Back to Fortier...

MONDAY FEB. 6: Harper is sworn in as the 22nd Prime Minister. Appoints his main guy, Michael Fortier, in Montreal to the Senate to fill a cabinet post of a ministry rife with Liberal corruption and says it's only temporary until the next election when Fortier would run for MP.

Hmmm, DOES ANYONE RECALL HOW STEPHANE DION GOT A CABINET POST before he was elected?

TUESDAY FEB. 7: Everyone is miffed (including Conservative MPs but except Montrealers) about this sneaky appointment to the Senate when Harper said he'll have elections for vacant seats.

WEDNESDAY FEB. 8: Prime Minster Harper says he'll hold Senate elections for the vacant seats in the next election. Hmmm, what if Fortier is one of the candidates?

QUICK RECAP: This guy moves quickly. While we've all been waiting for decades, he's been Prime Minister for 3 days and look at all the attention he's drawing to it.

He's already won the game and you're still playing catchup.