She was completely awesome. I wish we had more politicians like her. The rest of the bunch...meh.
As much as I admire Tom Mulcair -- heck, I've been giving him all my coffee money for the last 2 months -- I found his TVQ a little creepy. He's great when he's passionate and speaking from the heart. Whoever advised him to tone it down and adopt the Miss-America smile (or "rictus," as the Star called it) gave him bad advice. As many observers have pointed out, it came across as forced and phony. More than once I was reminded of Arthur Carlson's attempt at political debate on WKRP in Cincinnati. Not good.
As for Trudeau, he was a lot better than I was expected, but that doesn't say much. And Harper? Ugh. Like the rest here, I thought he came across as alternately arrogant, unprepared, and just bored. Unfortunately, I heard a few people on the streetcar today talking about how he "nailed it" and that he was the only one who seemed like a "leader."
I watched parts of the debate again, and I have to say that, were I more objective, I could probably interpret parts of his performance as demonstrating some level of grace under pressure. But then, sociopaths are often very good at remaining cool in difficult situations.
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