Election fever

New Polls (via Neale News)

• EKOS/TORONTO STAR POLL: Liberals 38%, Conservatives 29%, NDP 16%...
• IPSOS-REID POLL: Liberals 34%, Conservatives 30%, NDP 16%...

How not to run a campaign

Mixing my first-hand observations of the campaign with confidential input from several party strategists has produced a Christmas list of the naughtiest 2004 no-nos the Conservatives dare not repeat if they ever hope to be a government.

Voter backlash over spending?

The election campaign that begins next week will be a tight race between the Liberals and Conservatives thanks to deep public cynicism over how Prime Minister Paul Martin's government has resorted to a massive spending spree to attract votes, a major new survey has found.

The confidence vote and beginning of the campaign will be Monday...