What's the campaign about? Who's prettier?

I am a Liberal, no news there, and I am glad to see Conservative missteps in the election. (But I have memories of elections of the past where we made some errors too).

But let's be candid, the Tory missteps so far are pretty small beer. You can argue they reflect an attitude that is a real problem but in general there isn't anything overwhelming. And Harper has reacted swiftly to every gaffe.

So why the huge Toronto Star headline "Email gaffe shelves Tory aide"?

Maybe it's helpful -- certainly the casual reader would think Harper is chasing Obama to the bottom of the polls -- but there is a risk of the 'boy who cried wolf'.

This is a serious election with real choices. The Liberals offer ideas (as do the Conservatives). (The Liberal ideas are better but that's not really the point). An election decided on who's campaign is prettier is an election decided on chance alone.
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