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A Guy Watching Politics: Red Meat For a Blue Base
http://politicswatcher.blogspot.com/2013/10/red-meat-for-blue-base.html
A Guy Watching Politics. A space to write and talk about the state of our politics in Canada (with an occasional foray into US politics). Let's use this blog and others to promote dialogue on the issues. THIS BLOG IS IN NO WAY AFFILIATED WITH POLITICS WATCH. Wednesday, October 16, 2013. Red Meat For a Blue Base. So, there it is. Job one, therefore, was to make nice and sort things out with the base. How does one do that? First, by reciting all of the base-friendly accomplishments of the past (e.g....
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A Guy Watching Politics: "Can't talk, on the phone with Obama..."
http://politicswatcher.blogspot.com/2012/11/cant-talk-on-phone-with-obama.html
A Guy Watching Politics. A space to write and talk about the state of our politics in Canada (with an occasional foray into US politics). Let's use this blog and others to promote dialogue on the issues. THIS BLOG IS IN NO WAY AFFILIATED WITH POLITICS WATCH. Friday, November 2, 2012. Can't talk, on the phone with Obama.". Earlier today, I had the chance to "participate" in one of these final blitz rallies. No, I was not in Ohio or any other swing state. Telephone town hall" during the Ontario provincial ...
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A Guy Watching Politics: Obama's win and Romney's Loss
http://politicswatcher.blogspot.com/2012/11/obamas-win-and-romneys-loss.html
A Guy Watching Politics. A space to write and talk about the state of our politics in Canada (with an occasional foray into US politics). Let's use this blog and others to promote dialogue on the issues. THIS BLOG IS IN NO WAY AFFILIATED WITH POLITICS WATCH. Wednesday, November 7, 2012. Obama's win and Romney's Loss. So, there it is. President Obama has been re-elected in what ultimately turned out to be a pretty comprehensive victory. A majority of the popular vote;. A campaign that got to 270 without.
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A Guy Watching Politics: 24 hours to go....give or take several protracted legal battles
http://politicswatcher.blogspot.com/2012/11/24-hours-to-gogive-or-take-several.html
A Guy Watching Politics. A space to write and talk about the state of our politics in Canada (with an occasional foray into US politics). Let's use this blog and others to promote dialogue on the issues. THIS BLOG IS IN NO WAY AFFILIATED WITH POLITICS WATCH. Monday, November 5, 2012. 24 hours to go.give or take several protracted legal battles. Twenty, twenty, twenty-four hours to go. I wanna be sedated." - The Ramones. And yet we have a race that pundits continue to claim is too close to call. Why?
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A Guy Watching Politics: Has the (Ottawa) Bubble Burst?
http://politicswatcher.blogspot.com/2013/10/has-ottawa-bubble-burst.html
A Guy Watching Politics. A space to write and talk about the state of our politics in Canada (with an occasional foray into US politics). Let's use this blog and others to promote dialogue on the issues. THIS BLOG IS IN NO WAY AFFILIATED WITH POLITICS WATCH. Wednesday, October 30, 2013. Has the (Ottawa) Bubble Burst? The *pop* was the sound of the Ottawa bubble bursting as the rest of the country tuned in to what has been happening on the Hill. More than prorogation, the long-form census, the gun registr...
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A Guy Watching Politics: Fall Back Position
http://politicswatcher.blogspot.com/2013/11/fall-back-position.html
A Guy Watching Politics. A space to write and talk about the state of our politics in Canada (with an occasional foray into US politics). Let's use this blog and others to promote dialogue on the issues. THIS BLOG IS IN NO WAY AFFILIATED WITH POLITICS WATCH. Saturday, November 2, 2013. So, how did he do? The answer to that question depends very much on whether you are a Conservative partisan or, basically, anyone else. What the faithful saw. The second key element of the speech was its recitation of the ...
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A Guy Watching Politics: Looking for a Liberal Leader
http://politicswatcher.blogspot.com/2012/11/looking-for-liberal-leader.html
A Guy Watching Politics. A space to write and talk about the state of our politics in Canada (with an occasional foray into US politics). Let's use this blog and others to promote dialogue on the issues. THIS BLOG IS IN NO WAY AFFILIATED WITH POLITICS WATCH. Sunday, November 25, 2012. Looking for a Liberal Leader. As Mr Coyne pointed out in this excellent piece. The party has an important choice to make. It can choose to swing for the fences by seeing themselves as viable candidates for power in the ...
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A Guy Watching Politics: September 2012
http://politicswatcher.blogspot.com/2012_09_01_archive.html
A Guy Watching Politics. A space to write and talk about the state of our politics in Canada (with an occasional foray into US politics). Let's use this blog and others to promote dialogue on the issues. THIS BLOG IS IN NO WAY AFFILIATED WITH POLITICS WATCH. Sunday, September 30, 2012. The Hidden vs the Not-So Hidden Agenda. Notwithstanding the motion's defeat, there remain many who feel that the Harper government continues to favour a social conservative agenda. Part of the evidence - the number of ...
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A Guy Watching Politics: November 2012
http://politicswatcher.blogspot.com/2012_11_01_archive.html
A Guy Watching Politics. A space to write and talk about the state of our politics in Canada (with an occasional foray into US politics). Let's use this blog and others to promote dialogue on the issues. THIS BLOG IS IN NO WAY AFFILIATED WITH POLITICS WATCH. Sunday, November 25, 2012. Looking for a Liberal Leader. As Mr Coyne pointed out in this excellent piece. The party has an important choice to make. It can choose to swing for the fences by seeing themselves as viable candidates for power in the ...
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A Guy Watching Politics: The Election Around the Corner (or, how policy discussion is stifled in Canada)
http://politicswatcher.blogspot.com/2010/11/election-around-corner-or-how-policy.html
A Guy Watching Politics. A space to write and talk about the state of our politics in Canada (with an occasional foray into US politics). Let's use this blog and others to promote dialogue on the issues. THIS BLOG IS IN NO WAY AFFILIATED WITH POLITICS WATCH. Friday, November 12, 2010. The Election Around the Corner (or, how policy discussion is stifled in Canada). So why aren't we having this dialogue in any meaningful way? In the case of the government, this has meant using issues to ignite the base, su...
