Well, the campaign is officially half over. Here are the tallies from Week Four, in a shortened Christmas-eve version:
The Conservatives -- 9/10
A fourth straight near-perfect week for the Tories, capped off by his brilliant handling of the unity file. The challenge to debate Duceppe, his calling the Liberal's bluff on the perverse notion that they are the guardians of national unity, and Harper's policy announcement in Quebec City were all highlights. The Tories could not have asked for a better first half of the campaign. Now they will shift gears, and start responding to the Liberal onslaught, as they must. A big coup was getting the Liberal ads leaked and getting word out through the blogs, thus deadening their impact.
The Liberals -- 7/10
To the Liberals credit, they did make some policy announcements. But they are still looking defensive, and are doing a lot more reacting than acting. Martin looks almost panicky. Their response to Harper's comments about the Liberals wanting the PQ in power in Quebec City were overboard (Stéphane Dion nearly lost it on Mike Duffy's show) and they had little to say in response other than indigation.
Merry Christmas dear readers!
# posted by Adam Daifallah : 12:53 PM
