Week 4 Review:
Blog of the Week: Andrew Spicer. I only came across this blog recently but it's one of the most updated and it's chalk full of election comments. Great observation on the effect the Gay Pride parades could have on the election.
Weekly Winner: Gilles Ducceppe. The latest Ipsos projections have him taking up to 67 seats. The Bloc is in such control right now that even a few hairnet pictures wouldn't hurt the guy.
Weekly Loser: Anna Maria Tremanti. The moderator of the English language debates got a lot of bad press for letting things get out of control.
Laugher of the Week: More gallows humour : From John Turner's 75th birthday comes the line "I didn't know the Titanic was registered to CSL."
Jean Lapierre mistake of the week: None. Although being the Quebec co-chair of a campaign which could leave the Liberals with 10-15 seats in the province won't help his resume.
We’re flying towards... A minority government. I've called it for the Tories but after this weekend, I'd say Martin may have a chance.
Martin:
Grade: C-
Highlight: A rough weekend for Harper gives him life.
Lowlight: Terrible debate performance. "Do your handlers tell you to talk all the time?"
The Liberal fortunes may be on the rise but it's not because of Martin. Ducceppe cleaned his clock in the French debate and Martin looked bad during the English debate.
Harper:
Grade: B-
Highlight: Looked cool and composed during the English debates
Lowlight: Air Canada story
The kiddie porn mishap may have been a low blow but it won't hurt Harper. It highlights the issue and will likely help him out with "soccer moms in Mississauga", as Harper himself put it when discussing the issue.
Layton:
Grade: B+
Highlight: Strong debate performance in both languages
Lowlight: Getting very little media coverage
I may be in the minority here, but I really liked Layton's performance during the debates.
Ducceppe:
Grade: A+
Highlight: Winner of the French debate and put in a great performance in English which has everyone raving.
Lowlight: Nothing. He's still at zero on the Gaffe Meter.
Most puzzling is the reaction Ducceppe has been getting outside Quebec. Apparently SES found voters in the West saying they'd vote for Ducceppe. In addition, the Bloc claims they've been getting a dozen e-mails a day since the debate from Anglos outside Quebec asking the Bloc to run candidates in their ridings.
Blog of the Week: Andrew Spicer. I only came across this blog recently but it's one of the most updated and it's chalk full of election comments. Great observation on the effect the Gay Pride parades could have on the election.
Weekly Winner: Gilles Ducceppe. The latest Ipsos projections have him taking up to 67 seats. The Bloc is in such control right now that even a few hairnet pictures wouldn't hurt the guy.
Weekly Loser: Anna Maria Tremanti. The moderator of the English language debates got a lot of bad press for letting things get out of control.
Laugher of the Week: More gallows humour : From John Turner's 75th birthday comes the line "I didn't know the Titanic was registered to CSL."
Jean Lapierre mistake of the week: None. Although being the Quebec co-chair of a campaign which could leave the Liberals with 10-15 seats in the province won't help his resume.
We’re flying towards... A minority government. I've called it for the Tories but after this weekend, I'd say Martin may have a chance.
Martin:
Grade: C-
Highlight: A rough weekend for Harper gives him life.
Lowlight: Terrible debate performance. "Do your handlers tell you to talk all the time?"
The Liberal fortunes may be on the rise but it's not because of Martin. Ducceppe cleaned his clock in the French debate and Martin looked bad during the English debate.
Harper:
Grade: B-
Highlight: Looked cool and composed during the English debates
Lowlight: Air Canada story
The kiddie porn mishap may have been a low blow but it won't hurt Harper. It highlights the issue and will likely help him out with "soccer moms in Mississauga", as Harper himself put it when discussing the issue.
Layton:
Grade: B+
Highlight: Strong debate performance in both languages
Lowlight: Getting very little media coverage
I may be in the minority here, but I really liked Layton's performance during the debates.
Ducceppe:
Grade: A+
Highlight: Winner of the French debate and put in a great performance in English which has everyone raving.
Lowlight: Nothing. He's still at zero on the Gaffe Meter.
Most puzzling is the reaction Ducceppe has been getting outside Quebec. Apparently SES found voters in the West saying they'd vote for Ducceppe. In addition, the Bloc claims they've been getting a dozen e-mails a day since the debate from Anglos outside Quebec asking the Bloc to run candidates in their ridings.
posted by calgarygrit at
1:45 p.m.
3 Comments:
It's a debate, not a book club meeting. If these guys want to shout and press their point, then go right ahead. I think Layton was effective to distancing himself from Martin which is what he has to do right now. He made it clear that there were major differences between the two parties and was smart enough to attack Martin's record as finance minister. Since Martin, for whatever reason, is unwilling to mention anything that happened in the past decade, Layton can attack him on gutting health care to his heart's content and Martin will just sit back and take it. He obviously got under Martin's skin, which led to the main media clip of the debate (the handlers comment) which most people agree made Martin look bad.
Layton also was the one who tripped up Harper on Health Care (my advisors tell me not to talk about this). And I believe he was the one who initiated the same sex marriage talk which can only help the NDP in my opinion (I'm surprised no one keyed in on Martin failing to reveal his personal stand on the issue). Admitedly Layton had the easiest time since no one actually attacked him.
Looking at the post-debate reaction, it looks like people liked Harper the best but I liked Layton's feisty performance. He also finished second on the Ipsos poll on the "who has the best ideas?" and "who had the best performance" categories.
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