They went neg...

So the Liberals trotted out the negative ads that everyone knew were coming. And are they ever negative; one was so over the top that even the Liberals have tried to back away from it (not very successfully).

Will they work? A few days ago I was a little concerned before that the Tories were -- allow me to use a tired phrase -- 'peaking early'. The Liberals still had some credibility and two weeks was a long time. But these desperate ads and the desperate performance of the PM in the debates will be enough to sink them for good. If they had used these ads before, when they still had the aura of inevitablity, they would have had more effect. But now they will be given little consideration from the voters, and will actually hurt them, I think. I'm getting pretty confident about the Tories scoring a majority.

Bob Tarantino has many more thoughts on the Liberals latest blunder.