Election coming, like it or not
By now you've all heard the news.
With Conservative caucus member Peter Mesheau about to walk out of the New Brunswick legislature for a job in the private sector, and all the turmoil the honourable member from Miramichi Bay du Vin put this province through in recent months, it's pretty clear Premier Bernard Lord is not interested in going through the grief of a minority government situation again anytime soon.
So it's off to the polls we go again September 18.
The 2003 provincial election doesn't seem like that long ago to me and in news terms, the last federal election was only last night. And a very long night it was for people in newsrooms across the province. Election nights are like that for newspapers. Long, grueling and electrically charged is the best way to describe them. They take a lot out of you. Nor are they any easier for the public at large, who have to endure the campaign.
I don't know about you guys, but I'm about electioned out.
Not that it's going to make a whole bunch of difference in the weeks to come, cause like it or not, it's coming.
The June 2003 election saw the incumbent Tories winning 28 seats, the Opposition Liberals winning 26 and the NDP holding on with one.
I'm no expert, but I predict the numbers will look a lot different come the middle of September.
And if it's anything like the last election, we can expect more than our fair share of intrigue, name calling and good old-fashioned mud-slinging.
The month ahead will be filled with the usual bluster about how Party X has what it takes to run the province on half the taxes while offering twice the services, Party Y promising to create jobs out of thin air and Party Z having the secret to put hair back on bald heads while helping the voters lose weight in the process.
And no doubts eyes will be on the member from Miramichi Bay du Vin, the man who has sucked up so much of the the public's and the press's time and energy in the last few months, the politically immortal Michael Malley, the Speaker of the House and probably the root cause of this election.
In the next month or so, there will be enough heated air circulating above Miramichi to start our very own hot air balloon festival.
So friends and neighbours, fix yourselves a drink, pop some corn and kick back, cause whichever way it goes and where ever the chips fall, Election 2006 is sure to be entertaining.
May the best man, and/or woman, win.
If only we could be so lucky.
With Conservative caucus member Peter Mesheau about to walk out of the New Brunswick legislature for a job in the private sector, and all the turmoil the honourable member from Miramichi Bay du Vin put this province through in recent months, it's pretty clear Premier Bernard Lord is not interested in going through the grief of a minority government situation again anytime soon.
So it's off to the polls we go again September 18.
The 2003 provincial election doesn't seem like that long ago to me and in news terms, the last federal election was only last night. And a very long night it was for people in newsrooms across the province. Election nights are like that for newspapers. Long, grueling and electrically charged is the best way to describe them. They take a lot out of you. Nor are they any easier for the public at large, who have to endure the campaign.
I don't know about you guys, but I'm about electioned out.
Not that it's going to make a whole bunch of difference in the weeks to come, cause like it or not, it's coming.
The June 2003 election saw the incumbent Tories winning 28 seats, the Opposition Liberals winning 26 and the NDP holding on with one.
I'm no expert, but I predict the numbers will look a lot different come the middle of September.
And if it's anything like the last election, we can expect more than our fair share of intrigue, name calling and good old-fashioned mud-slinging.
The month ahead will be filled with the usual bluster about how Party X has what it takes to run the province on half the taxes while offering twice the services, Party Y promising to create jobs out of thin air and Party Z having the secret to put hair back on bald heads while helping the voters lose weight in the process.
And no doubts eyes will be on the member from Miramichi Bay du Vin, the man who has sucked up so much of the the public's and the press's time and energy in the last few months, the politically immortal Michael Malley, the Speaker of the House and probably the root cause of this election.
In the next month or so, there will be enough heated air circulating above Miramichi to start our very own hot air balloon festival.
So friends and neighbours, fix yourselves a drink, pop some corn and kick back, cause whichever way it goes and where ever the chips fall, Election 2006 is sure to be entertaining.
May the best man, and/or woman, win.
If only we could be so lucky.
posted by Street Wise Guy | 6:13 PM
1 Comments:
Was it just me or did I see Kim Jardine standing behind Lord at one of the recent press conferences. Is she planning to run again?
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