They have to concentrate on urban issues and that's an area [NDP Leader Jack] Layton knows a lot about.

People will have to choose whether they want to be on the inside or the outside.

We had polls ... showing us at zero and 1 (percent), and fighting for our very survival holding onto a handful of seats.

I would describe Stephen then pretty much as I would describe him now. He is a very serious person. He obviously enjoys his policy and his public policy musing. He's reserved, fairly quiet. There is no question of his smarts. He was often in a room full of persons and he was the smartest of them all.

Rumors of our demise were obviously grossly exaggerated.

Everyone in the eastern part of the country will be up well past midnight waiting for results from B.C.. It's a dead heat, right now at least, and various key ridings will decide in the end.

A lot of stars and moons have aligned.