American ass kissing Stephen Harper just does not understand that the environment is the most important issue for Canadians
robert...@aol.com
Tories hold a mere 5-point lead
Dec 18, 2007 04:30 AM
Richard Brennan
OTTAWA BUREAU
OTTAWA-It's been a disappointing year - for the most part - for
Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper, veteran pollster Angus
Reid says.
"If you look back at the springtime of the year he was sitting
pretty ... and as we move to the end of the 2007 the big story is how
badly Stephen Harper has dropped," the CEO of Angus Reid Strategies
told the Toronto Star yesterday after releasing his polling firm's
latest numbers showing the Conservatives with a slight lead over the
Liberals.
Reid said with Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion's lacklustre performance
since winning his party's leadership just over a year ago, Harper
should be soaring in the court of public opinion.
"This guy is now running a minus 20 in terms of political momentum, he
is running a disapproval rate of 45 and the best he can do,
notwithstanding all the problems with Dion and the Liberals, is eke
out a little 5 (percentage) point lead over the Liberals," he said.
"I think Harper's own personality grates a lot of Canadians, who find
him to be aloof. They can't find any warmth in this guy."
With just over a month to the second anniversary of the Tories'
minority government, 33 per cent of Canadians currently support the
Conservatives, compared with 36.3 per cent on election day and the
party's high of 39 per cent in March.
The survey puts the Liberals second at 28 per cent, followed by the
New Democrats at 17 per cent, and the Bloc Québécois and the Green
party both at 10 per cent support nationally.
The online survey of survey 1,025 adult Canadians is considered
accurate within plus or minus 3.1 per cent, 19 times out of 20.
"This has been a year in which we witnessed the political decline of
Stephen Harper and it has been shrouded somewhat in the fog created by
Dion's uneven performance as Liberal leader," Reid said.
"Dion has been stuck in a very negative position all year."
The poll shows Canadians are not particularly pleased with the either
Harper or Dion.
It shows 41 per cent of those surveyed preferred neither one for the
top political job.
"Canadians are not completely satisfied with either of the two main
federal leaders," concluded the survey, which was conducted Dec.
13-14.
Dion has not be able to crack the 20 per cent threshold on the
question of who Canadians would prefer as prime minister, while Harper
cannot reach the 41 per cent mark he garnered in March when there was
serious chatter about an early election.
Thirty-one per cent of those surveyed said their opinion of Harper has
worsened, while 11 per cent said theirs had improved.
A whopping 51 per cent of Canadians disapprove of Dion's performance.
Twenty-six per cent of Canadians said the environment is their number
one concern, the highest-ranked issue for voters in the poll.
"The environment remains the most important issue in this country ...
and this is an issue the Harperites haven't understood. Moving
(Environment Minister) John Baird into that position I don't think has
helped them," Reid said.
The poll showed that 38 per cent of the respondents believe Canada is
on the right track compared with 32 per cent who believe the country
is on the wrong track.
Thirty per cent said they weren't sure.
snowman
Gee Racist Robbie, you must have missed these paragraphs in this latest
cut and paste:
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> "Dion has been stuck in a very negative position all year."
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> Dion has not be able to crack the 20 per cent threshold on the
> question of who Canadians would prefer as prime minister, while Harper
> cannot reach the 41 per cent mark he garnered in March when there was
> serious chatter about an early election.
>
>
> A whopping 51 per cent of Canadians disapprove of Dion's performance.
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>
> The poll showed that 38 per cent of the respondents believe Canada is
> on the right track compared with 32 per cent who believe the country
> is on the wrong track.
>
> Thirty per cent said they weren't sure.
>
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It certainly contradicts your flawed and erroneous subject header,
doesn't it? Lol.
Loaf of Bread
Of course it does.
John Fleming
in the scriptorium snowman <x@x.x> wrote:
> $robert...@aol.com wrote:
> $
> $Gee Racist Robbie, you must have missed these paragraphs in this latest
> $cut and paste:
So what else is new? ;)
> $> "Dion has been stuck in a very negative position all year."
> $>
> $
> $>
> $> Dion has not be able to crack the 20 per cent threshold on the
> $> question of who Canadians would prefer as prime minister, while Harper
> $> cannot reach the 41 per cent mark he garnered in March when there was
> $> serious chatter about an early election.
> $>
> $
> $>
> $> A whopping 51 per cent of Canadians disapprove of Dion's performance.
> $>
> $
> $>
> $> The poll showed that 38 per cent of the respondents believe Canada is
> $> on the right track compared with 32 per cent who believe the country
> $> is on the wrong track.
> $>
> $> Thirty per cent said they weren't sure.
> $>
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> $
> $It certainly contradicts your flawed and erroneous subject header,
> $doesn't it? Lol.
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John Fleming
Edmonton, Canada
A Dreamer is One Who Can Only Find Her
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