OttawaBTC: Three days of history"The next 37 days," he said, "will be some of the most crucial… in our history.” At the outset, the story was the Liberal...
OttawaBTC: Family is everything (VI)From the Globe’s account of this morning’s Tory briefing. "Jason Kenney once again led the press conference, as he did the day...
GeneralMegapundit: Campaign day two—The vultures circleMust-reads: Jeffrey Simpson on rebuilding the Mulroney coalition; John Ivison on Harper’s performance; Lorne Gunter on Dion’s...
OttawaQuestion and Answer: Stephen Harper, WinnipegDeadline day so blogging will be sparse. Here’s an audio clip of my question to Stephen Harper at the news conference he held...
OttawaAll work and no sleep makes war rooms something something.Well, that was fast. Apparently not only are the daily briefings down for the count - okay, being "pulled back" as per Canadian...
OttawaBTC: You stay classy, Canadian politicsFirst sentence from a Liberal press release that just arrived. "The Conservative Party today released a website with a puffin...
GeneralWhat hidden agenda? (Oh, that one)The always entertaining Denis Lessard of La Presse has picked up on what Stephen Harper’s Conservatives apparently missed: the...
OttawaBecause in Quebec families, all the men wear identical blue dress shirts to breakfastBoth the Conservatives and the Liberals are emphasizing "team" in Quebec. The Liberals, to more broadly distribute the burden. The...