— Musings —07.28.2015 06:40 PM
Kinda glad about the not running thing
Yep.
— Musings —07.28.2015 06:40 PM
Yep.
Yep, indeed.
That would appear to confirm that “rogue” poll (over 5,000 respondents as I recall) by Mainstreet or whomever.
Interesting that the result isn’t because of what my better half calls the “Harper Bucks” but instead because of the surge in NDP support.
It seems not all Liberals are good NDPers. (Just like not all PCs were good Reformers, and vice-versa.)
Cheers,
Bill
It “confirms” the Liberals number at 25%
But the CPC and NDP numbers are way off.
Mainstreet had CPC at 38 and the NDP at 27
And that is why Mulcair must be visibly centrist, if NDP gets momentum, without major slips, given that the Liberals tank a little further, victory could be theirs.
NDP is not centrist. That’s just a tricky code word by the Dippers. Harper will destroy you.
No, Harper won’t destroy me, but Canada will be on his list.
I’m not kinda glad about the not running thing.
You would have made a kick-ass MP.
This country could use more politicians willing to Speak Truth to Power, as the Quaker saying goes.
As I’ve said before, a great many somewhat soft Liberal supporters would rather drive nails through their own feet than see the NDP come to power.
And they will happily, or unhappily – matters little in the crunch, vote for whomever would prevent it from happening.
NDP support has maxed out. Not so for the CPC.
I live in BC. Liberals and Conservatives have been forming unofficial coalitions for decades to keep the NDP out of office. The current version is called “The British Columbia Liberal Party”. Before that, it was “BC Social Credit Party”.
Most voters don’t give much a hoot about “progressivism”, and few could even tell you what it actually means. Quasi-socialists (bankrupting the whole damned place) is entirely another matter.
And if this comes to pass, gift wrapped for PM Harper…
http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/u-s-lawmaker-says-obama-is-about-to-reject-keystone-xl-pipeline-1.2491808
Thomas “I’m against all pipelines going anywhere” Mulcair becomes the Adrian Dix of federal politics.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/canada-politics/canadians-still-affinity-u-president-barack-obama-180406144.html
Obama is more popular than any of the political leaders in Canada.
If he comes out against Keystone XL, that’s going to drive one more nail in Harper’s coffin. The Conservatives bet on oil and completely mismanaged the rest of the economy.
We get it Al. The undereducated instant GO CONS mindset. We know.
the oil patch like the Monte python parrot is not merely sleeping, it,s dead and it,s never coming back.. In this brilliant interview with Jeffrey Rubin i heard for the first time a brilliant blueprint for our once great country. Our future is in food production. Listen and learn. As for the al,s and matt,s of the world whose cognitive dissonance and silly TV fuelled ideology won,t allow for anyone else’s opinion but that of the tarcocidal maniac in Ottawa history will soon sweep them aside.
but they can be my brother or be my sister too
if they,ll put down their guns / there,s no need to shoot
the only thing they,ll kill / is another point of view
they,ve been taught to hate / by some fool on cable news
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-july-28-2015-1.3170502/jeff-rubin-popping-canada-s-carbon-bubble-good-for-economy-1.3170529
Polls suggest that the opposite is true. Very few intending to vote Liberal or NDP have Conservative as their 2nd choice, many have each other. Most who intend to vote and aren’t Conservative seem to really dislike the Conservatives.
Dion Wars.
The Empire Strikes Iggy
And now……
Revenge of the Guy Who Hated Justin’s Dad
Constant ads used to define Justine. Over and over and over, with no hit back. Brutal. And the most frustrating thing is if you see Justin in person speaking he connects well. He’s not being well served. I’d imagine his Dad would tell the team where to go!
Ads? But Matt sez it’s “entirely self inflicted”!!!!!
It IS self inflicted
The new CPC “He’s just not ready” ad campaign is simply reinforcing what people began thinking all on their own watching his unforced errors
I wonder what the Liberal tally would be if Marc Garneau was leader?
You must be joking! Or trolling.
Libs would be a memory.
Neither.
And why would you say that the Libs would be history?
Trudeau has disappeared. Even the fine folks in London, England, are aware of this (and our patron is quoted).
