Mandryk: Quiet first week not necessarily ideal for Moe, Sask. Party

Saskatchewan Party leader Scott Moe's quiet first week on the election campaign trail may be to NDP leader Carla Beck's advantage.

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If the Saskatchewan Party election strategy was to have a short, low-key and dull campaign to prevent the NDP from seizing upon any mood for a change among voters, mark Scott Moe’s short, low-key and dull first week of campaigning as a success.

Yet it doesn’t necessarily feel that way. This is not to suggest that Carla Beck and the NDP seized the campaign this week, either. Frankly, it’s hard to see where the first short, low-key and dull campaign week grabbed anyone’s attention.

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There hasn’t been much election buzz in the stores and streets. There don’t seem to be that many lawn signs yet … or perhaps they’re getting lost amidst signs already out there for city council and school board candidates.

About the only TV ad you see is the Sask. Party one with the tired talking point on the economy from the assembly that NDP economy critic Aleana Young is talking down.

But in a provincial election partially about the........

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