Regina Beach Boy

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CPAC-Nanos Daily Election Tracking CP 35, LP 28, NDP 19, BQ 10, GP 8 (ending October 3) (2008-10-04)

• I rest my case, the extreme changes yesterday have corrected themselves, the previous wild shift in Dion's leadership numbers have dropped by 19 points, clo...

CPAC-Nanos Daily Election Tracking CP 35, LP 30, NDP 18, BQ 10, GP 9 (ending October 2) (2008-10-03)

• Wow, those swings are a little too dramatic for me to take really seriously, the french debate was bad for Harper so I expected some reprecussions. In the...
• ""Dion did very well in English and French"" To be honest, he did well in the french debate, he however did not do well in the English debate, I think you...
• ""Nowhere to hide Fatboy - Tubby "" Now thats the Liberal supporters I know

CPAC-Nanos Tracking CP 36, LP 26, NDP 20, BQ 10, GP 9 (ending September 30) (2008-10-01)

• I'm encouraged by fact Canadians did not fall for the newest Liberal hack,slash and Gotchya job by the Bob Rae. I guess Canadians are above these gutter pol...
• Say what you want about the Liberals, but they are the best at dirty politics and overall voter deceipt. Congratulations to them.
• Intresting take Westerner, I looked at it and assumed a glich occured and will correct tommorow or Thursday.
• ""What looming nightmare? Harper says "the Fundamentals are Strong!"" What I said was" "like the looming financial nightmare ""next door"" LOL, sorr...
• Next time you feel like asking me a question you should do it under my comment so I will see it, I just happened on to your comment by accident. You said:...
• The fundamentals are strong and most every economist agrees, the reason we need discussions on the economy here is because we have election promises of tens ...
• ""The timing of this also shows the Liberals are better at campaigning than the CPC who are still rookies "" Thats code for Liberals are just slimier poli...
• Its the Liberal way and it has been proven very successful for many years, now mainly just the GTA and Montreal are buying the bunk in bulk.
• Ok, I'll try to talk a little slower for you, the loomimg financial crisis next door as it relates to our economy and $170,000,000.00 dollars worth of irres...
• I believe any member of Parliament in the house of commons for less than a year or so deserves to be cut a little slack, all parties.
• MBAGS=Banned Rsharp=Banned TPQ=Banned Very suspicious all three at once, more likely Nik found all thier ip addresses belonged to Liberal Party headqua...
• Give me a break, Dion has been kicking around the house of Commons for what seems like decades. Don't try to make him look like some sort of parliamentry ro...

CPAC-Nanos Tracking CP 37, LP 26, NDP 20, Bloc 10, GP 8 (ending September 29) (2008-09-30)

• ""I think the NDP would be okay. That's a party that inspires its followers."" This is true but who are the followers and are they more likely to get wh...
• ""true colours of bitterness and hatred,"" Actually, this was very well displayed today by the obnoxious and desparate Bob Rae, that is a guy that can ma...

CPAC-Nanos Tracking CP 36, LP 26, NDP 20, GP 9, BQ 9 (ending September 28) (2008-09-29)

• ""This man is very, very scary"" ""He must be stopped.!"" ""I'll take the tried and true, "" LOL, Did you miss your Valium today? you can't really b...

CPAC-Nanos Tracking CP 39, LP 25, NDP 19, GP 9, BQ 8 (ending September 26) (2008-09-27)

• Volatility lessens for run up to debate or are we just waiting for the shoe to drop, listened to Dion speaking today and I'm sorry, but I just cannot underst...
• He came up with a new word for the english language today, when he said it I had to double take a look at the tv, it sounded exactly like "Fuckanadians" he s...

