A week is an eternity in politics and the upcoming week will be especially so, for Layton, who will be "on pins and needles with fingers crossed" hoping that the recent surge is not another tease, like it was for Broadbent in the 80s. Ignatieff will question why the voters did not move to him, was it the message or the messenger and will there be a last week miracle? Have they just parked their votes with the NDP? Harper has had to put out one brushfire after another and will wonder whether the voters have started to trust him or do they still think that he is hiding his real agenda and that he is indeed a "control-freak". Duceppe is panicking and has called in re-enforcement in the form of the "old lobster trap" Parizeau. Is it too little , too late? Has he been too laid back, just baiting Harper, while the NDP was "making hay", or has his "bogeyman" separatism run its course and no more "negotiating with a knife at the throat", because it has b become passe`?
The campaign so far has not created any excitement or than "Jackmania". This is Canada and we do not get too easily excited, but spring is finally here and the winter blues and ennui are fading. A freshness in the air and Jack may climb the beanstalk and kill the giant (bore?). Now that would be very un-Canadian. We like the "stodgy".
The campaign so far has not created any excitement or than "Jackmania". This is Canada and we do not get too easily excited, but spring is finally here and the winter blues and ennui are fading. A freshness in the air and Jack may climb the beanstalk and kill the giant (bore?). Now that would be very un-Canadian. We like the "stodgy".
