St. John's East Liberal candidate Walter Noel's political experience shone through at the start of an all-candidates forum on the local CBC Morning Show this morning.
When asked to identify the most important issue for his riding, Noel said it was the economy.
Noel hit that one and then nailed the corollary, given that the Conservative candidate isn't a contender: the NDP ain't the ones to trust with managing the nation's economic problems.
Given the shifting strategic landscape and given that Jack Layton has abandoned his campaign goal to form a government, it reminds people they should be thinking twice about a stampede toward the Orange in the East.
It might be too little way too late, but you gotta give credit where it's due.
New Democrat Jack Harris - the front runner - said the big issue for him was affordable housing. Good choice but hardly likely to be the top-of-mind issue for voters in the riding, including Jack's own supporters.
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