CPAC-Nanos Tracking CP 39, LP 24, NDP 19, BQ 9, GP 8 (ending September 25) (2008-09-26)

• Looks like things are pretty much unchanged other than Dion and the Liberals downslide, this maybe the total purging of the Liberal Party which is precisely ...
• I think May will have trouble at the debates, most people find her annoying and frustrating to listen to due to the speed of her talk, I believe the viewers ...
• The whole province will be blue other than Wascana although there is a growing feeling that the extreme discontent with the Liberal brand could turn out to m...
• I'm not saying the Liberals are in capitulation mode yet, but if the current trend continues and the Libs and Dips move into the debates tied, look out belo...
• Hey Foxer, If they stay too the left muddled in with the greens and NDP, they are doomed, remember the Liberals have been very competant at coddling to th...
• How fast it happens is dependant on who the next leader of the Liberal Party is, time will tell all.

CPAC-Nanos Tracking CP 39, LP 30, NDP 18, BQ 7, GP 6 (ending September 17) (2008-09-18)

• Its refreshing to see at least 40% of Canadians are willing to grant a majority to the Conservatives, if they get it, the Conservatives will run two terms by...
• ""Is the Liberal brand that strong that so many people will still vote that way despite their dislike for Dion?"" In a word? Absolutely, and the vast majo...
• Poor elf, gobbling up the Liberal talking points as fast as they can hand feed them to you, thankfully you are with a shrinking minority of Liberal voters gu...
• ""the leader also shares that vision otherwise he / she would not be the leader"" You have proved my point, you will blindly vote Liberal because thats w...
• ""I would like to tell you that I am proud to be in the company of remarkable people - environmentalists like Suzuki, Attenborough, and Dr Shindler, Nobel Pr...
• elf, I did not mock what you said, I merely suggested you romanticized about being liberal minded and mistakenly associate it with this Canadian liberal pa...
• ""you are a dumb tory"" LOL, OK, boy do I feel told off.
• TPQ is now the official guardian of all things Liberal here, ever wonder what happened to the Parnel's and equivalent company lately? Why so quiet? Try the...
• LOL, right again foxer
• You got it robini, always room for more

CPAC-Nanos Tracking CP 38, LP 30, NDP 17, GP 9, BQ 6 (ending September 13) (2008-09-14)

• rotflao, I just love listening to Liberals lie to each other, you have no idea how funny and out to lunch you sound !!!!!.
• ""The fact that the cons are still runnng dion attack ads means they are still very afraid of him."" Right!! lol

CPAC-Nanos Tracking CP 37, LP 32, NDP 13, BQ 9, GP 9 (ending September 10) (2008-09-11)

• Hey Nik, I learned a long time ago that your numbers are by far the most accurate read of public opinion out there, I've seen it time and time again. As far...
• You might be right mathilda, but this is not the typical Liberal voting option, with Dion and the Liberals bieng as weak in the polls and as left leaning as ...

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

• ""including an overwhelmingly pro-Harper mainstream media. "" LOL, That was a joke right, either that or you just don't read the Toronto Star, the G&M, t...
• ""Harper is hoping Dion gets a minority . After 5 or 6 months he can defeat the government and blame the Liberals for the mess "" I don't think Harper wan...
• ""The attack ads leveled the playing field somewhat but the Libs will counter that in an election campaign"" Thats assuming they have any money to do so, ...
• ""sneaky dirty government "" You can actually make this statemant without mentioning Liberals and keep from laughing your a$$ off??????????????? You guy...
• ""They don't become whores for the separatists "" No the Liberals don't, they just become exclusive whores for the city of Toronto ""The Libs have neve...
• LOL, Wow, you weren't joking, I have no time as well for the Mis-informed, and you sir are as mis-informed as they come. So I have to leave you with this...
• Foxer, if these people really believe what they're saying it's downright scary to think of the extreme delusion they suffer from, even scarier to think of th...
• I'm on the stock markets full time and boiler room operations or stock manipulaters (posters who are pumping or bashing stocks) are an industry onto themselv...
• ""I doubt the arguments we're seeing here are winning many converts"" LOL, oh I don't know about that, I think there are some very rational posters here t...

