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09 December 2005
SES and Gregg compared - some observations
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Something has been bothering me all day about the Globe/CTV/Strategic Counsel claim that regional "weakness" in the Liberal suppor...
The seats to watch in Newfoundland and Labrador
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E-mails arrive telling me I am off my rocker on the election in Newfoundland and Labrador. Maybe I am. For those who are interested here is ...
Harpering the party
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Conservative party organizers in Newfoundland and Labrador are reportedly looking at new ways of finding candidates.
SES results: Libs keep rockin'; Quebec undecided climbs
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SES Research results of its rolling polls show that as of Thursday, The Liberals enjoy the support of 41% of decided voters, with the Conser...
Leger and SES agree
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About 10 days into the campaign, pollsters SES and Leger Marketing show the current party standing with the Liberals in a 12 point lead over...
Another "tell"
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Danny Williams explodes in anger and attacks the person, whenever a question gets close to the truth, not close to his family and friends. T...
Jack Layton: Different town; different message
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In Ontario ridings, Jack Layton told voters to ignore third place candidates (who happened to be Liberal), warning that a vote for the thir...
08 December 2005
Connie gun control
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At its convention in March of this year, the Conservative Party delegates were asked to vote on a gun control motion that would provide: - m...
Pollster or astrologer?
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You can find some truly wacky things online these days, whether it is Liberal Warren Kinsella busily working to defeat the Liberals or this ...
Lowest common denominator school politics
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God invented schools. Then God invented school administration. Then God took the brains to manage school administration away from anyone con...
The good old days
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Is it only 15 years ago that a Conservative government introduced gun control measures that were considered draconian at the time? Brian Mul...
MacKay eyes Harper's job, post-election
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Blonde, wealthy, well-connected. Peter MacKay's latest love interest, according to well-known gossip sheet the National Lampoon Post : ...
Custodial management almost impossible to deliver
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Memorial University political science prof David Close threw some cold water on people who think "custodial management" is a simpl...
Moving forward is good enough for the Premier
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It should be good enough for Liam over at RGL. Apparently not. He preferred to quote people from American political action groups to argue a...
Coast Guard tragedy
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Two Coast Guard employees were killed yesterday in an incident that is still under investigation. It appears they were traveling by helicop...
Methinks he doth protest too much
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Danny Williams likes to use sales jargon, like talking about "the ask". Well, in sales as in poker, there's a thing called &qu...
07 December 2005
Liam quotes the American right to back Harper
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In one of several megaposts lately, Liam O'Brien at RGL quoted someone named Darcy Ann Olsen, who is presented as an expert commentator...
The Battle Song of the Newfoundlanders
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Courtesy of an old friend and sometimes e-mail commentator comes this link about a recent event involving HMCS Cabot, the naval reserve divi...
Controlling every little thing
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These changes to the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador Act are curious if only for the fact they are entirely unnecessary. The Order was c...
Morrow to beat Manning
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Lawyer Bill Morrow will carry the Liberal banner in Avalon. The CBC report carries a bizarre comment: "Sandwiched between the twin Tor...
06 December 2005
The real story on Gander and weather
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VOCM broke the real story on Gander and weather forecasting that everyone else has been missing.
Harper: policy plagiarism - revised
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Stevie Harper popped up in Petty Harbour today , just outside St. John's, to reinforce the view that all we have in Newfoundland and Lab...
Wells adrift in oil patch
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Most of the bluster is gone . Premier Danny Williams is accepting Max Ruelokke [pronounced roo-lock] as the new chairman and chief executive...
05 December 2005
What Steve giveth, he taketh away too.
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Flanked by his senior policy team, Conservative leader Stephen Harper today announced a $1200 allowance to be paid annually to families for ...
Corporal Taylor - give all the facts
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Left - Mobile Gun System Not much surprise in the return of former Corporal Scott Taylor as an expert military commentator. His comments on ...
Who owns loyolahearn.com?
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Ok. While I am starting to dig deeper into the mystery of Loyola Hearn's website , he has the one he used as a member of parliament. Not...
So what's the point?
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So Decima is producing polling results for Canadian Press. What's the point if no one but Canadian Press can see the details? Notice tha...
04 December 2005
Speaking of lame-assed
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The Conservative party candidate in the Bonavista-Exploits riding is one Aaron Hynes. He's an ex-navy type, with a bachelor of Arts degr...
