Paint by numbers..

Remember paint by number sets as a kid.. 

Paint a picture with these numbers:

6.1% - the growth of the Canadian economy during the first quarter;

5.1% - the optomistic growth rates economists expected to see in Canada;

3% - the U.S. growth rate under an expanded Obama government;

1999 - the last year that the Canadian economy grew this quickly;

7 - the number of consecutive months the Canadian economy has shown growth;

5.4% - the growth of investment in Canadian house building last quarter;

4 - the number of consecutive quarters showing gains in home building investment in Canada;

0 - positive ideas put forth by Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff

Once you finish the picture, you will find that the Conservatives continue to enjoy a 12% lead over the Liberals under Michel Ignatieff.  All of his so-called "scandals", from his efforts to color Canadians as "war criminals", from his efforts to manufacture fear that abortion rights are being impacted, from his efforts to first cast Helena Guergis as a criminal and then as a martyr.. all following one of the most difficult economic periods in recent Canadian history -  have left a picture of Michael Ignatieff as a sad clown.

Is there a worse leader in Canada?

Oh.

Sorry - I forget about David Swann.