Time for federal politicians to refocus (Nanos Sun Media Column) (2008-08-18)

• ""The way it is in Canada at the present is highly unsatisfactory,but most of the dissatisfaction and turmoil is driven by the Opposition, mainly the Liberal...
• Foxer, I beleive your are 100% correct on all accounts, there are many out there that say a minority keeps the governing party honest and in check, not so, ...
• ""I viewed almost every hour of the hearings of the Standing committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics and came away completely disgusted with...
• ""We need an end to minorities. We need a majority. Canada needs to focus on Canada for a while, not the next election. "" I agree, regardless of who it i...
• ""Unless something absolutely horrible happens like harper is caught actually eating a baby"" Foxer, Please, the Libs will use anything, lol. Talk to y...
• Your like a home town referee who sees only one colour, you ignore the fact the Liberals could care less about anything other than embarrassing the Conservat...

Who Canadians trust on the issues (New Nanos National Poll) (2008-07-07)

• The Poll seems in line with I would have expected other than on National Unity, there seems to be a real dis-connect with reality on this one. The Dion Libe...
• YOU SAID ""In fact, rather than flipping Western Canada the bird, Dion has asked all Canadians to decide for themselves what lifestyle changes they will make...
• ""The calming of Quebec separatist sentiment is a fact, in the only type of poll that really counts - look at the third place finish of Parti Quebecois in th...
• ""So I agree with you. The MSM and the pundits are saying that Dion's carbon tax idea is successful. Nik's poll shows differently and as indicated above it i...
• "He will waste the money on his left leaning socialist causes while the rest of us try to cope with reduced spending power, perhaps lost jobs, higher interes...
• Deb Prothero said ""he says he doesn't know how much Canadians will choose to do to reduce carbon in their daily lives instead of paying."" What a dece...
• Deb Prothero said ""Actually, Jim; I have lots of issues with Liberals, Conservatives, NDP and Green and any other political party and I'm not afraid to v...
• Your deceit, fabrication of history and reality are only to believed by the most ignorant, congratulations, their all yours.
• ""Keith Davey, the so called Rainmaker of the Liberal party said: "Screw the West and we will take the rest""" Nothing much has changed in the Liberal pa...
• Parnel, I'm happy to see our resident mental lightweight is here, actually fool, it was a Liberal hack by the name of Clyde Wells and an NDP by the name of ...
• Yeah, I'm totally scared the Liberal opposition will get back in and bring this country back to the morally bankrupt state the world knew and reported on ...
• Parnel said: ""just like Harpercrite's Quebec nation accord will screw us up in the future."" LOL, Screw who up?? You mean Ontario?? Western Canada is...

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

• Good take Hollinm, both minority governments proved to be useless and a waste of time, the nature of Minorty governments will never change in this country, t...
• Parnel, Agreed, Pearson did well, those were the good old days when members of Parlimant felt substance rose above party priorities.
• "Harper is a vindictive mean sort of guy who will descend to any level to beat Liberals" And the Liberals aren't "a vindictive party who will descend to a...
• Why do some people feel comfort in being taxed needlessly, hmmm, a true insecure Eastern Canadian?
• Tom You said " It would be gratifying to find a political party that was motivated by the wishes of the electorate rather than the political needs of the...
• parnel "when you elect people with hidden agendas as a minority government you get distrust for them from the majority." LOL, if there is anyone goofy...
• It's a lot more than that, Harper's problem is his Communications dep't, his attack on the Liberal Government in Ontario got perceived as an attack on the pr...
• I marked your post, now if only the Liberals have the courage or principles to bring on an election you will find out your opinions stem from the bubble you ...
• ""and cannot do as he pleases "" Rotflao, where have you been? Harper has been doing anything he wants to, of course with the full and unqualified support...

The Federal Tories - Poking Ontario with a sharp stick (Sun Media Column) (2008-03-31)

• Parnel, still spinning the Liberal line here I see, the surpluses you became used to was the Liberals stealing from the provinces in transfer payments and ov...
• ""and I would simply ask what the Harper government thinks it can gain by dividing the country like its seems to be willing to do. "" And the last time I ...
• I agree with you to the extent the Conservatives know they have to dissasociate themselves with what could happen economically in Ontario. The reality i...
• ""Get used to the next generation of dividers...Harper wants to divide this country economically"" Actually, its the exact opposite, Harper is the first...
• Wow, you really are an analyst, did you get paid to come up withn that wisdom??
• "Nope, we're rural and far from T.O and Harpers enemy number one here..." Ottawa??
• Agreed West, they have no idea how quickly they are moving towards a very third world socialist elite society in Toronto, but the numbers are increasingly st...
• " The exodus from Toronto" that I speak of is of course not "New Canadians" because after all they just got there, the exodus I speak of are those Canadians ...

