vote in rural areas; the PCs have vote where it matters most, on the seat count. The final weekend…
Right here. (But, whatever you do, National Post’s Jen Gerson, don’t cover that!)
Jen Gerson thinks it’s “fear mongering” to take a look at the public record of Wildrose extremists, such as the one who has called for David Suzuki’s murder. That’s a…
…the same Wildrose delegate, Richard Evans, who mocks Holocaust victims, and promotes the neo-Nazi Stormfront web site. Here’s an exchange between Evans and Kate MacMillan of Small Dead Animals, who…
…we may well win it, too. It’ll be interesting, next week:
