Posted AT 8:06 AM EST on 06/09/08
And the winner is ... Harper
As I write, the election is on, save for the formality of dropping the writ.I've caught a couple of the new Stephen Harper ads. They're from a series of seven, titled "At home with Stephen Harper." And very gentle, soft, fuzzy little minuets they are. In the jargon of PR, they try to "humanize" the Prime Minister. I'm not sure I agree with the premise of that effort.
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