Pick your paper in close mayor's race

Rob Ford and George Smitherman are in a dead heat for mayor with about 40% support each, the current polling tells us. This is reported with gusto today by the Toronto papers, all of which have had their own backroom cheering for their guy. Rob Ford is a pariah at the Star and Globe and Mail. The Sun loves him. The Post is also friendly sounding. The Sun spins the neck and neck into a plus for Ford -- "Rob Rides the Wave" -- it shouts today. An amusing misstep by the Globe and Mail is fully reported in the National Post (naturally). Apparently the Globe carried some ridicule of Ford on Friday which involved his weight. The blow back from those who thought this was tasteless and wrong has been enough to make the Globe run a series of letters excoriating them for doing such a thing. They pulled down the article from their website. George Smitherman has Toronto Star support. He is a liberal but some conservatives. who just can't stand Ford have come out in Smitherman's favour. What does it all mean? Smitherman has to hope that the voters are being honest with the pollsters. Some people who don't particularly like Ford still admire his tough stand on money. But they don't want to admit it. We're a week away from the election. Happy voting.