On Carole Taylor leaving provincial politics
“[Finance Minister Carole Taylor] has been upset, bothered, troubled by some aspects of Campbell’s style. The meanness. He treats people badly. And she’s seen that up front and I think that really bothers her.”
Vaughn Palmer, Cutting Edge of the Ledge, Nov. 30, 2007

On the fall sitting of the Legislature
"All his [Campbell's] colleagues are getting hammered in there by the NDP. It’s like a carnival game of whack-a-mole in there."
Mike Smyth, CKNW Radio, Nov. 1, 2007

"Carole James and the New Democrats have thoroughly creamed the Liberals during this legislative session."
Mike Smyth, the Province Nov. 4, 2007

“Three weeks into the fall session and you can see why Gordon Campbell only let MLAs sit for three days last fall … Every few days brings another damaging revelation or more tough questions about everything from mismanagement of the out-of-control Vancouver convention centre to abuse and neglect of seniors.”
Paul Willcocks, Kelowna Daily Courier, Nov. 7, 2007

“The Liberals got sliced and diced in there… they had a pretty bad session.”
Mike Smyth, Cutting Edge of the Ledge, Nov. 30, 2007

“When they wrapped yesterday it was a big sigh of relief among the Liberals they’re glad to be going home. They had a rough ride. The New Democrats came prepared. I said to the New Democrats, I hope you took your research staff out for dinner and praised them because they really pulled it together this session. They did the Opposition job.”
Vaughn Palmer, Cutting Edge of the Ledge, Nov. 30, 2007

“I think it was the best session the NDP’s ever had. I think they mopped the floor with the Liberals.”
Keith Baldrey, Cutting Edge of the Ledge, Nov. 30, 2007

On the out-of-touch Liberals
“[Liberal MLAs] Randy Hawes and Iain Black. Yesterday. You wanna read an embarrassing performance? Look at those two nitwits taking on one of the real class acts around here, this incredible commissioner we recruited from Saskatchewan, Mary Ellen Turpel Lafond.
Vaughn Palmer, Cutting Edge of the Ledge, Nov. 30, 2007

On the Convention Centre boondoggle
“Campbell said, that's the way things are done in the real world: 'There is no one in the private sector who could possibly maintain their job when one of their projects has doubled in price. They should be fired.' All of which begs the question: Will Campbell now fire himself?"
Mike Smyth, the Province, Oct. 28

“This report makes it clear that this is Liberal incompetence, Liberal arrogance and Liberal deceit. They set it up wrong from the beginning, they mismanaged it from the beginning, and they didn’t give the public the straight goods every step of the way.”
Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun, Oct. 26, 2007

On the ineffective, weak Solicitor General
“The top cop -- make that the top flip-flopper -- tried to present himself as a convert to the need to thoroughly address public concerns about the Dziekanski death. “
Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun Nov. 20

On the unfair Campbell government
"Thumbs Down: To the provincial government, for refusing to answer calls for raising the minimum wage in B.C. It's been six years since the last increase and we're overdue for an adjustment. While we're at it, let's get rid of the ridiculous $6-an-hour "training wage" as well. "
Times-Colonist, Nov. 4, 2007

On the Campbell government using children’s safety for partisan ends
“And so Linda Reid is suddenly experiencing her 15 minutes of fame, no doubt wondering how giving booster seats to children has somehow given a boost to the NDP at her expense.”
Keith Baldrey BCTV, Oct. 24, 2007

Hansard quips:

On the Premier erasing embarrassing information from his website
"I’m happy to say that the Premier can’t hide from Google."
Carole James, Oct. 24, 2007

On the Convention Centre
"The Premier keeps going to this idea that he's held blameless because the discussion in the report does talk about rising construction costs. But it puts that at a 47-percent unanticipated cost. So at best, the Premier's defence is that his government is only 53 percent incompetent."
Rob Fleming, Nov. 5, 2007

On Forest Minister Rich Coleman’s non-performance
"Is 'nonsense' parliamentary? Can I say 'nonsense'?"
Corky Evans, Nov. 6, 2007