So now Harper has a "war room"

[Topaz]

Harper has new media center and boy , all Cons must be proud to have a place 17,000 sq ft and a war room!!! So with a "war room" it seems Harper is going to be fighting rather than trying to do what id GOOD for Canadians!! They probably will have "hackers" on their new Dell computers trying to find out what the other parties are talking about in their e-mails! Only someone that came from the Alliance party could act the way Harper does. Bring back the PCer's and some respectability and not the BS that comes out of their mouths every time they open them!

[Borg]

Actually all political parties have them - varying sizes and capabilities.

This is not really news.

Borg

[daniel]

But the Conservative War Room will have a map of Afghanistan with suspected Liberal positions marked.

[Keepitsimple]

Probably about time. Before the Right was re-united two years ago, they had been split and underfunded - so it wasn't feasible to have facilities like the Liberals - or even the NDP. They obviously have their act together and are rolling in cash - so why not catch up to, and even surpass the other parties.

[ScottSA]

It's heartening that the best the left can come up with is: "look at the buggers...they're doing exactly what we did! Shame!"

[munsinger]

How could they have a War Room? For a political (election) campaign?

Simply a disgrace!

At the very least, they could of callled it "Surrender Room," "Faceplant Room," "Kyoto's Tail" or at least something a little more appropriate......and less frightening to the general population!

What a bunch of mean, heartless buillies.....

I whine in their general direction.

[stignasty]

"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!"

[Keepitsimple]

This is unfair!!!

[Martin Chriton]

Harper has new media center and boy , all Cons must be proud to have a place 17,000 sq ft and a war room!!! So with a "war room" it seems Harper is going to be fighting rather than trying to do what id GOOD for Canadians!! They probably will have "hackers" on their new Dell computers trying to find out what the other parties are talking about in their e-mails! Only someone that came from the Alliance party could act the way Harper does. Bring back the PCer's and some respectability and not the BS that comes out of their mouths every time they open them!

Yeah but the Liberals/NDP are allowed to keep their "war rooms" though right? The Conservatives have no right to have one as well.

[BornAlbertan]

I try to never insult people over the internet because you never know of their education, intellectual capacity or their culpability to simply being a fool...so I will simply say that it is a very common term that appears in a multitude of dictionaries.

war room

n. A room in which strategic decisions, especially for a military or political campaign, are made.

Pretty damn scary if you ask me...

[Michael Bluth]

I try to never insult people over the internet because you never know of their education, intellectual capacity or their culpability to simply being a fool...

Bah!

Only someone that came from the Alliance could open a war room. What about Jack Layton? Jean Chretien? Paul Martin? Bill Clinton?

[Canadian Blue]

Harper has new media center and boy , all Cons must be proud to have a place 17,000 sq ft and a war room!!! So with a "war room" it seems Harper is going to be fighting rather than trying to do what id GOOD for Canadians!! They probably will have "hackers" on their new Dell computers trying to find out what the other parties are talking about in their e-mails! Only someone that came from the Alliance party could act the way Harper does. Bring back the PCer's and some respectability and not the BS that comes out of their mouths every time they open them!

First point, when I went door to door with my first election campaign with the Alberta PC's, we had a campaign headquarters, its no big deal. Second, during an election campaign, you unfortunately have to fight in order to win. Third, I was actually a member of the old Canadian Alliance party, and served as one of the BOD when I was younger, this new party is nothing like the old Canadian Alliance or Reform party with the exception of the members. If anything this party is closer to the old PC values, which is a good thing. I think if I knew the New Democrats had no campaign headquarters or "war room", I would wonder who the amatuer is thats running the campaign.