BlogsCanada: E-GroupMulti-partisan political punditryThe Next election and How Blogs Could Be Utilized by The Parties- September 25, 2007 By and large, the critics are right. Blogs are largely parasitic. The MSM writes the stories and the blogsephere critiques and fact checks them. The reasons are simple. Bloggers lack the connections, resources and training of professional reporters. More importantly reporters get paid for what they do and bloggers, with the exception, of a very select few are not able to make a living off what they have written. As a result, bloggers are not able to devote nearly as much time as reporters can...http://www.blogscanada.ca/egroup/PermaLink.aspx?guid=b870e1d3-7add-40e0-bc00-910177fb3c53 Quebec By-Elections Herald Change and Uncertainty- September 19, 2007 What Happened in Quebec Politics Monday I watched the by-elections Monday night and had to wonder what is going on in Quebec. For the most part I think it is healthy for democracy and could be good for Canada. The reality is these events were by-elections. Personality of candidates often means more in those events than party or policy or leadership. There is a reality of the timing of these by-elections too. The current minority government could be brought down any given day the House is...http://www.blogscanada.ca/egroup/PermaLink.aspx?guid=fa0d18db-1930-44e7-b10b-03f025db3e30 Liberals have to Change the Channel in Quebec- September 10, 2007 The Liberals have a choice. Either they can attempt to change the channel in Quebec, or they can continue with business as usual and go down to defeat there.http://www.blogscanada.ca/egroup/PermaLink.aspx?guid=a62f7d11-90e8-4e63-b8e3-c92bd8ea137b The Conservatives are better Political Tacticians than the Liberals- September 10, 2007 As Red Tory has effectively demonstrated, the veil issue has everything to do with perceived shortcomings in recent legislation and nothing to do with Elections Canada. Still the Conservatives have rightly sensed what the public feels should be the case. In so doing, they have struck another preemptive blow against Elections Canada. This proves once again that Stephan Harper and PMO are masterful political tacticians.http://www.blogscanada.ca/egroup/PermaLink.aspx?guid=3def35e9-e0b1-4d54-bd24-c64f739c26b4 |