The Fabester goes federal
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Courtesy of Greg Locke is a picture for the history books. It was taken on Sunday 04 December 05 in Holyrood as Fabian Manning announced hi...
No contest in the TV spots
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Check out the Conservatives' first TV spots - a series of three 30 sec spots built around the fake concept. Here's Steve appearing ...
SES rolls on; PM and Harper move to Atlantic Canada
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Another day, a new set of rolling polls from SES Research . The Day 6 numbers, updated to 03 December 05, show the Liberals with 38%, the Co...
03 December 2005
The pollsters at odds
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Reconcile the SES rolling polls with the latest from EKOS . The latest SES numbers show the Libs at 36 with the Connies at 31. EKOS has the...
Byrne out?
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Check the Telegram ad for Loyola Hearn when you pick up the Saturday paper today. Missing from the photo: Kilbride member of the House and p...
Star candidate of the 1980s
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Loyola Hearn's website is still lost in cyberspace. We are at the end of the first week of campaigning. Guess he's too busy down a...
Bond right about Wells
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Way back in July, when Andy Wells first leaked the story that Danny Williams had put him up as a propspective chair of the Canada-Newfoundl...
The smell of fear
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Check out the telegram today on page A5. Bottom of the page. Big ad by Loyola Hearn with the headline "Provincial MHA's endorse Loy...
GST rebate update 2
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3 down (the traditional morning cup) 19, 997 to go. Me and my kidneys are with ya there, buddy. It's like one of those Depression era da...
02 December 2005
Layton and Hargrove at loggerheads for same space
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Check this out. Buzz Hargrove warns people to vote Liberal where the New Democrats are third, in order to stop the Connies. Jack Layton, wh...
The first SES rolling poll results of the campaign
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The first poll by SES Research for the Canadian Parliamentary Affairs Channel (CPAC) shows the Liberals with the support of 37% of decided ...
GST rebate update 1
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Two down. Only 19, 998 to go in my bid to do what it takes to get $400 in GST rebates, should Stephen Harper make the leap to 24 Sussex Driv...
Brave Soldier Hearn
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There are some awfully funny comments from Conservative candidate Loyola Hearn is the following story from The Telegram . Ordinarily, the st...
Norm Doyle - CBC Radio news
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Since there was no link available for the earlier posting on Norm Doyle, let me tell everyone that Norm backed the call for a free-vote on e...
A large double double view
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Canadians will get this really easily. A large Timmies in Newfoundland and Labrador will set you back $1.50. That the Canadian standard - la...
Cutting the GST - the Andrew Coyne view
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Courtesy of Paul Wells , comes an old column by Andrew Coyne, arguing that cutting the GST is actually a bad idea. Cut other taxes instead....
Norm Doyle appears - or is it Homer?
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The high- spending Connie candidate in St. John's East emerged today for the first time in a while. His choice topic? Backing Stephen H...
CBC buggers the facts - swing seats
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Hey guys, I know it's a challenge to run a website, but at least use the cut and paste. St. John's South-Mount Pearl. Connies took i...
01 December 2005
Has anyone seen Loyola?
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No point in looking here . Seems like the Man from Renews (about two hours drive outside the riding he represented in Ottawa) thinks he'...
When the leader undermines his own candidates
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From nottawa, comes this set of comments by Jack Layton that by voting for third place candidates, voters can elect a Conservative instead....
More curious Connie math comments
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Check here for a Canadian Press story on the math behind the proposed GST cut and some other comments on the Harper proposal. But get a loa...
Tax rhetoric for Connies
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Over at RGL , Liam is predictably ecstatic about the GST cut proposal from Stephen Harper and seemingly perplexed by my comments earlier tod...
Weather office wonderments
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Pressure for the relocation of the weather office back to Gander continues to mount. But here's a bit of information to ponder. Weather...
Why not zero? Why not right now?
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Stephen Harper's first big election announcement - aside from hiring Ken Starr - is to drop the Goods and Services Tax from its current...
Election quickies
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1. JK Note to self: Douse self in gasoline on national television. Light Match. Apply match to own arm, leg or other available body part. Co...
Danny Williams' letter to Santa
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Tabled in the House of Assembly yesterday, here is a copy of Danny Williams letter to the federal party leaders. The Premier likes to point ...
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