OttawaMorning memo: Dion stumbles again, and at least one pundit is starting to feel guilty about pointing it outBEST PHOTO: POLL OF THE DAY: Stephen Harper emerged as the winner of last night’s English-language debate, according to Ipsos’s...
GeneralMegapundit: Defending the indefensible—with a smileMust-reads: James Travers in Nova Scotia; Christie Blatchford on Julie Couillard; Jeffrey Simpson on the debate. What debate were...
OttawaMorning memo: The party leaders kiss and make up at the debates. Sorta.BEST PHOTO: POLL OF THE DAY: Ipsos’s instant poll finds it wasn’t even close -- respondents felt Stéphane Dion won last night’s...
OttawaMorning memo: September 30 - Harper borrows a phrase, Dion channels his inner leader, and May is no pretender.BEST PHOTO: POLL OF THE DAY: A surprisingly consistent picture emerged from yesterday’s tracking polls. Nanos , Harris-Decima and...
OttawaMorning memo: The Conservatives take a commanding lead in the polls, Pauline Marois makes a case for the Bloc, and Elizabeth May says she’s no Ralph NaderBEST PHOTO: POLL OF THE DAY: The latest Nanos Research poll puts the Conservatives over the mythical 40% hump that’s widely...
OttawaMorning memo: The Liberals can take comfort in the knowledge people still like them—just a little bit less than they do someone lessBEST PHOTO: POLL OF THE DAY: Most polls have the Conservatives ahead of the Liberals by a comfortable double-digit margin. The...
GeneralFresh meatGilles Duceppe, on Harper’s plan to put 14-year olds in adult prisons if they’re convicted of serious crimes: If that’s the...
GeneralMegapundit: The poorly located hockey arena as national metaphorMust-reads: Andrew Cohen on the meaning of Scotiabank Place; Jeffrey Simpson and John Ivison on the Liberal platform; Jonathan Kay...
GeneralQuelle CrockConservative non-MP Michael Fortier, left, gazes toward Montreal Were he still alive and wailing, Mordecai Richler might have used...