Get Out Your Scorecards...

Stephen Harper is sworn in as Canada's 22nd Prime Minister:

• Harper campaigns on an elected senate -- then appoints Michael Fortier to the senate.
  
• Harper blames Stronach's defection to the Liberals on ambition -- then, when Liberal David Emerson crosses the floor to the Conservative party and a cabinet position, says that he "could serve people of ... British Columbia ... better in cabinet".
  
• Conservatives slam Stronach for her defection.
  
• The votes in Emerson's riding of Vancouver Kingsway were 20,064 Liberals, 15,570 NDP, and 8,699 Conservative.
  
• Harper campaigns on government accountability -- then says during the campaign that he would not force a by-election in these cases.

For anyone who remembers Mulroney's Airbus Affair, it's clear that the Liberals did not have a monopoly on scandal. I think it's also clear what path the current Conservative government has marked as the one they'll set out on: doubletalk and broken promises.

But keep your scorecards handy, we'll tally them up at the end of the show.