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

• and you are all of MRM and foxer
• the leger poll has the libsat 23% up from 19% last poll they did.......
• Your ex tells me you're a dirt bag...LOL
• now I know for sure the Libs will win!!!
• They are not getting desperate...its simply time to expose Harper for what he is.
• I like Ezra and have actually had a series of positive communications with him and we both agreed that Harper has Hitler like tendencies but Ezra is a conser...
• that's not how they spell IDIOT.
• I fully remember what I say...HOWEVER these are provincial polls and I was commenting on leger's federal polls. He will be off on the provincial poll but his...
• yes stupid AND THE LEGER POLL WAS STRICTLY PROVINCIAL...that's what I said.
• rsharp,mutt and jeff and their other son mutt...are clones created in a cons lab.
• show us the facts of those so called "inroads"!!
• If Harper drops just 5 to 6% he will lose the election and that's not w/o probability.
• Martin wa sunder attack for adscam and now harper is under attack for not writing his own speeches and lying about such things as income trusts. I was amazed...
• How about dropping dead? you and your fancy program on seat counts and all sorts of horsecrap are not facts nor fact driven. You plagerize others like your...
• And you are immature and stupid to boot....and if you believe someone is posting under two aliases here report it to Nik or STFU.
• these polls are now clearly showing that its time for all progressives in Canada to vote liberal. They continue to hold well over 50% of the voters intention...
• You are correct it is the economy stupid..........and ther eis documented proof tha this country has fared much better in Liberal than under tough Tory times...
• THE FRENCH PRESS is now reporting that Fortier is so far behind in his riding that he has just about given up. Jean Pierre Blackburn is badly losing his Jonq...

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

• mbags...you are dealing with an idiot who has no clue about anything. I was away overseas for a week or so on a business trip and the idiot now believes I mo...
• mbags... hes not better for sure and even worse than Duceppe
• That was me bird brain and I still say it will happen....things have gone that way in the past and the public is slowly dragging Harper's numbers down. His a...
• HC in AB.....I wouldn't call most Albertans an imposter but I would sure call them blind. They have been screwed badly by the provincial tories for many many...
• rsharp.....I wonder if Harper bribed some prof to even get his academic credentials. He lies and bribes just about anything in sight these days.
• rsharp don't feel lonely.....you are being attacked by low lifes.
• I still say he will lose if he has losers like you as supporters.Keep a dry diaper on election night..you'll need it for the diaherra you will get.
• You have it wrong again.....the libs just scored 23% in the very recent Leger poll up from around 19% last poll. I see the Libs knocking the dippers back as ...
• They brought in 103 last time with just over 30% of the vote. They are working much more efficiently in key ridings where they have lots of good organiztion ...
• why answer an idiot's remarks?
• The papers in Quebec are reporting today that the Tories probably won't win any more seats than last time. The Libs have dibs on some new seats there like St...
• Again I would paraphrase it as being a blind Canadian but as good one none the less. The "over the top" support for tories in the province is not warranted b...
• More BS from the attack ad creeps here
• mbags....don't forget the 148 patronage appointments he made during the summer after promising to make them the subject of a hiring commission...he hired all...
• I don't lie and I'm not duplicitous like you tory red necks
• Harper plagerized a major speech on Iraq: http://www.thestar.com/FederalElection/article/508742 Bruce Campion-Smith Ottawa Bureau Chief OTTAWA–Ste...
• Keep up the wet dreams. Harper's numbers will only go down from here as the real dirt gets brought out from under the rug. He has lost momentum in quebec and...
• Elf, the puppets and muppets of the Harpercrite team can whine all they want but this is just another instance of Harpercrite's sleazy politcal ethics. There...
• Is the stuff you drink that cheap? Sorry I have better taste than that
• Hes putting more effort into Quebec because hes sinking like a rock there and will sink further in Ontario. I got word yesterday that one or two of his edmon...
• You are a complete a**hole to try and slander that way.
• robini, Did you get that suit at the garbage man's ball. The only level headed liberal is one who is loyal to open and honest government. The tory candidate ...
• mbags....foxer(mutt) and his clones MRM (Jeff) and their son westerner (mutt) are tory clones created in their lab. They simply program them, wind them up an...
• Another fantasy post from Mutt!!!
• Informed 1...if manners and compassion are your realities than your choasen party is last in that ranking. They can only ever command around 35% of the votes...

CPAC-Nanos Tracking CP 36, LP 27, NDP 19, GP 9, BQ 9 (ending September 27) (2008-09-28)

• rsharp I'm still here. I have been travelling this past week and was able to avoid the mutt and jeff propaganda show
• Is this all you have left? Probably so since the cons have no policies to offer and their voters accept sleaze as the modus operandi. There will be no Harper...
• And what do you bring to the table?

