Apparently Harper won the debate last night.

Apparently Dion won the debate last night.

I watched most of it on RDC – can’t stand the translated version. Here’s my opinion:

No clear cut “winner”, though:

• I think Stevie did himself more harm than good (yay!).
• Dion held his own and maybe even gained some support through his performance (but man, he has bad posture).
• If there was a winner, it was Duceppe. You could clearly see that he has been down this road before.
• Layton made some good points and his French was the best of the Anglos.
• And Lizzie May, despite being handicapped languages-wise (tho’ she was better than I had anticipated) got in a few good jabs here and there.

Tonite – Round 2. Watch for Stevo to go the attack as polls are showing that his support has stalled and has fallen backward in Quebec.

Trashy,
Ottawa, Ontario

This week is always critical in a short campaing. Theoretically, all of th ekinks should have been worked out and the parties can get into the meat of their platforms.

Here’s what I think we’ll see this week:

• More ads and messages about Stevie’s leadership abilities – especially with regards to managing an uncertain economy. The U.S. banking system is going down the tubes and this will have repercussions north of the 49th.
• The Grits will continue with attach ads on SH. But this is the week that they MUST put their leadership TEAM up front and take some of the attention away from Dion.
• Look for Layton to continue to sound and act silly.
• Some of the initial sheen granted to the Greens will wear off by the end of the week
• Some of the Bloquiste support that has leaked to the ReformCons will ebb back to the Bloq as Duceppe gets his footing and has a good week.

I’ll be way for much of the week but will post another instalment of “What NOT to vote for Harper” by Friday night.

Trashy,
Ottawa, Ontario