“Look, I’m a woman. I know you don’t give it all up at once.”

Anyone think that’s funny?  Here’s what I do know: if a man had made that comment, his political career would be over.  Full stop.

What’s your view?

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In plenty of pain (it’s a long story), we made our way to the ‘Shoe tonight, whereupon I – after twenty-plus long years – was finally able to see Urge Overkill.  Why weren’t they stars?  What happened to Blackie? Is Cam Carpenter known to every band in the universe?

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We’re totally going to win this election!

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The new issue is out, and can be found here, gratis.

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…this one from OPSEU. Federally, we’re hearing more of the same is on the way there, too.

What does it all mean, beside the obvious political messaging?  It means lots of unions, associations and folks are feeling that traditional media, and traditional means, are failing them.  Interesting.

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Very sad to hear this news. A worthy opponent and a good man. Rest in peace, John.

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I am SO TOTALLY SICK of hearing from so-called experts that this guy is a genius.

He isn’t. His candidate won BECAUSE JOHN TORY DIDN’T RUN.

That’s it. THAT’S IT.

Rant completed.

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Susan D. on the Grits getting in on the pre-writ ad game, here.

My take? The problem isn’t the tactic. The problem is the strategy.

The Reformatory campaigns worked because they defined two unknowns – Dion and Ignatieff – before they could define themselves.

Harper is a known quantity. The Liberal leader-to-be isn’t.

Negative always works best when you are creating an impression. Not changing an impression.

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Susan’s yarn, here, on the (smart) Rae decision to get tough. Overdue.

Nay-sayers will say it’s closing the barn door after the horse has fled, etc., but that’s not the problem. The problem is that the Reformatories’ anti-Dion and anti-Ignatieff ads served to define Dion and Ignatieff before they could define themselves.

That’ll be the problem, once again, in 2013 or so: the Grits will pick another shiny new leader, and the Cons will spend millions to smear him/her before the election.

The Reformatory leader is a known quantity; the Grit leader-to-be isn’t. Attack ads always work best with the latter, not the former.

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