The consortium that will broadcast the Canadian federal election debates has announced that the English language leaders' debate will take place on Tuesday October 2nd. This timeslot conflicts with the US Vice-Presidential debates where GOP nominee (and political neophyte) Sarah Palin will face off against Democratic Party nominee (and political vet) Joe Biden. This will force the (thin) ranks of political junkies to choose which debate to watch live and which to PVR. (For my part, I will be off cruising in the Mediterranean that night, so I will likely see neither!)
The debates could be pivotal in determining whether Harper gets his majority (which looks within his reach, given recent poll results that show PQ support in Quebec in freefall outside of Montreal) and whether the surprise choice of the inexperienced Palin (who looked shakey in her first major post RNC convention media interview (with Charles Gibson) last night) will help or hurt McCain's chances in November.
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