October Federal Election Discussion / Poll

[gryphon]

^ Ezra Levant is a windbag

Some would say the same about Rick Mercer

[lecale]

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[DaveP]

They all jumped ship, no one left to run.

Jason Kenney

Would love it to be Brad Wall, but I don't think he's interested.

I wish this guy had stuck around.



Who knows, he may come back if Harper resigns after this election.

[beachdown]

Really...how did he refer to Belinda Stronach again in the house of commons? Oh yeah

I wish this guy had stuck around.



Who knows, he may come back if Harper resigns after this election.

[beachdown]

Politics is such a dirty game...

NDP accuses Liberals of spreading rumour a candidate is dying

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cana...mour-1.3269966

[lecale]

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[Darth Penguin]

I am not anti-Harper as much as I am not and never have been conservative.

ITA..I'm not anti-Harper..I'm anti the values many Conservatives espouse.

[DaveP]

ITA..I'm not anti-Harper..I'm anti the values many Conservatives espouse.

And as I said earlier the values of redneck bubba who votes Conservative are not indicative of how the Conservative party governs. They govern as centrists and I'm a centrist. If the Conservative party swung hard to the right and the Liberals moved to the center and became the centrist party then I'd vote for them. As it is the Liberals have swung to the left to join the NDP and Greens leaving the Conservative Party as the only party that represents centrists.

I took that vote compass thing CBC has going last month. I was closer to the center than any of the parties are. And of the 4 that were either left or right of me the Conservatives were the closest.

[gryphon]

http://ottawacitizen.com/storyline/l...to-transcanada

"Justin Trudeau’s national campaign co-chair is stepping down after he sent a detailed email to people behind the Energy East pipeline with advice on how and when to lobby a new government – including a Liberal minority."

[FallenPixels]

It seems Harper alienated a lot of the brightest stars closest to him - they all went for jobs in the public sector.

I think that a change in leadership in the Conservative party is imminent.

It is not all about alienating people (in some cases, not all), it looked like they would not win, it made sense for people to get out and get cushy private sector jobs before there are lots of people looking at the same time

[lecale]

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[FallenPixels]

ITA..I'm not anti-Harper..I'm anti the values many Conservatives espouse.

I am more of a fiscal conservative, and like Dave, find the actual policies of the Conservative government more centrist than many of their supporters think. I do not like Harper, I wouldn't say I am anti-Harper but I think he has run his course in the party. It was what they needed for a while to bring the fractions together with a strong leader, but now they need a softer face to deal with the situation Canada is in. There are a handful of decent Ministers who are running and could have become bigger names if they became leader early enough.

[FallenPixels]

Most of the high profile Tories left long before the election.

Yes, about 2 years before the election, which is standard for politicians with a long election coming up with a fixed date where the last 18 months are all focused on the election

[lecale]

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[beachdown]

Ahahahaha.....Bubba from the boonies / boondocks. Priceless

I wouldn't put a lot of faith in that compass. Such tools can be manipulated to spill out utter carcass

And as I said earlier the values of redneck bubba who votes Conservative are not indicative of how the Conservative party governs. They govern as centrists and I'm a centrist. If the Conservative party swung hard to the right and the Liberals moved to the center and became the centrist party then I'd vote for them. As it is the Liberals have swung to the left to join the NDP and Greens leaving the Conservative Party as the only party that represents centrists.

I took that vote compass thing CBC has going last month. I was closer to the center than any of the parties are. And of the 4 that were either left or right of me the Conservatives were the closest.