Team Tory ...

on the path to victory ?

Not according to this Torstar editorial. I can't resist picking through this one ... Full of contradictions.

More than half of the 24 Conservatives at Queen's Park are Harris holdovers.

What has there been .... ummm .. but one Provincial election since Harris left office ... what else did you expect ??? The author specifically names five MP's to back up the statement that there is "Too much Harris".... and then names five notable newcomers that contradict the title of her article..

What gives ???

Of course ... the main purpose of the article....

But there have been setbacks. Earlier this month, Randy Hillier, a militant rural activist who has publicly denigrated social housing, public transportation, welfare, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and environmental regulations, won the Conservative nomination in Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington, to the delight of the Liberals.

Last month, Liberal MPP Tim Peterson defected to the Conservatives, knocking a highly regarded female contender, Effie Triantafilopoulos, who quit her job as head of Save the Children Canada to run, out of contention for the nomination in Mississauga South.

The writers analysis of Tory's chances ...

Portraying himself as a "different kind of leader," as Tory has been doing, might work if Ontarians were profoundly dissatisfied with the leader they had. But there is little evidence that they are.

Accusing McGuinty of gross irresponsibility, incompetent management and lax ethical standards, as Tory has been doing, might work if the Liberals were awash in scandals. But so far, they're guilty chiefly of misjudgments and indiscretions.

Misjudgements and indiscretions ???

I guess that's what you call lying to all of us in the last election campaign and then accomplishing nothing with the the extra money ... doing diddly with a bunch of lawless thugs (and the promised blow up this summer...that's squarely in Dolt's lap) ... the OLG scandal.. citizenship grant scam ... do I need to go on ??

With an effective campaign (read: silence from LFLA) ...

I'm liking John Tory's chances come fall.