— Musings —03.29.2025 07:34 AM
Champagne Saturday:Tory bus, wheels, Off
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— Musings —03.29.2025 07:34 AM
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Warren,
The way Trump responded to Carney shouldn’t have been unexpected, and here’s why: remember that Governor Trudeau and the 51st state are based in reality. You had Trudeau, Macron and others laughing at Trump at a summit, and it got back to him. Since Trump is all about passive-aggressive and eternally playing the victim both personally and as a country, that’s why we got what we got from him. Carney has been respectful and careful about what he said publicly and privately. As a result, Trump adapted his comportment accordingly.
Warren,
Ford. I have been highly critical of his negotiating abilities and feel he does not have what it takes to get a equally favourable deal out of the Americans.
Meanwhile, everyone understands the importance of the premiers getting along well with a new prime minister so no one should criticize him on that. However, when you repeatedly go out of your way in front of journalists to praise the leader of an opposing party, you are either directly or indirectly sending a not so subtle message: a) I don’t like Pierre and the PCs won’t be helping him in this election and b) I would rather see the Liberals win because as a federal government they will favour Ontario far more than the Conservatives would. And then there’s c) if Pierre loses, the leadership could suddenly and unexpectedly become vacant and perhaps that would also suit him.
Ford doesn’t like Poilievre – oh what a surprise – nobody does
Hyperbolic PDS nonsense.
Martin,
Curious just can’t help himself. It’s bigger than both of us.
What we don’t know: Conservatives’ internal polls.
They may or may not be telling the same story as those published by Mainstreet (Quito Maggi), EKOS (Frank Graves) and Nanos (Nik Nanos), all of whom have been recipients of generous government contracts.
If the Conservatives pivot sharply over the next 10 days, then they’re in a heap of trouble.
If they continue to stay the course with their messaging, then their polls are a reflection of massive rally turnouts in Surrey, B.C., and Stoney Creek, Ont.
Summary: Conservatives’ calmness has me curious.
And it leads me to wonder: have voters already made up their minds?
Douglas,
Supposedly the Ontario PCs has an internal poll that speaks of CPC disaster. Some claim this is why the press avalanche started. Colour me skeptical about the PCs genuinely being in our corner. Nah, I don’t think so. Can you say gaslighting?
Spot on, Ronald.
Image that sticks in my mind: Ford + Carney, yakking it up at a diner just after Carney’s coronation.
Also, I keep hearing that the Conservative ground game is in shambles.
That’s not what I’m seeing. Seems okay to me.
And so, once again, who and what do you believe?
Abacus Data this morning has the two leading parties, tied.
I think that they got it right
Douglas,
If I see two more polls that confirm Abacus, I’ll be ready to believe it. But if Ford really is in our corner, let him draft Kory for the CPC war room and maybe Kory and new blood can save our bacon. Byrne sure can’t. Her heading our war room until the campaign ends will be the CPC kiss of death in this election. And who will I blame then? Not Byrne. I’ll blame her boss solely for the election loss because HE should know better than to stick with a losing war room manager. His relationship with Byrne should be based solely on professional considerations. If Byrne can’t cut the mustard then out she must go.
TOO F$%KING EARLY.
Call it intuition… Maybe its the random madness of the Trumpian era…. But I just have this niggling feeling that the defining, cathartic moment of this campaign is yet to be revealed…. and when it does, no one will have seen it coming.
Sean,
A+ on your out-of-the-box thinking.
We finally have a Liberal candidate in Brant. No sign of a NDP one yet though.
I’m stunned at the collapse but it’s that ALL parties are losing support.
However….
Tory strategy is.. Watch campaign falter, knives out, lose, more knives, replace leader, Repeat
If not this leader, it’s two more campaigns till a real opportunity to win comes around but only if they give SOMEONE a chance.
Phil,
I don’t give people a chance. I give them the benefit of the doubt when we’re winning as I did during the pre- and early campaign days. But when the polls go south in a dramatic way never seen before in modern federal politics, then I demand drastic change in order to have at least a reasonable chance of turning things around and winning. And if we don’t win because changes were not made, then I go for the leader. The leader is there to win. He or she has no margin for error. Either we win or the leader goes. If we lose, the leader can go quickly as Harper did or he can go on his own timetable but go he will if we blow this election.
And Yes, I’m still consistent. I went for O’Toole when we lost last time. Not Scheer, because I was still with the Liberals then.
Warren,
The Ontario PCs are the new Martinites and must be dealt with accordingly.