Harper buying time to get past current political woes
macksamillion
for the Harper gang?).
If the people of Canada are smart, they'll also be using this large time gap to find a
better leader for the Liberals than Michael Ignatieff and get the show on the road. It's
not that the people of Canada LIKE Stephen Harper. It's that they don't see a leader in
the Opposition parties that would make a great - or even good - Prime Minister to replace
Timbits Harper. Their poll numbers are down. Time to take advantage.
Get on your computers and start stirring up those political aspirants who CAN do better
than the current chaff we have in Ottawa. And don't forget to cc your emails to the ones
you want to see gone from the party leaderships we have now.
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PARLIAMENT CLOSES - December 17, 2009
[Ottawa � December 17, 2009] - The overall political landscape continues to drift back to
a familiar steady state with no party poised to disrupt the pattern of minority
governments. The most recent poll confirms that the steady but mild erosion of
Conservative fortunes is a stable pattern and the new normal no longer has the
Conservatives knocking on the door of a majority. To the contrary, they are back firmly in
minority territory and they have surrendered their advantage of having been seen as moving
the federal government in the right direction.
The numbers are now deadlocked and at 35.9, the Conservatives are polling below their
results in last year�s election. Despite this steady decline, there is little evidence
that the Liberals are poised to displace the CPC as they seem to be frozen at around 27
points. So a much less formidable gap than a couple of months ago but the narrowing is
exclusively a product of declining CPC fortunes rather than rising Liberal tides.
Moreover, the CPC advantage is fairly stable and they perform well in most demographics
and regions, though they are once again experiencing serious difficulties in Quebec.
Also of interest is the widening gender gap. While the Conservatives continue to do well
with men and with Canadians over 45, the Liberals have almost pulled even with the women�s
vote and lead the under 25 vote. This is an interesting segue to the issue of how
Canadians look at various measures to increase voter participation, something we discuss
in a separate release for CBC�s Power and Politics on Thursday, December 17.
USENET
The young are at an all-time low in relevancy.
macksamillion
"USENET" <gregcarr...@lycos.com> wrote in message
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The young are at an all-time low in relevancy.
"The young", combined with the female vote, can take Harper out. Never underestimate the
power of angry people at a time of crisis.