Intrigue in the Canadian Parliament - 2011 edition
This article is probably the best summary of the campaign to date and where things are headed.
Ignatieff is having the best campaign of the leaders so far, but as Amor says, that's because no one's paying attention. In part, that's a Tory strategy - they are trying to keep people asleep everywhere other than the 30 or so ridings they think they need to get a majority.
But as Amor says, no one's paying attention. Hell, even I'm bored and I'm not even in the country. I think that changes on debate night. Iggy's clearly going to come out swinging, Layton and Duceppe are always pretty good, and Harper's going to try to do his hypnotist act. It worked last time because Dion couldn't argue his way out ofa wet paper bag - I don;t know if it will this time.
The Tory campaign is really sub-par. I don't think they're taking enough risks to get them to a majority. But the safety first approach is stopping the Liberals from making many inroads, either. What the Liberals need some event to help them catch fire, something to give them some energy - possibly sometihng from the debates - or the results are pretty clearly going to be a carbon copy of last time.
This article is probably the best summary of the campaign to date and where things are headed.
Ignatieff is having the best campaign of the leaders so far, but as Amor says, that's because no one's paying attention. In part, that's a Tory strategy - they are trying to keep people asleep everywhere other than the 30 or so ridings they think they need to get a majority.
But as Amor says, no one's paying attention. Hell, even I'm bored and I'm not even in the country. I think that changes on debate night. Iggy's clearly going to come out swinging, Layton and Duceppe are always pretty good, and Harper's going to try to do his hypnotist act. It worked last time because Dion couldn't argue his way out ofa wet paper bag - I don;t know if it will this time.
The Tory campaign is really sub-par. I don't think they're taking enough risks to get them to a majority. But the safety first approach is stopping the Liberals from making many inroads, either. What the Liberals need some event to help them catch fire, something to give them some energy - possibly sometihng from the debates - or the results are pretty clearly going to be a carbon copy of last time.
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