Seeing as how most of the media are doing their “Year In Review” wrap-ups this week, I thought I’d do something along similar lines. However, mine is bent towards getting some badly-needed feedback.

I should explain: I’ve been blogging about politics since 2004, and six years is a long time to keep up a web presence. And yet about the only change I’ve made is to switch from Blogspot to a new host and blog design. I’m thinking about the direction in which I should steer this blog, which avenues to explore for next year. And the sort of feedback I’m after is to find out the type of blogging that people want to see on this blog, the stuff that either moves them or that I’m particularly good at. Should I try to do more videoblogging? More research into parliamentary pasts? More pieces critical of the left / right / Libranos? Seriously, I really could use the feedback.

Anyway: I’ve gone over the blogposts I’ve written over 2009, and picked 12 that I think are especially noteworthy. Here they are:

1. So What, Exactly, IS A Proper Tory Budget? — in which I try to explain why it was necessary for the Harper government to do a deficit budget instead of one governed by economic conservatism.
2. Anthem Overkill — in which I explain why compulsory singing of “O Canada” is a bad idea.
3. A Veteran’s Lament — in which I highlight an item on the news agenda in which both mainstream media and partisan bloggers seem to show no interest.
4. We Gotcha, MSM: An Open Letter to Michael Den Tandt — in which I explain to this mainstream media apologist that the MSM on the ropes is exactly where it belongs.
5. Videoblogging: Kennedy Space Center — my attempt to expand my blogging capabilities by using video.
6. Do Canadian Conservatives Deserve A Majority Government? — a call for Tory bloggers to consider a new avenue of thought, now that Stephen Harper is accepted as the incumbent.
7. The Secret of Becoming A Successful Prime Minister — in which I point out what Stephen Harper has, that Michael Ignatieff doesn’t.
8. So How Good A Committee Member Was The Waffle? — in which I demonstrate why the Waffle’s reputation as a political dilettante isn’t going to go away any time soon.
9. On Gilles Duceppe and the Value of Magnanimity — in which I point out one major reason why the Tories aren’t higher in the polls these days.
10. Who Could Possibly Be Horrified By the Goodness of the Mundane? — in which I show how smart people’s preconceptions can lead to emotional shocks.
11. On Britain’s Greatest PM — how a tourist attraction can cause people to re-appreciate history.
12. The Politics Behind “Lee Harper Oswald” — in which I explain why Liberals may have missed the potential for offending Canadians.

Now I hope you don’t mind, but I’d like you to have a look at the above posts, and then participate in the poll below. And feel free to leave comments on what other steps I can take to improve this blog.

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