The (televised) leader's debate is over and here's the best-of list from 90 minutes of political cut-and-thrust. The leaders deserve our sympathy - few people could really enjoy 90 minutes of journalistic poking and prodding - but that's life on the way to the political office. Here's the taxpayer's review:

Best Line of the Debate: Unity leader Chris Delaney when he quipped that the Greens were merely "the New Democrats in fast forward and that the Liberals were New Democrats in slow-motion."

Worst Line: Unity leader Chris Delaney, when he talked about changing the government's "love of power into the power of love" if he was elected. Yeesh. One expected Celine Dion to come onstage and belt out a few tunes after that sugary comment.

Best Dodge: Gordon Campbell on BC Hydro. The Liberal leader skated around the question of why the Liberals changed from favoring deregulation to opposing it in a matter of months. The answer was not convincing if the we've-always-been-consistent standard is used, but it did reveal some nifty new dance steps.

Worst Dodge: NDP leader Ujjal Dosanjh when asked why he kept quiet for so many years under Glen Clark. His answer was that he spoke "to the extent that he could." Right. In Cabinet and behind closed doors and never publicly. An honest and creative answer would have been, "Hey Vaughn, I was planning my takeover of the party and it was easier from the inside than cooling my heels on the backbench."

Best high school speech: Green party leader Adriane Carr. She'd halve the allowable forest cut, ban offshore drilling, tax consumption until we all go to Alberta once a year to buy any consumer goods, and yet make sure we all have jobs. Adriane seems sweet, but she shouldn't use that speech anywhere outside Yuppie coffee bars in Kitsilano.

Most Obvious I-really, really-need-your-vote Moment: Ujjal Dosanjh, whenever he spoke on the environment, nervously looked to his left (figuratively, literally, and politically), and tried to grasp votes now draining away to the Greens.

Best Anger Moment: Campbell, when speaking about the government's deceit over Carrier Lumber.

Worst Anger Moment: The Premier, at almost every point where he tried to convince the public that they ought to be outraged over tax cuts. Given that the governing party wasted billions on dumb utopian ideas, most British Columbians now want tax relief if for no other reason than their cash has been so badly abused in Victoria.

Biggest Fib: Ujjal Dosanjh, when he claimed "I have taken the government out of running the economy." Wow. Just before the debate the Premier must have ordered the government to sell off all the Crown corporations and slash ministry spending. What's amazing is that no one even noticed. That Ujjal - such a libertarian kidder.

Most Obvious I-Can't-Wait-To-Get-Out-Of-Here Look: Campbell and Dosanjh both tie on this one. Campbell just wanted to escape unscathed and preserve his 70 percent plus ratings, although "it would be nice to add another 10 or 20 percent" must have gone through his head. Dosanjh had the look of a man who just realized he's about to slip on ice and can't do anything about it.

Best Use of Non-Existent Sporting Item: Gordon Campbell, when he kept handling an invisible football with his hands. One half-expected him to sneak one out from underneath the podium and do a short pass to the Premier. Moderator Bill Good would have had to take away the football, but seeing him tackle Ujjal and Gordon would have made for a memorable evening.