Steve Paikin: Prudent Manager

Head Debate Dept: And if the evening had been hyped as one key exchange – the six-minute debate between Mr. Harper and Mr. Ignatieff – and five other one-on-one match-ups, the sustained attacks on the Conservative Leader gave the two hours a unifying theme, according to Globe And Mail. While the stage positions were determined by a draw, Mr. Layton’s spot between Mr. Ignatieff and Mr. Harper helped him to depict himself as a legitimate choice. Meanwhile, befitting Mr. Duceppe’s role at the margins of the English-language conversation, the Bloc Leader had to attack Mr. Harper, who was at stage right, from the stage-left edge and it was compelling television that offered a mix of classic head-to-head debate-club dynamics and a free-for-all, tightly controlled by moderator Steve Paikin and showing flashes of the party leaders’ ability to veer from their talking points. Still, little of the barrage seemed to shake Mr. Harper’s determination to stay on message as the prudent manager of the country’s affairs. He kept a neutral tone – sticking, like the teenaged singer Rebecca Black in her YouTube hit Friday , within a three- or four-note range. As reported in the news.
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