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At his opening campaign event at the end of March, Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff told voters that they had just two options in this election. They could walk through the blue door or they could walk through the red door. This phrasing represented new imagery, to be sure, but it is essentially the same message that the Liberal Party has been serving up to Canadians for years. To be blunt, after losing their grip on power and patronage, it's all they have left.

Since Tuesday, catching up on sleep has taken precedence over catching up on blogging. Of course, that doesn't mean that I don't have a lot to say about the outcome of the vote. So, somewhat belatedly, here is my take on the highlights and lowlights of the 2008 Federal Election results.

The good

Jack Harris winning three-quarters of the vote in St. John's East (the highest percentage of the vote gained by any candidate in any riding) and Thomas Mulcair holding on to Outremont. This election marked the first general election that the NDP has ever won a seat in either province (they had won two previous by-elections in Newfoundland and one in Quebec, but did not hold the seats in subsequent elections).

Post-debate polls show the Liberals holding onto second place by as little as two percentage points over the NDP, but there's something in the Liberals' tactics that shows that they've all but given up on defeating the Conservatives. Instead, they're increasingly aiming their fire at Jack Layton in an attempt to stave off an embarrassing third or fourth place finish for Canada's Natural Grovelling Party.