Bits and Pieces

A couple of things:

• Congratulations to Nathalie Duhamel who recently started as a Western Assistant in Mr. Dion's office. Nathalie performed very well in the prairies for Mr. Dion in a tough environment while Ajay Chopra did an excellent job for Bob Rae, and all the establishment candidates supported Dryden (Neville, Carstairs, Zimmer) or Ignatieff (Simard). Nathalie is a bright fluently bilingual and politically savvy person who is a chip off the old Carolyn and Ron Duhamel block. Mr. Dion will be very well-served if he can find more folks like Nathalie.
• The Tories are trying to neutralize Mr. Dion on the Environment by re-announcing warmed-over, leftover Liberal announcements from the 2005 Budget. The next one is said to encourage consumers to use energy more efficiently and reducing emissions. It is a shame that they have swallowed themselves whole, given Canada an international blackeye and are now trying to champion policies to address Climate Change which they publicly disavow.
• The fight for Rahm is on. The Washington Post writes that both Obama and Clinton campaigns are fighting to land one of the keys to Bill Clinton's Presidential and electoral success. Emmanuel is definitely a valuable tactictian and strategist worth fighting over. Whoever lands Rahm will definitely have an advantage in the primaries.
• Police have matched the image of Litvinenko's real assassin with his death-bed description.
• Could Bill Richardson be Barack Obama's running mate?