"...[Kinsella is] a modern-day Machiavelli, the mastermind who ran war rooms for Jean Chretien and Dalton McGuinty... He's the ultimate political insider... [The War Room] has plenty of fascinating insights and is a must-read for political junkies."
- The Toronto Sun
"The top Canadian spin doctor...tells all!"
- The National Post
"Warren Kinsellaís new book is a must-read for anyone interested in political campaigning in Canada. And not just political campaigning.ÖI wish Iíd had the chance to read The War Room before I became Stephen Harperís campaign manager; it might have saved me from many mistakes and months of painful learning on the job."
- Tom Flanagan, The Literary Review of Canada
"The War Room is a rich, detailed, and substantive primer on how to run a winning war room - warts, pizza boxes, smelly couches and all - from a master war roomer."
- The Hill Times
"Kinsella has crafted a handy little guide for politicos and non-politicos alike. Just keep it away from the kids."
- The Winnipeg Free Press
"... a great read ... full of fascinating stories..."
- John Moore, CFRB
"...I don't want to say [he's a] genius...but there's valuable insights here..."
- John Oakley, AM640
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- John Wright, Ipsos, CFRB
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- Charles Adler, Adler Online
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- Tommy Schnurmacher, CJAD
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- Ken Rockburn, CPAC
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Kinsella, this kind of stuff could make you rich, or at least lots of party money. Thanks for your blog.
I certainly did not wait in line. I read that one can purchase a computer in India for$35 and I am waiting for that computer and the I-Phone to be sold in the dollar store. Have a nice weekend.
I’m going to get one. I’m due to replace my cellphone, and I’m looking forward to consolidating it with my iPod. One less electronic device to lug around.
I’ve tried out the iPhone 4 while travelling through the U.S. It really is an elegant machine. The antennae issues have been overblown and any problems that do exist are easily solved with the use of a case (which Apple will now provide, free). The price gives me pause, I admit, but I’ll see what I can do with the deals. I’m sick of Bell and want to quit. I’m wondering if Rogers would be better.
My Rogers guy is putting one aside for me to pick up on Tuesday. I will be selling my 3GS on kijiji for more than I paid for it last year.
Antenna issues are moot. The screen and othe aesthetic aspects are stunning. Rim’s new phone had better be a game- changer or it will go the way of nortel and atari.
I picked up the first iPhone for my son while vacationing in Hawaii months before it was available here. You know that I preordered 3 iPads way back in January so I did not have to camp out in Buffalo like you. But, the iPhone 4 had not even crossed my radar until I saw the ridiculous 200 person lineup at the Square One Fido store this morning. It’s just not a must-have nor cutting edge.
One new technology thingy that I am unsure if it will be a hit or not is 3D TV. It was all the rage at the Las Vegas show in January of 2009, and although I did not attend this January, was supposedly again this year. However, I just don’t know if it will catch on even when it breaks $1K. Your thoughts …
the 4 has a screen that is so finely pixelated that you can detect them. apparently it looks like paper with light shining through it when you are reading text. It has a vastly better camera with flash. it is 30% thinner than the 3. So in so many ways it is vastly better – groundbreaking than the 3. And it is selling even faster then the Ipad.
3d tv is going to be a huge hit. cost of the sets is already plummeting and while movies in 3d are already well established where most in the know say it really will shine is in sports events – the same segment that drove HD.
I have to go with MississaugaPete on this one. I’m still loving my 3GS and find no concrete reason to grab up the 4G. I know about all the really good stuff but I just can’t justify ditching my current phone right now. I will obviously be downloading the 4G firmware onto my 3GS but the new screen and zoom capable camera just aren’t tempting right now.
As Warren pointed out in an earlier post, they’re really aimed at different markets, and I agree with him that they shouldn’t really be trying to compete in the other’s market (for example, BlackBerry’s app store is such a pale imitation they shouldn’t even bother). iPhone is geared towards consumers and creative/”fun”/entertainment activities. BlackBerry is still the preferred business smartphone and I don’t see the iPhone making a huge dent in that market, even with the strides that have been taken with the iPhone 4. BlackBerry can’t be beat as an email platform, and I say this as someone who has owned both devices (and is typing this on an iMac). I vastly prefer the BlackBerry’s physical keyboard for typing – I found the iPhone touch screen awkward to use and things took three times as long to type because I kept having to go back and correct. But for games, music, movies, etc? – no question the iPhone is superior.
I don’t profess to know all the specs for this new iPhone but certainly the previous models had a lot of limitations that made IT professionals reluctant to implement them for use in the corporate world (poor battery life vs. BlackBerry, numerous security weaknesses, server connectivity). One of the IT guys at my office (who is a Mac devotee outside of work) said that they had looked at the iPhone but the cost to get our systems to function properly on iPhone and be properly secured would be astronomical so they decided to stick with BlackBerry.
Bottom line – they’re both great products within their respective markets, and I think all this talk of ‘game-changers’ and ‘BlackBerry/iPhone killers’ is pretty silly.
Totally off topic, but have to share this gem of a quote from BCL:
“…in Canada, the federal government’s approval ratings go up in summer, when the HOC has been shuttered . But Prime Minister Harper treats the whole season as a kind of leash-free dog-park for his back benchers…”
What would R@AL think?
She’d love it! She hates her leash!