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-3178212/Backers-fear-missing-action-Trudeau-losing-bid-lead-Canada.html
Obviously he is preparing for the August 6 debate. I wonder if Mulcair and Harper will go after the knock out punch or not, since trendlines reveal that the Libs will be history by the election with Trudeau at the helm.
Since yer not ‘running’, you can lounge back on yer La-Z-Boy chair and watch the election results on October 19…. and if you happen to be visiting BC on that night you can watch the election unfold from coast to coast while tossing back a few Kokanee brews and BC Bud too …. relaxed and happy.
Wait ’till Angry Tom goes under the spot light.
Can you imagine WK going after Puffy Tom?
Tom would wilt like the Wicked Witch of the West. His polls numbers are simply because Harper has ignored him and the Current Lib team is out to lunch.
Warren,
We learned one big thing from your friend McGuinty — and Charest: getting to the promised land does not always come the first time. Ditto for Harper in 2004.
If the Liberals finish third, Trudeau probably won’t get a second chance.
Back this up with some proof. Of course you can’t, because you are only hear to hate on JT.
Time for JT to show he can be as clever as his Dad. As us older folks who were voters in the 70’s know, Pierre truly enjoyed WINNING and didn’t suffer fools.
Get the vets who know how to win back in a big way. Make it a big tent, support the grassroots (not elitist candidates), and fire the current morons and get a team that knows how to win.
In other words: Go from the Martin campaign style to the Chretien one. Election is there for the taking…but if you have people who make the moronic Hudak campaign look smart IT’S TIME FOR CHANGE.
JT’s move. The guy really can connect on a personal level with voters. Let’s see if he has vision. If he does, and make changes, he’s PM for a looooonnnnggg time.
Oh FFS, the man is a fool. He has no vision. Any thinking person cringes when he opens his mouth.
Trudeau is certainly no fool. If you’d ever met him, you’d know that with certainty.
Vision? No shortage there either.
Right. Nothing wrong with Justin. It’s his team letting him down.
“Time for JT to show he can be as clever as his Dad.”
–but he isn’t. That in a phrase is the whole problem for the Liberals…
The Cons have overplayed their hand. By zealously applying their formidable “define the leader” marketing forces to Justin, they have succeeded in elevating the NDP to majority territory.
Harper has always wanted to destroy the Liberal party. What sweet schadenfreude if he were to find himself in the same boat.
Mulclair is riding high now because:
1) He’s been an effective opposition leader
2) Nobody understands what their real policy agenda is so all of their dreams are being projected on to him. He helps this along by saying one thing in French and the opposite in English.
3) The press have been giving him a free ride
4) The Liberals and Conservatives have been giving him a free ride
This won’t stand the heat of a campaign – especially if he’s the perceived front runner. The media ALWAYS loves to turn on the front runner. Look what happened to Harper in 2004… Martin, and probably the best example was Dion. Muclair’s time is coming… Harper is wisely biding his time because he doesn’t want to give them time to recover. Better to continue putting nails into Trudeau’s campaign (with many of the Liberal’s tacit consent).
Uh, 34% is nowhere near majority territory.
And Mainstreet Technologies in a poll of over 5000 people has the NDP at 27%.
The bigger the sample size, the smaller the NDP number.
Hey Warren – you’ve made the big time – the Daily Mail is quoting you….
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-3178539/Backers-fear-missing-action-Trudeau-losing-bid-lead-Canada.html
And it’s truly an international phenom – I’m sending this from Japan!
Here’s another article on this trend. And hey; guess who’s quoted (on page 2):
“The serial gaffes were the worst. They helped bolster the view – now widely held – that Trudeau just wasn’t ready,” said Warren Kinsella, a pundit and former Liberal strategist, adding that poor handling and “a barf bag of policy” were all to blame.
http://ca.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idCAKCN0Q30BQ20150729
Warren, not running in this 2015 fed election is, to take what Ken Dryden said about beating the Soviets in 72, like being shot at and missed. A lucky break to be celebrated. Run in 2019.
I have to say I actually did Laugh Out Loud at “barf bag of policy.” Heh. Good one. Hurts because it’s true, and I wish it weren’t so…