>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/12/14/canada.martin.reut/index.html
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>Stephen Harper, leader of the main opposition Conservative party...equated Martin's dealings with the United States on softwood to a kid who calls names but is afraid to fight. "He hasn't thrown a punch. He couldn't throw a punch to save his life," he said.

You got that right, Dan. This one's particularly fractious because it was forced by the aforementioned Harper 3 months before one was to be called anyway.
I'm seriously thinkking of voting Green Party, since at least that ballot would be counted, as opposed to spoiling it.