This should be the Tories’ mantra heading into their convention: we’re on the side of the average Canadian, taken for granted by Mr. Dithers and his Power Corp. cronies.

Let It Bleed’s Bob Tarantino has the best political idea of the new year, even better than his advice to the CPC about the Martin budget.

Read. This. Post. Now.

At times like this, one feels one’s powerlessness in actually affecting Tory tactics. You and I can blog back and forth about it, but can we really make it happen? I suppose it depends who reads this thing after all. Hello, OLO! Are you out there?

UPDATE: I neglected to thank Babbling Brooks for his recent post on this subject, and of course Steve Maich who wrote about this matter for Maclean’s. My apologies.