Too many election risks (2008-01-22)

• hollinm, Missed a great conversation I see, you nailed it on the head again. Talk to you next conversation

Federal Political Year in Review - Challenges and Opportunities for 2008 (2007-12-27)

• I think it's way too early to attempt to figure out how an 2007 election will pan out, I think if one is called all attention will be focused on the Conserva...
• ""The "laid back" tactics of Dion in the fall parliament are making him look good "" ****LOL, "laid back" Code words for unprincipled and fair-weathere...
• Zena, ""Regina Beach Boy - where do you get your information on "the Liberals are fractured into two camps"?"" This has been surmised and reported by ev...
• Ronald, Too make a long agreement short, the Liberals have successfully won elections by being perceived as left when they in reality govern right, the co...
• Hollinm, """ So despite all the speculation we could still be sitting here in 2009 talking about the next election. Dion certainly won't have the guts to...
• ""As far as a solid platform is concerned the Liberals have a solid track record of not following through on their election promises. Canadians will keep thi...
• Parnel said: ""The liberals are not simply Stephane Dion"" Precisely the problem, the Liberals are still the same old party that brought us the Gomery ...
• Parnel said ""Again you have it wrong about Dion. He will have several credible "name" players in Ontario. Bob Rae, Iggy, Kennedy,Dryden and other leaders...
• Hollinm said ""These are the ones I call the kool-aid drinkers because no matter what the party does and how badly it is being led they will always vote L...
• ""What "dark days" are you thinking about? Not one Liberal MP or cabinet minister were ever charged over adscam or other so called corruption."" "So calle...
• It would seem you have a lot of faith in Dion's campagning ability, I don't share your sentiment, however, if your guess turns out to be right, we can all lo...
• You don't have to listen to attack adds to make judgement on Dion's abilities, it's plain to see for most including most Liberal MP's, on the other hand you ...

Latest Nanos Poll - Federal Deadlock - Tories 35, Grits 34, NDP 17, Bloc 9, Green 6 (2007-11-14)

• ""Take out Alberta where they vote blindly against Liberals and you don't have much difference"" And the only reason the disfunctional Liberals are even...
• I'm not debating % of popular vote, of course Alberta is overwhemingly conservative, whereas Ontario is just predominantly Liberal, end result is the same co...
• Actually it is you who is mis-representing the facts in your own prefered light, one Liberal from Regina does not constitute Liberal success in Regina or the...
• ""If you have a real job you are like millions of Canadians although some of us are efficient enough at our work to be able to debate on line"" Parnel, th...
• ""I agree with you that Parnel is probably a Liberal troll trying to convince people that Dion is a leader and that the Liberal party will win the next elect...

Canadians Support PM/Dalai Lama Meeting - Tibetan Rights Trump Trade with China (SES Research Survey) (2007-10-26)

• Nik, I'm not sure that we can't have both, China will predictably huff and puff as they so often do regarding their issues with Tibet and Taiwan for that ma...
• ""Lecturing China will be like a mosquito biting an elephant."" Agreed, one more reason why the visit and/or an exchange between Canada and China on hima...

Speech from the Throne - Tories Continue "Leadership" Narrative (2007-10-17)

• ""The real Conservative strategy is to continue to nurture a narrative to make Dion look weak. "" You may be right about this stradegy Nik, but don't be s...
• ""Dion who himself is causing his own destruction."" I agree with you to a large degree, but he has had a lot of help from the sponsership program and a w...
• Sorta in between, I live in Regina Beach.
• Sorta in between, I live in Regina Beach.
• You said ""Looking at Harper for the length of the speech was too much for me. I learned all from the CBC News."" You learn all from the CBC???? LOL, n...

