So, there I was for Krista Erickson’s show, and Sun News – Sun News! – played our What Went Wrong Song right off the top! And, when Tim came on her show right after me (I could write a whole column about our chat in the green room, and I just might), she too asked him: “What went wrong?”
So, here it is again – the top tune on Canada’s political hit parade! (And – bonus! – the What Went Wrong Song ringtone!)
We had a nice chat, too. I think I turned him into a Grit.
…well, indirectly, anyway.
Will Tea Party Tim heed the advice of one of a guy of this stature? Of course not: he’s too busy now attacking “foreign” students.
I recall he ended up doing alright. The other two, not so much.
Nigel Wright, the Prime Minister’s chief of staff, opened up his swank downtown Toronto home to the Ontario Tories last month, playing host at a $250-a-ticket wine and cheese fundraiser for Mike Yen, the PC candidate in Trinity-Spadina.
This summer, Mr. Wright warned federal Tories not to become the story in provincial elections. Now he’s done just that.
Real people don’t watch debates the way journalists or hacks do. They’re not looking for a “defining moment” or a “knockout punch” – or who got off the best nasty quip or insult. They dislike politics because of that kind of stuff. They think there’s too much of it already.
To Joe and Jane Frontporch, a debate is a televised job interview. In something like last night’s Ontario leaders’ debate, they wanted to see who looked and sounded most like a Premier.
Hudak and Horwath were applying for the jobs they already had – opposition leaders. That left my guy to look and sound like a Premier. That’s why the only post-debate poll said we won.
More here about what a debate is, and isn’t.