Liberal
Ten ridings to watch: Avalon, another good Newfoundland yarn
Election 2011: rabble.ca has chosen 10 key ridings across Canada for progressives to watch in the run-up to the May 2 vote, and asked local writers to assess them. The profiles highlight why the riding is important and issues local campaigns are focused on.
Like all good Newfoundland stories, the one about the tight race to take the Avalon riding can be told a thousand ways.
The defeated Conservative attempting a comeback; the incumbent Liberal struggling to hang onto his seat amidst a political landscape changing so fast no one can predict what will happen; the NDP candidate who would like to beat them both to the prize; an electorate that is long on memory and short on trust: all the makings of a good story are there, however you tell it.
Merger off the table, so let's talk about the Libs and NDP working together
Talking Coalition on the Current this morning was fun and frustrating.
It is really pretty amazing and cool that the debate about coalition politics has reached the level of public discussion that it has. But of course, I am filled with the inner dialogue of what I coulda, woulda, shoulda said in my little minute or two.
But hey, I can get a little of that out now as I sit at 9:28 am with Anna Maria Tremonti's bright early morning face across from me over the CBC mikes still hyperfresh in my mind!
