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Ace... I don't know what you guys were seeing in BC but in Ontario, there were a heck of a lot of Martin's Liberal ads attacking Harper on the air. The fact that the worst of the bunch was pulled (after breifly being on the party website) was a big mistake on their part.
The media played it up because it was *the* story of the campaign. Martin's terrible marketing efforts. The Libs fell back on the same old saw they used in the last campaign -- attack the hidden agenda.
The problem was, Harper wasn't playing the same game he was playing. Harper stuck to the issues. He struck a believable (to many anyway) figure who was ready to step to the middle. It was one of the slickest campaigns Canada has seen in years.
Yes, they did run some attack ads (the inflating Martin Balloonhead comes to mind) but they were not the only thing they ran on. In the end, it was a solid campaign. Offering what appeared to be an alternative to the Liberals (with whom many were pissed and didn't want to vote for).
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