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CPAC-Nanos Daily Election Tracking CP 34, LP 31, NDP 18, BQ 11, GP 6 (ending October 6) (2008-10-07)

• I think Mike Stokes is right. The tories will turn to even uglier negative advertising.

CPAC-Nanos Daily Election Tracking CP 34, LP 29, NDP 20, BQ 11, GP 6 (ending October 5) (2008-10-06)

• I love bigoted comments about Ontario. I do agree with the op that Dion is striking a chord. Work mates that hate the liberals have been making positive st...
• I agree with michael fox, your numbers are faulty as nik doesn't factor the undecided vote into his percentages. Besides the tories will lose................

CPAC-Nanos Daily Election Tracking CP 34, LP 30, NDP 19, BQ 10, GP 7 (ending October 4) (2008-10-05)

• I tend to agree. As in my memory this is the most talk I have heard about tactical voting. Part of this is many environmental groups are promoting a realis...
• Why unfortunate? The opposition have put up with 2 years of negative attack ads. The election started with a bird pooping on Dion. Now after all this it i...
• Plagiarism is a major issue for honest people. Stephen Harper's lack of social spending along with increased military spending mirrors and has actively supp...
• So do you feel a little sleazy?
• So now Jack is following on the same road, releasing ads attacking Dion as a poor leader. Risky as many ndp prefer libs over cons. Will be interesting to s...

LP 35, CP 33, NDP 17, BQ 8, GP 7 - Harper leads as best PM (New Nanos Poll) (2008-08-29)

• NDP can get lots of votes in Quebec and will likely lose their one seat. In the west Jack Harper is in trouble. I used to vote nothing but NDP. Not now th...
• His papa was a Mulroney cabinet minister. Always thought that is why Jack's comments about the liberals are personal and ugly. About the tories it is respe...
• Of course nature is much more of a force than nurture. So he is a harper pit bull and hates Dion for other reasons - the same result if he gets his way. A ...
• Layton knows the only way for him to ever be Prime Minister is for a large Harper Majority with the collapse of the liberals. Than if Harper brings the coun...
• Why you talk like Jack. Nice Stephen against the bumblers, crooks and thugs. Certainly not my vision of the ndp. The party that used to have ideas and co...
• Nope I did not revile a man for having a father. Just looking for reasons why Jack would work closely with Stephen on campaign strategy. Jack and his strat...
• Feels like we have Jack's conservative friends coming to his defense. Not hard to imagine why. ...
• Nope, expressing my displeasure at Jack Harper. NDPers in west know what I am saying is a concern to long time supporters. This and the NDP resistance to a...
• The green tax is likely a good plan. Glad to hear that you support the richest party winning! What Harper knows is the economy is in shreds from mismanag...
• My displeasure is that Jack is trying to win a couple of seats and is willing to help his buddy Stephen to get them. Pretty soon he will be accusing liberal...
• Personal attacks full of half truths with little discussion of policy is not how I define democracy in our country. Democracy is about compromise and being ...
• Seems you support a party that has no effective policies and can only make attack ads. They have wasted a budget surplus and are now heading into recession a...
• The economy has been better under the liberals. Explain to me how it has improved? This quick election is an attempt to avoid the reality of recession and ...
• Typical, blame the Americans for our current can not do crew. A revenue neutral tax will be very good for our economy, as it will promote innovation and i...
• Yes the economy is pretty good for a tory government, but for the rest of us the lack of can do vision is obvious. All Harper says is we can't do anything, ...
• Which polls?

Liberal Green Shift - High Risk and Potentially High Reward (Video Blog Post) (2008-06-23)

• Nik shows his lack of understanding when he says this is the wrong time to address the environment. Is Juneuary in BC right now - the climate is changing fa...

The Economy - Political Opportunity and Minefield (2008-05-26)

• While porky and the cons play with biker chicks, the economy burns. If it wasn't so sad, it would be very funny. This government has burned through a surpl...
• Personally I think the onus is on Harper to show some integrity and step aside. Give someone else on his team a chance to be competent. As for the p...
• Thats just silly! Look at Ireland with many different views, works great. Look at the one place with only 2 parties and you get George Harper Bush. Life i...
• Which brings us back to Porky and the Cons. They have proven to be inept, so we are left with one other choice. The same crowd that angers Albertans, but c...
• Father Good, the lower house in Ireland is elected via the single transferable vote. This ensures a wider range of views are represented in Government. All...
• 56% is an outright rejection? Thats 20% more than the cons got.
• That you make stuff up.

