Posted in Politics on Oct 21st, 2008
In the long awaited anticipation that Stéphane Dion would finally come to accept that which he should have realized and done a year ago, I have been asking myself, and a few choice others, why couldn’t Jean Charest be the one?
I’ve had a few eyebrows raise, as in “that’s an interesting thought,” a couple of [...]
Posted in Politics, Public Opinion on Oct 20th, 2008
Being as impatient as I am, and I am, I didn’t want to wait the “up to 28 days” it may take for Elections Canada to post final-validated results for last week’s federal election.
So, tapping into the Type A portion of my personality, I downloaded Election Canada’s horribly organized text-file which is a mix [...]
Posted in Public Opinion on Oct 15th, 2008
The good news about a minority is uncertainty keeps political strategists and analysts in business. The bad news about a minority is it keeps political strategists and analysts in business
In the days, weeks, and months ahead many will opine on the meaning of this past election and take stabs at the direction [...]
Posted in Politics on Oct 1st, 2008
Often, the best defense is a strong offense. Say something untrue enough times and, left unchallenged, people start to believe.
Here’s the challenge.
Ask Elizabeth May about vote-splitting and you get two scripted responses.
The first goes something like this, ‘back when I was at the Sierra Club and I was considering running for Green Party leader [...]