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Well, after months of consistent gains, the Liberal momentum stalled in June, with their mean lead on the Tories down to 2 points.Ekos (June 25-29, n = 2262 demon dialed)Lib 32.2%CPC 31.0%NDP 16.2%Green 11.5%BQ 9.0%Nanos (June 17-21, n = 781 telephone)Lib 36.3%CPC 32.2%NDP 16.8%BQ 9.8%Green 4.8%Angus Reid (June 17-18, n = 1005 online)CPC 32%Lib 31%NDP 18%BQ 11%Green 7%Ipsos (released June 20, n = 1000 telephone)Lib 35%CPC 34%NDP 13%BQ 10%Green 8%Harris-Decima (May 28-June 8, n = 2000 telephone)Lib 35%CPC 31%NDP 15%BQ 9%Green 8%OVERALL (change since May in brackets)Lib 33.9% (-0.6%)CPC 32.0%…

With Canada Day here, it's a good time to reflect on the state of politics in this country. And the one conclusion I reach is: man, are Canadian politics ever boring compared to the States. I mean, even the "boring" US governors get embroiled in juicy scandals:South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, just back from a secret trip to Argentina unknown to his staff or his wife, admitted Wednesday he has carried on an extramarital affair with a woman in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[...]The South Carolina governor had not been seen in public since June 18. When questioned, Sanford's staff told media outlets…

After her befuddling decision to run in Central Nova last election, Elizabeth May appears to be on the right track:OTTAWA–The federal Green party is expecting an election this fall and the new, number-one strategic priority is to make sure leader Elizabeth May has a seat in the House of Commons when it's over."Now the party is convinced that our number-one goal is to elect me to the House of Commons. So that changes quite a lot of things," May told Green party members in Eastern Ontario yesterday at an election-preparedness briefing.May says she's ready to switch ridings to make that happen…

That'll be the match up, after Tim Hudak's third ballot win yesterday.Here are the ballot-by-ballot results:First BallotHudak 3512Klees 3094Elliott 2729Hillier 1014After the first ballot, 61% of the Hillier votes switched over to Hudak, with 20% going to Klees, and 17% to Elliott (2% had no second choice).Second BallotHudak 4129Klees 3300Elliott 290451% of Elliott voters had Hudak as their second choice (or, third choice, if they were Hillier voters switching over to Elliott), while 46% had Klees.Third BallotHudak 5606Klees 4644So Hudak pulled off the rare feat of being a front runner who was…

It's looking like a Hudak-Klees showdown on the third ballot, with the end result a mystery at this point. Here are the round 1 results:Hudak 3512Klees 3094Elliott 2729Hillier 1014There is no realistic way Elliott will catch Klees (remember, this is votes, not delegates, so you won't have people switch their first preference), which means it will all come down to Hudak and Klees on the final ballot.UPDATE: I'm out for the rest of the day, so check out Stephen Taylor for results. Assuming Hudak increases his lead on Klees (with a Hillier assist), Klees will need Elliott's second place votes to…