The House Returns - Ethics, Accountability and the Big Picture (Nanos Sun Column) (2008-04-28)

• This not a "psychological recession" for those on the bottom of the food chain. The fear is real and the comparison to the last mulroney recession is inevit...
• Is real in BC and that is in the west. Last time I checked Ontario and Quebec are considered by some to be a valued part of Canada. To have disdain for the...
• The same old blarney. The torys seem to start with a strong economy and end in recession. Rewriting history and making loaded statements about something ca...
• Don't need to look as far as the liberal party to see limp. Pudgy also. ...
• Nope. Lets hope he sheds some pomposity with it.
• If the party does something illegal, no foul. The courts have not charged any Prime Minister with anything. So I guess they are all good people and others ...
• Why do those living towards the center of Canada, think they are westerners? The west coast does not share this silly fear of french culture and hot dogs su...
• hollinm if you are willing to wait for the RCMP on Cadman, than share that respect for others. Cretian, Trudeau, Martin and all other Prime Ministers have a...
• nope wrong again, anything short of revelstoke is a dirty rotten easterner.
• So all these guys were charge by the rcmp or is your standard very flexible? Flogging old dirt won't make the current crooks any cleaner.
• Ok, be fair and shut up unless proven by the rcmp. That would leave you a couple of quebec politicians to complain about. That is about the only time charge...
• Start dragging up?

Too many election risks (2008-01-22)

• Election this spring is unavoidable. Harper has tied his baton to George Bush and will beat him to the finish. The liberals will not miss this opportunity ...

Reading the entrails of the Quebec By-elections (2007-09-16)

• I think an election before the New Year. As whatever happens in Quebec, momentum will be gained to push for an election. All parties seem locked in and rea...

Green Party of Canada - Likely the Political Wildcard in the Next Election (2007-08-30)

• I totally agree. The environment is the real issue. Canadians are waking up and realizing that all other issues can only survive in a world that will sust...
• We are in the midst of an environmental disaster and playing with statistics will not fix it. Politicians are producing old talk about numbers, when vision ...
• Ok, will try one more time. In BC, there are less fish yearly to catch. Whole pine forests are brown. BC is not isolated incident. These types of things ...
• Canada won't be alone. We have signed international commitments, which our current government will not honour. No one is talking about shutting down indust...

Jack Layton & the NDP - The Minority Challenge (2007-08-27)

• Jack Layton and Stephen Harper certainly sing in unison. Both want the imagined american invasion of the arctic to be the number one issue. He even refused...

Conservative NASCAR Sponsorship – Likely more risk than political payoff (2007-06-21)

• Strange pick, but may work out. Certainly beats their negative personal attack ads. My only worry is if the car has a crash on a bad day for politics. May...
• Not sure why you are so angry about this, as the comments have been very mundane compared to recent tory advertising. If the opinions expressed here are ind...
• very odd, serious issues and Dion's underwear. Seems to me that the liberals are free game and Tory ads can make any allegation they want about Dion's perso...

Bill Casey and Tory Political Brushfires (2007-06-10)

• Did he actually sign an agreement that he broke? This is a real problem for Canada as well as Harper if true. Canada is becoming known for not keeping sign...

SES National Ballot Tracking (as of May 1) - Liberal-Conservative Dead Heat - Greens Up (2007-05-08)

• This is the reason that no election has been called. Dion would likely take an easy majority once the writ is dropped and the other 3 parties will resist an...
• That certainly is the spin. For a man of principal he was quick to run negative personal ads and have 2 unelected (as conservatives) in his cabinet. That i...
• No doubting that the old power of the liberal party has been uncomfortable with all the green talk and the coalition happening with environmentalists. Still...
• Yes, I agree that Harper seems to mainly want to be Prime Minister and doing policy is less important. Anyways he can't call an election now and expect to w...
• People need to quit thinking of Green as being left or right. This is something new that leaves the traditional right (conservative) and left (ndp) in a pas...

New SES Research Poll - Canada's Mission in Afghanistan - Obstacle to Harper Majority (2007-05-06)

• No doubting that Afghanistan and the Harper war policy are the elephant in the living room. No one wants to dis our soldiers, but very few are in favor of t...

