Martin to Canadians: "re-elect me'

Last evening the Prime Minister delivered a rare address to the nation -- or perhaps I should say to central Canada, since westerners, who won't be voting for him anyway, were still at work. The message? "I commit to you tonight that I will call a general election within 30 days of the publication of the [Gomery] commission’s final report and recommendations." Given that the report is not due out until December, the old cliché about closing the barn door after the horses have left would seem to have some relevance here.