Although parts of the Interior share a similar political culture with Alberta, B.C. as a whole has about as much in common with Alberta and the Prairies as California has with Texas.

What it means is the most important element in all this is going to be organizational effort on the part of all the parties in each of the ridings across the province.

That doesn't seem to be happening this time.

Part of the reality is it's a much longer campaign, but everybody is faced with the same campaign limits as if it was a 36-day campaign.

He's going to be featured pretty extensively in our media campaign because he has so much credibility.

Despite the publisher's promises that the magazine's contents would be on lifestyle, conventional issues, culture and politics, and there would be no nude pictures, we just don't believe him.