OttawaThe Commons: ‘That’s not me’Stephane Dion arrived a bit late. Though, in fairness, he was just trying to be polite—allowing the Prime Minister to finish up...
OttawaI’m gonna pick "More of the Same" for $100, Alex"The Economy, Stupid" was actually not James Carvilles’s main war-room slogan in 1992. The first of three mottos hand-written on a...
OttawaLive from Rideau Hall: Liveblogging the last moments of the 39th Parliament (and the first moments of the Campaign of the Century(tm))Seriously, would it have killed him to wait until, oh, say, noon to make the block-and-a-half trek to Rideau Hall? What with...
OttawaBTC: Family is everything (III)Here’s the rough script to an ad the Conservatives ran in 2004. We open on footage of Stephen on the podium and with his...
OttawaITQ to Senator Michael Fortier: Resign!And we mean that in the nicest, most constructive way. You are, after all, the nominated candidate for the Conservative Party of...
OttawaWhat is it about the highest court that brings out the lowest politicking?You know, I’d really like to think that that the Prime Minister would have given the other party leaders a heads up before...
OttawaBTC: Family is everything (II)National Pos t. Sept. 4, 2008. "Softly lit and accompanied by a soaring piano soundtrack, a new series of Conservative Party...
OttawaDavid Emerson - Shamelessly exhausting the world supply of political irony before the campaign even gets startedUPDATE - According to someone who was watching CTVNewsNet this morning - or, what we in the business like to call, "an unnamed...
OttawaThe Lord is my co-pilotLa Presse reports that Bernard Lord will be named national co-chairman of the Conservative campaign on Friday. The other co-chair...
OttawaUncle StephenSeveral colleagues who were around the table on a familiar downtown patio last week will be my witnesses. With as much luck as...