Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Day 4: A few quick hitters (and shitters) ;) this A.M.
Losers: The Tories for obvious reasons, or as my blogging partner says Poopgate. Anyway, there is no question that a few Tory operatives screwed up yesterday by adding that feature to the ad, however, the larger question here is whether or not this will end up being more damage to the conservatives then just a one day story. A game changer so to speak (much like beer and popcorn was for Harper in '06 and the distorted face ad was for Chretien in '93). Only time will tell.
Winner: Conservative leader Stephen Harper for owning up to his party's obvious error in judgement yesterday. That should be automatic you say? Well, not exactly. We all remember back in 2004 when he dug his heels in deep and didn't back down "from the substance of a party news release attacking Paul Martin and the Liberals on child pornography." He's definitely come a long way from four years ago and deserves credit for his new found humility. Let's now see if he sidesteps this messy gaffe like some in the MSM are already claiming. :)
Local Losers: repeat winner, Atlantic Tory strategist (specifically in Nova Scotia). The last two days have been disastrous for the Bluenose Tories (at least it has been for those who are still supoorting the party). I wouldn't be surprised to see a resignation come out of all this. However, that's probably not likely since our neck of the woods (and what happens to local candidates) seems to have been overshadowed by the leaders tour. Not to mention, the chap in the Tory war room who was blamed for Puffingate gave them a lifeline.
Loser: Gilles Duceppe. This was an easy choice as it's day four of the campaign and the Bloc leader has yet to have a good day on the campaign trail in La Belle province. To put it mildly, campaign number five could be a very bumpy ride for the veteran separatist leader.
Policy winner: Jack Layton. Yes, I said it. Jack Layton. The leader of the NDP party scored critical points in battleground Ontario yesterday by criticizing the conservative's economic policies in central Canada, and vowing to protect Ontario jobs. Extra points for doing it in a city, Thunder Bay, that has been hard-hit by paper mill closures. Looks like he will remain focused on this message again today where he will continue to hammer away at the loss of manufacturing jobs. All this while the Tories consume themselves with Puffingate.
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And when the dust settled, Layton's positioned himself along with Harper opposing May's entry to the debates. In fact, his words of explanation were almost a duplicate of Harpers??
So, any gains he may have made in Thunder Bay he blew off the radar with that. I thought he was the great leftist defender of women's rights and all that? It appears to me that he's talking out of both sides of his mouth.
It's good strategy because Layton can marginalize May on the left by claiming she is in bed with Dion (via their backroom deal in Central Nova) and b/c of that fact shouldn't gain entry into the debate (two identical parties debating together).
Hey, don't get me wrong, like you, I would like to see Elizabeth in the debates, but let's face it, any of the other parties would use this stick to beat their opponent with.
I'm in Casey's riding as you know and ppl are worried that they may get cut off from government if things keep going as they are.
How will Jack protect Ontario Jobs? Very simple. By focusing his efforts on eliminating thousands of Jobs in Alberta, by closing down the economic engine of Canada, the Athabaska oilsands projects.
Thats how.
Jack has no hope in hell, thank God for that.
I just tried to gain access to the liberal's "scanalpedia" - the page wouldn't load. I guess it's just another example of Dion's ability to communicate his message.
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