Hope everyone is having a great holiday. I am. Catching up on reading, doing a little bit of writing, but mostly just lounging around. Thanks to everyone who has been in touch about our book. It seems a good number of you either bought it or received it as a Christmas gift. The feedback has been reassuring. Look for Tasha and I to start blogging about the election at the Maclean's magazine site for the remainder of the campaign, beginning early January.
This blog no longer reports polling results, but I think it can be said with relative confidence (and judging by today's Bourque update) that things are tightening up on the heels of the Goodale scandal. I am quite surprised -- and frankly, elated -- about this development. How many times over the past few years have their been similar examples of what appeared to be illegal behaviour by the governing party that went unexamined? The story would stay in the news for a day or two and then quietly die. For once, the RCMP is taking action -- and it couldn't be happening at a better time for the Tories.
There won't be an Ups and Downs tomorrow; due to the holidays, there isn't really a campaign to evaluate. All I can say is that this campaign is turning into a virtual mirror image of last year's campaign. This time, it's the Liberals who are tripping up all the time. Very out of character for the mighty Grits. The Tories, unlike each of the past four elections, have the paragon of professionalism. If Harper can keep this up there is a strong chance he will be our next Prime Minister, albeit in a minority government situation.
# posted by Adam Daifallah : 12:31 PM
