Yes, but if Dion (or some sad conservative facsimile) was leading the Conservatives, the Post would endorse someone else. The Star on the other hand.....
Posted at 2008-10-11 19:22:40 [PermaLink]Wow. What a surprise!! Does the red star give the liberals their talking points or do the liberals give theirs to the red star ?
Posted at 2008-10-11 19:22:59 [PermaLink]The Globe and Mail:
"Harper is growing into the job"
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and the Ottawa Citizen also endorse the Conservatives (it's not yet formally a presidential system, but who cares, eh?):
"It is about leadership"
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Not that one might forecast the editorial judgments looking at the tone of the stories in those papers. It seems often that "reporters" have about as much attitude as editorial writers--if not more.
Mark
Ottawa
I might have titled the above comment:
"Man bites dog"
Mark
Ottawa
Stephen Taylor has a rundown of the endorsements:
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Where does the Chronicle Herald stand? On the fence?
G&M endorsing Harper could have been titled Elvis bites ET.
When I read it at SDA, I would not believe it and went to the G&M web site.
The G&M endorsed Harper in 2006 as well.
Posted at 2008-10-13 15:49:02 [PermaLink]