It depends who is talking . . .

Posted by cwaddell under Election 2008, Election 2008 Campaign strategy, Election 2008 Media commentary

Christopher Waddell

The front-page election stories in today’s Globe and Mail and National Post offer contradictory perspectives on the week ahead in the campaign.

The Globe says:

Conservative Leader Stephen Harper will sharpen his attacks on Stephane Dion stating today, as new polls show the Liberal Leader is failing to connect with voters or talk about the issues that mean the most to them.

Meanwhile over at the National Post:

The Conservatives said yesterday that they are refocusing their primary aim on the NDP and the Green party, citing them as a bigger threat to their re-election that the Liberals.

Worth checking back later in the week to see who was right.

In the meantime score one for those nameless senior strategists who know all and are only too willing to tell, providing of course they are given anonymity so no one can hold them to account.  

Christopher Waddell is associate director of the school and a former Globe and Mail Ottawa bureau chief, former CBC-TV parliamentary bureau chief and election night executive producer for CBC TV News.