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Why Obama chose fear over hope
- October 19, 2012 4:29 PM
- By David Herle
With the debates having changed the trajectory of the US election, it is
now the conventional wisdom that Obama is missing a forward looking,
aspirational message.
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The Insiders: Why not merge?
- May 4, 2011 4:52 PM
- By David Herle
Insider David Herle puts his partisan Liberal hat back on, and gives us nine reasons why a Liberal/NDP merger is a bad idea.
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The Insiders: Election 41 myth-busting
- May 2, 2011 5:00 PM
- By David Herle
Before we start looking ahead to the impacts of the 2011 election, let's
take a look back and examine some of the assumptions people have made
over the course of this campaign.
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The Insiders: What's up with the Conservatives?
- April 27, 2011 12:20 PM
- By David Herle
Last night on The National I was piling on with other commentators
remarking on the Liberal failure to react to the NDP surge in time to
nip it in the bud or at least contain it. Equally if not more puzzling is the Conservative reaction.
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The Insiders: Time for a Liberal reboot
- April 16, 2011 9:42 AM
- By David Herle
To continue to harbour hope of an outright win over the Conservatives,
the Liberals need to do something dramatic now to change the trajectory
of the campaign. Time and opportunities are running out.
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The Insiders: Zazalenchuking to victory
- April 11, 2011 6:00 PM
- By David Herle
The sad truth about running a full slate of candidates.
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The Insiders: When to go negative
- April 7, 2011 4:32 PM
- By David Herle
Unlike the Harper Conservatives, there is a culture in the Liberal Party
against negative (or what Jaime calls "comparative") ads. The
Conservatives have run negative ads since before the writ was dropped
and have never stopped, and will not stop until the campaign is over, if then. They enjoy them.
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The Insiders: When tactics obscure message
- April 5, 2011 7:05 PM
- By David Herle
I think over the years I've had worse press than Jaime, but I'm still going to part company with him here.
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The Insiders: Party financing
- April 4, 2011 1:01 PM
- By David Herle
Stephen Harper has reiterated his intention to eliminate the
current public financing for federal political parties if re-elected.
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The Insiders: Poor Guy Giorno
- April 1, 2011 11:15 AM
- By David Herle
They are miserable and cranky, fighting amongst themselves in the
Conservative campaign. This debate issue is driving them crazy.
I don't know this, but based on my experience I assume it is true. This is one of those issues you didn't plan on.
I don't know this, but based on my experience I assume it is true. This is one of those issues you didn't plan on.
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- Why Obama chose fear over hope
- With the debates having changed the trajectory of the US election, it is now the conventional wisdom that Obama is missing a forward looking, aspirational message. Continue reading this post
- The Insiders: Why not merge?
- Insider David Herle puts his partisan Liberal hat back on, and gives us nine reasons why a Liberal/NDP merger is a bad idea.... Continue reading this post
- The Insiders: Election 41 myth-busting
- Before we start looking ahead to the impacts of the 2011 election, let's take a look back and examine some of the assumptions people have made over the course of this campaign.... Continue reading this post

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