Thirty-seven days later, Stephen Harper's 2008 campaign wrapped up in soggy but chi-chi West Vancouver tonight with a quick rally at a local campaign office.

Paul Hunter

So why bother flying all the way from the Maritimes — where he'd begun his day — just for that?

Two things:

• He was going to Calgary anyway.


• While in Vancouver he also he did a sit-down interview with a local TV station. Viewership: in the hundreds of thousands.

Ahaaaa.

There's a buncha seats in play in B.C. — and that's a lotta voters.

Tune in Tuesday to see if it pays off.

— Paul Hunter