Conceptually, the Conservative's ad campaign was a good idea: compare and contrast. Their pre-election ads tried to establish the notion that Harper is decisive and solid; the current election ads position Dion as "risky".

But dock marks for execution. The comic gambling ads are so annoying, they're unwatchable by the third viewing and the pre-elections ads were like a Wal*Mart commercial put together by Freud.

Thing is, even television advertising can't turn Harper into a true alpha male. If Stephen Harper was an alpha, nobody would have laughed when George Bush called him, "Steve". And everybody laughed.

Besides, a manly-man would have stuck to his fixed election date and not run to the polls just because his government is teetering on the brink of a deficit ...

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