Striking distance

While it shouldn't come as much surprise that the race in Palliser looks to be a close two-way race between the Cons' Ray Boughen and the New Democrats' Don Mitchell, the appointment of Cal Johnston as the Libs' candidate had seemed to make for slightly more danger of a three-way race. But the release of a poll showing Mitchell within 6 points of Boughen among all voters - with Johnston a distant third, and nearly 19 per cent of voters undecided - should leave no doubt who's in the best position to move the riding out of Conservative hands.