The Down Ballot Struggle Begins

I just saw this ad on Ben Smith's Politico Blog.



With Obama starting to wrap up his presidential campaign, it appears he is starting to let people ride on his coattails.

Though If I were him I would want to make sure that no party has a veto proof majority.

Expect more of this as the Democrats go for the trifecta this year.

On a side note, I have been living on Politico for the last few weeks. Sadly, there is no Canadian version.

Deficit Night in Canada?

Welcome to the 1980s.

Trudeau ushered in the era of big deficits, and Mulroney kept it going. Now after over a decade of surpluses we are going to have to sit through a blast from the past.

Yesterday, the Ontario Government announced a $500M deficit, today the Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said we might not be able to avoid it, but he is "confident" we can.

Its time to bring out the scalpal (not the axe) and start trimming the budget. Perhaps it wasn't such a great idea to slash the GST after all.

A Commitment to more posts.

My friends (I guess thats cliche now).

I have from time to time decided to post to The Centre Block. Now is the time for me to commit myself to blogging more than I have.

In today's economic and political climate it is more important than ever before for citizens to report their opinions and the facts they can find. In the past this was a difficult thing to do. Now with the advent of the internet we no longer need to sit quietly.

Martin Luther King Junior spoke of the fierce urgency of now during the Civil Rights movement. On the verge of the next era in Canadian and World politics, I along with all of you will be here saving the world through our words.