Should the PNP be doves or hawks?

Jamaican Opposition Leader Portia Simpson-Miller’s fiery speech at the People’s National Party’s annual conference this weekend has already sparked criticism.
 In an editorial today, the Jamaica Gleaner stated:
But responsible criticism can never be confused with the kind of demagogy displayed on Sunday. It was an outrageous performance with alarming implications for Jamaica and the PNP.
The editorial [...]

31-29…cyan done so?

Well as you can see here on the Jamaica Observer’s elections site, the results in JA’s elections – 31-29.
Not good. Not good at all. A result this close can only bring more political tension.
Not surprisingly, PNP leader Portia Simpson-Miller has refused to concede. Excerpts from her speech (as reported by an intrepid poster on Caribbean [...]

10-1 is murder but what about 30-30?

Hopefully, it won’t be so. Jamaicans go to the polls today, the conclusion of a protracted elections campaign- eight weeks! I never was convinced it should have been so long and Sista P may well live to regret it.
After Hurricane Dean, the state of emergency, the increasingly ominous polls which foretold an increasingly close election [...]