PM Harper’s disciplined, structured front-runner campaign opens itself up to ‘iron bubble’ label

Prime Minister Harper's strategy to not expose Conservatives to any risk fairly common in any campaign.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's 2008 campaign, which some critics are calling an "iron bubble," can be compared to former prime minister Pierre Trudeau's winning 1980 "peekaboo" campaign, but others, including Liberals, say Mr. Harper has managed his message "brilliantly" and plans to win the ele...

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