SES Research Poll - Best PM - Harper 42%, Dion 17%, Layton 16% (2007-04-10)

• I agree, one would think the conservatives commissioned this poll. I would certainly like to see the questions asked and in which order.
• The conservatives want to win an election. For that reason they are hesitant as the majority of Canadians fear that a conservative majority would get us eve...

Federal Grits Drop in Quebec – Tories Still Short of Majority (2007-04-08)

• This is Harper's window to drop the writ. The polls remain volatile and will be a hard election for all concerned. I am confident that once the election st...

New SES Research Poll - Likely Impact of Federal Budget on Harper and Charest in Quebec (2007-03-19)

• Harper loves being prime minister so much that he bought off the bloc with $'s for Quebec. Sad for Quebec and nothing for BC. Canada deserves better than ...

Federal Dead Heat - SES Research Poll Completed February 8 (2007-02-09)

• Quick look seems to be little change. Outside of Alberta is tough sledding for Harper. This without any set backs for the winter in Afghanistan. With the ...

Watch, Rate and Comment on the New Conservative TV Ads which Attack the Liberals (2007-01-31)

• Well it does show a new level of desperation or low cunning, depending on your personal views. If I donated to the conservative party and saw them spending ...
• hollinm weren't you sick to death of any liberal long before Dion became leader? Personally I prefer something a bit more natural (and stronger) than cool a...
• I think he would thank you for that. The guy was prime minister and respected as an honest joe, who put issues and honesty ahead of winning. Thought you wo...
• Even a better try hollinm. Promoting the conservatives as the saviours of personal liberties is a gross exaggeration. They don't want less government, they...

Environment as an Issue - Is it over-hyped? (2007-01-08)

• Nope the environment is here to stay (at least we all hope so). Dead forests in BC and Alta, hurricane Katrina, increasing drought and weird winter storms o...

Harper Cabinet Recalibration - Will it make a difference? (2007-01-04)

• I am a little surprised to see that the two ministers that were not elected as Conservatives appear to have survived. Seems going into a probable election t...

National Political Scene - Year in Review - What are your predictions for 2007? (2006-12-27)

• Personally I think the war is by far the biggest issue. That and global warming - but somehow people seem to blur the two issues. No one wants to criticize...
• I think your numbers are pretty good, but liberals could make greater gains in Quebec. I mainly base this on how the Bloc backed off on forcing an election ...
• I am not from Quebec and have only visited - so take this with a truck load of salt. I feel the way the Bloc backed off on a quick election - suggests that ...
• I find it odd that you are looking for environmental salvation from "Taliban Jack (Layton)"! Blaming the media is also generally a strategy for losers. Any...
• Anyways to suggest Jack Layton (who is not my favorite) supports the Taliban is much more "disrespectful". This is akin to calling Harper a war monger - a b...
• Your facts are weird. Canada signed Kyoto in April 29, 1998 and ratified December 17, 2002. In July 2004 Stephane Dion became minister of environment. The...
• Well I will take a guy who has a plan over a guy who doesn't believe Climate Change is an issue. Now that would make a couple of interesting discussions - I...
• Well I am glad that most Canadians don't get their science from you guys. Please supply a "Top Climatologist" that doesn't support the currently accepted th...
• You keep calling people names! Not very effective. Lets hope you are right, that Harper has a environmental plan that is more than denial of a problem and...
• You can believe 60 "scientists" who signed that letter versus the much larger number (easily in the thousands) who subscribe to the accepted effects of green...
• sorry doralh, I got sidetracked by Westener's comment about Al Gore's nose. All these people will vote on all this good stuff that you suggested or at least...
• I agree individuals have a big role, but so does government - as you can't count on all individuals and corporations doing the right thing. This making war...

Ontario Provincial Liberals Lead by Seven Points – Underlying Stats Provide Cold Comfort for Liberals (2006-12-17)

• Can't respond to Mirabel as I am not really up on all the local issues. Is quite confusing when the mayor comes out against it. Guess you would have to liv...
• Living in BC, right now I would say the major difference between the federal liberal party and the bc liberal party is talk about the environment. The bc li...

Impact of new Liberal Leader Stephane Dion (2006-12-02)

• Personally I am very disappointed with this site. I was not expecting the forums to be lead by fanboys like kwlawson, but by a guy with some inside knowledg...
• Well he could at least give cryptic hints.