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

• I would agee with the take that the Greens will be playing the spoiler, just not too sure how it will playout yet. It really depends on where thier support ...

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

• Jack Layton and the NDP will never have a better opportunity to make gains but will again miss their window. The Liberals and thier votes will never be more...
• hollinm, I couldn't agree with you more, I mean I appreciate politicians sticking to thier principals and beliefs but there is nothing wrong with a little c...

New SES Research Poll - Federal Tories and Grits Close - Harper Best PM Advantage Weakens (2007-08-14)

• ""The noticeable gains for Dion have been in Ontario ."" Not surprised at all, actually amazed it took this long for Ontario to prove once again that they...
• While your comments have a degree of validity, they explain only the swing voters in the last election or 5-7 % points. The bottom line is with the Libera...
• First of all, no one is talking about Provincial elections, that has nothing to do with Ontario's historic vote for the Federal Liberals. Secondly it was ...
• Rationalize it any way you like, Ontario is warming up to Dion because he's a liberal, if he was an NDPer or Conservative you would be chuckling about his pe...
• Bernie, Provincially Ontario can jump from voting in the NDP, Conservatives and now the Liberals, all the while contuing to predominantly vote Liberal Fede...

New ailment strikes leaders - Nik's Sun Media Column July 31, 2007 (2007-08-01)

• Quebec as the king maker is nothing new to this country and will continue for the foreseeable future. It's frustrating to say the least that we can once a...

Summer will be serious for PM - Nik's Sun Media Column July 16, 2007 (2007-07-16)

• Brushfires indeed, the misunderstanding of Afghanistan is directly related to the absolute lack of media coverage on the other side of the war, even the CBC ...
• Bernie, you make Hugo Chavez look like a model capitalist, reading your comment was a waste of 2 minutes. Good luck to you.
• This is one of thousands of positive stories taking place in Afghanistan and not being reported by the media, that was my point and you have helped prove it,...

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

• Let me get this straight: The Liberals got us into the war--Conservatives pay the price The Liberals sign the original detainee agreement--Conservatives pa...

SES Research Poll - Comfort with Harper Majority - Support/Opposition to Election Call (2007-04-12)

• Who said money can't buy you love albeit temporary, Harper has moved a long way to solve the real or perceived fiscal imbalance and Quebec has responded posi...
• We all perceive things differently, you claim the Conservatives have caused "the instability", I disagree, the instability is caused by a minority government...
• Hey Blossom, Exactly my point, minority governments create the enviorment in which this nastiness can flourish. I'm not sure how you could feel safer wit...
• GM Blossom, Safe to say that we are in store for intresting times ahead. Nice chatting

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

• The entire opposition is yelling " The Conservatives wants an election", we know the reason, surprise, none of them want one, they're simply not ready at th...
• ""majority of Canadians fear that a conservative majority would get us even deeper into their war "" -You said "their war", very dishonest or uninformed ...
• ""One day, perhaps, we'll actually have a government that conserves. On this matter I have found Harper disappointing."" In the 3 current voting blocks ...

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

• Liberals gaining support in Ontario, what a surprise, I'm afraid the Liberals could run Stephan Dion's dog Kyoto and get 40% of the vote. Blind loyalty, j...
• """If ever a man was 'damned if he does' and 'damned if he doesn't' it's Stephen Harper.""" e guye, you hit the truth square on there, and I can understan...
• Yeah, bloated with self-importance accurately describes them, I might have thrown in a little arrogant as well for Simpson and Ibbetson. Calvert and Willi...
• ""For that reason, they won't engineer (in the sense of going in wanting to lose a confidence vote) a fall,"" Perhaps, however the entire opposition is ye...
• "That begs the real Question...'Why then, should we continue this charade?'" Its a good question regardless of how you run the risk of being chastised for...

The Green Party: Political Force or Political Phantom? (2007-03-04)

• Political force or phantom? As dramatic as the Greens numbers are, I'm not sure they have staying power required to hold into the next election And as m...