KCCCC Day 19: Picking through the entrails
- My impressions? Well, I provided more than you could ever possibly use, last night, with a kabillion web postings. Here’s a recap of my take.
- Overall Winner: Harper, because he didn’t mess up, and nobody made him break into a sweat.
- Overall Loser: Nobody. They all acquitted themselves pretty well. They all had some good moments, and not so many bad ones.
- Epic fail: The broadcast. The leaders were all older white men, the moderator was an older white man, and every videotaped questioner was white. Didn’t look like Canada, to me.
- Harper win: He was Robo-PM, and programmed as Hell. Grating, late-night FM announcer voice. No passion. But it worked for the medium. He looked steady.
- Harper loss: The closest he came to sweating, and fumbling, came on that extraordinary (and still unseen A.G. report). The other leaders should’ve kept going at it. They didn’t.
- Ignatieff win: His exchange with Harper on what it’s all about – “this isn’t bickering, it’s democracy” – was strong stuff. The LPC should turn it into a spot, fast.
- Ignatieff loss: Layton pointed out that Iggy and his party outflanked Harper on the right on Afghanistan. It shored up Layton’s soft vote, and made Libs like me remember a big, big Ignatieff error.
- Layton win: His false allegation about Ignatieff’s voting record went viral, and is now an NDP ad. It may have been B.S., but Ignatieff should have never sloughed it off.
- Layton loss: He lied on gun control, and gave the false impression on his party’s position. Shame. His party is split on gun control.
- Duceppe win: He was the quip guy, last night. Murdered Harper a couple times.
- Duceppe loss: He looked shameful on immigration and reasonable accomodation. Rene Levesque, wherever he is, is shaking his head in sadness.
- That’s me. And what do Canadians think? According to Ipsos, they think Harper and Layton won. The Layton result surprises me. What do you think?
- Pic of the day: Caption contest!