Liberals solidifying their lead over Conservatives
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Exploding heads are cool and all but the price of frikin up a country is too high an admission price for me.
Probably. I wonder how many pollsters know that some of the pollees tell them baldfaced lies. I can't say how many I've told over the phone that I'm voting Christian Heritage or Marxist-Leninist. lol
Yeah I realized I got the date wrong after posting it. Time flies. For a few minutes I forgot its 2014.
A fair amount. I used to work for a company that did these polls. Im hoping at least 1/4 of the people I called were joking. You can get some really weird responses from people.
I wouldnt know one way or another. Most people who get into government dont know how to run a government when they first get in. There isnt really a school or some sort of program people can go through to prepare them for the job. Hell most MPs have no idea what their job really is when they first get in.
Wut? But he's so pretty. How could anyone even think about not voting for him? And he's soooo on top of all the issues. lol
opps almost forgot the purple
13-14 months. Though if Harper wanted to he could put off the election another year or so after that. He probably wont and most past PMs didn't but the law would allow it.
Not all of Canada, just the electorate.
Im always surprised by how easy it is to manipulate them.
Ever notice how the Cons around here post negative stuff about the other candidates so Harpy doesn't appear to be so bad rather than post about his good qualities?
Oh, wait, could be because his only good qualities are
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Oh, wait, could be because his only good qualities are
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multiply by 8 and divide by 5 I think.
That's why just about everything is run by bureaucrats (which in turn is a major reason why Canada's debt is so high).
You need neither to win an election. His fathers first win in 1968 proved that. He had been in cabinet maybe a year and an MP for about 4 years. He spent most of that time on the back bench. Some of his opponents both in the Liberal leadership race and his first election had a lot more experience than him but still lost. Mulroney had even less experience in parliament when he won in 1984. Sure, he had a lot of experience behind the scenes with the PCs but thats different from experience in office.
Its not so much his 'good' qualities but his 'less bad' qualities when compared with his alternatives (for me anyways).
Sadly looks alone can get you pretty far in politics.
Its odd that even Harper doesnt try to help himself with some things. I met him once and was pretty surprised by how friendly and funny he was. He's not that seemingly emotionless robot the media makes him out to be.
make no mistake, he will definitely get support based on that.
All I'm saying is that he showed his cards too soon.
In terms of the historical examples you have used, I do not disagree in the least, however, we live in an age where communication is now so easy and everything is instantaneous. The debate that will occur (through ads and media) will be a thousand times more intense today than when Trudeau Sr won (or lost).
I really do believe that Trudeau Jr has jumped the gun on this... That said, I'm certain that he has more to say, release, etc but I suspect that the Dippers and Cons ar5e keeping quiet as to not provide unnecessary ammo for what's to come in the next year or so.
This is where I believe that the strategy and tactics come into play
That's why I think before they try to run a country the size of Canada they should try a small one like Luxembourg or Monaco.
Let's not forget that this was a poll of 6000.
Gotta wonder if it was easiest to poll the people that were recently leaving the latest Liberal convention
Gotta wonder if it was easiest to poll the people that were recently leaving the latest Liberal convention
