Scott Moe and the Saskatchewan Party are running on their record, but NDP Leader Carla Beck has been sharpening that double-edge sword.

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The problem with long-in-the-tooth governing parties that choose to run on their record is that they inevitably have to run on their entire record — not just the selective parts.

Herein lies the problem for Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe, who kicked off the campaign with a commitment to “run on the Saskatchewan Party’s” 17-year record in power.

There’s been a lot in that record for the NDP to target: Record debt. Tax increases. Focussing on pronouns used by kids in schools when voters would have preferred a focus on health care, education and the cost of living.

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And bad behaviour of governing MLAs is also now part of that record — which the NDP has been all too eager to talk about.

In a massive 21.5 by 17-inch glossy Sask. Party pamphlet outlining “our Plan for........

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