January 18, 2006
The knives come out
I've lost count of how many premature obituaries have been written for "Landslide Annie" McLellan's political career, but it must be looking really bad this time:
Canada's deputy prime minister acknowledged Tuesday that
Prime Minister Paul Martin's national campaign has hurt her re-election chances.
The comments from Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan were a further indication of disarray in the ruling Liberal Party which is trailing badly in polls ahead of the Jan. 23 elections.
McLellan said she has spent too much time defending Martin to her constituents in the western Canadian city of Edmonton, Alberta.
"It's the national campaign and they've done something they don't like and we have to respond to that and it takes time," McLellan said. "I wish I could be out there talking more positively about what we have done."
McLellan made the comments in an interview broadcast on the CBC.
The Election Prediction Project has Edmonton Centre listed as too close to call. In other campaign news, Buzz Hargrove has lost his friggin' mind. (But is that really "news"?)
Posted by damian at January 18, 2006 12:24 PM | TrackBack