The campaign is coming up and its coming quickly. Blogging has become the new medium for getting the message out and, more importantly, getting it past the filter. At the beginning of this year, I co-founded Blogging Tories, a grassroots…

I received this note today from Chris Taylor (no relation). His riding EDA wrote up this piece for a newsletter that was distributed to the membership. Nods like this are quite encouraging. The Conservative Blogosphere Now the above sounds more like…

Deciding to exit politics by personal choice rather than that of the electorate, which was sure to come in the next General Election, Le Devoir reports that Pierre Pettigrew is planning to leave the federal scene for potential headship at the…

Jack Layton is trying to negotiate the excision of the $4.6 billion corporate tax cut with Prime Minister Paul Martin. Cut those corporate taxes or lose NDP support on the budget vote (a vote of confidence), Martin has been told by Layton. Let’s…

The testimony of Chuck Guite is coming up later this week. Paul Coffin is also set to testify. The Gomery commission has covered both testimonies with a similar publication ban to protect a potential jury pool from becoming biased prior to the…

What’s the perfect way to respond to the Liberal assertion that “Canadians don’t want an election right now”? Respond with “The Liberals want to have a 10 month election campaign” of course. Bravo. However, might I make a suggestion? Make it “The…

In what is sure to create the largest media crisis for the state broadcaster since David Kelly, the BBC was caught miking hecklers at a Conservative rally at which leader Michael Howard gave a speech. In a letter to Helen Boaden, the BBC’s director…

The National with Peter Mansbridge Mansbridge: “Tonight! Day 11 of the unwanted election campaign. Some Canadians still say that they aren’t ready for this election. We’ll have reaction from Liberal communications director Scott Reid.” … Reid:…

Paul Martin is facing perhaps his most devastating setback yet: Bono is “annoyed” with the Liberal Prime Minister. Paul Martin has previously drawn upon the powers of rock. He did so most notably during the Liberal convention of 2003 when Bono gave…

Paul Martin is set to address the nation tonight in a rare Prime Ministerial address that is usually reserved for times of national crisis. So, I have to ask… what is Paul Martin doing? First of all, this doesn’t look good on his part. For those…