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

• mbags it is coming to that time in the campaign when the NDP supporters are starting to realize that voting for Jack LAYTON will weaken their chances of defe...
• I'd say that with the way you act here those lakes are probably full of mercury because your brain is certainly poisoned with something.
• larryl, remember that Harper now wants to build a wall around the west and Alberta in particular. Just focus on voting strategically and help get rid of Harp...
• foxer, you're full of crap as usual. The Ontario refineries did provide all the gas in Ontario. Crude was exclusively imported from the west in a manner that...
• larryl, that guy is a right wing idealogue and unless the writings are by some hitleresque type writer his computer won't go there.

CPAC-Nanos Tracking CP 35, LP 30, NDP 22, BQ 7, GP 6 (ending September 21) (2008-09-22)

• yes it is out of the question. the NDP will start trailing off from here. RThe pot issue wil kick in and the sofr liberal vote will come home now tha tthye s...
• Waht aload of garbage..the fact is they have been down for the last three days. Thr \lib ads are just starting to kick in and they are dragging the NDP along...
• I would say that when Dion wins he will try and go it alone except for the Greens whom he may coop if they win any seats and if thye are emaningful seats in ...
• I know how to count and I know how to look at momentum;two different things...the cons have lost steam and the libs are picking up and will leavr vapor trail...
• Garbage, because you only count the cons up and downs....the libs have polled higher than 31% in the last two days if your insane logic is used and the dippe...
• stupid is as stupid does....I see its getting to you
• I only follow NIk and I've been clear on that. I do take bits and pieces of others but only to show how out to lunch they are.
• you will be wrong on election day and that drives me to goad you even more into your insane methods and comments.......last week you were very sure the libs ...
• The libs are doing just fine as their campaign gets into 2nd gear this week 3rd next week and overdrive after that. harper will need more than blue a sweater...
• I just took a snapshot of that hilarious post for posterity to shove it back at you.
• he also forgot to mention that fr one day NIk had his right wing jackbooted wonders at 40% and the libs at 28% I think. That was the rogue poll but he never ...
• note to self...stop feeding the trolls
• yep if you say and that would justify Harper spending over 300MM to achieve nothing? He's dead meat in that case and wouldn't survive another confidence vo...
• nervous nellies now are we? Ha ha I love it when cons squeal like stuck pigs.
• gretag, at the right moment the Libs will stand down the NDP and tell the public they won't consider a coalition. the Libs have enough loyalty to do this on ...
• Oh but negative ads from the harpercrites can kick in but Lib ones can't........ stupid is as stupid does. Wait until you see the rest of the Lib ads tha...
• Are you roofing nails or rough carpentry ones?
• that's why you don't get it...your abacus is missing some beads and your grde four education can't overcome that loss.
• That's true being in power and seeing it come along again is scary to the NDP as jack the ripper will go down in flames with his ego in tatters. The Liber...
• Harper should go on vacation right now..........he needs the practice foe his post election life as a nobody.
• another stupid comment...they just didn't get their national program underway by design Get used to this...you will soon love the slogan: a richer, fai...
• yea you are the pro in election campaigns..........a tory genius
• Hey genius, Remember that HARPER was in the high 40's earlier; We are not depending solely on our leader to drive the bus. He's the team leader but not its o...
• Craig its obvious you didn't read the platform or your ignorance wouldn't be showing that much. You must be a tory.
• michaelfox....foxer of mutt and jeff fame is full of it. He has no real clue why there is such a big difference between pollsters. The answer is that Nik has...
• michael fox...you remind me of a tory.
• Zab I would be interested in your summary of the other party's results over the same period. you sound like a real statistician.
• User 1... vote NDP and you will see $4 a litre and more once they shut down some capacity or tax the hell out of the production that is still performing. ...
• And that's the problem with having Harper as PM......a dictatorship of the minority and in his case he will only really represent about 5% of the voters beca...
• I'm no pollster but I took enough statistic courses to know you are full of crap. On the day after he hit 39 and 38 he hit a rolling 36 and you said he got 3...
• ZAB, If you make those trend lines work like a stock trend you will see trend lines forming and right now the Lib trend line shows the passing the cons in ab...
• I rather be a turtle than a rat and most engineers don't drive trains but then again what do you know about anything.
• I think a liberal led government, either on their own or in a coalition with the Greens and the NDP, is going to provide us with majority rule for some time ...
• Craig, the real meaning of balanced budgets in political speak is a "surplus". They just don't like to use that word and that includes all parties. Harper...
• Thanks zab, Nik was dead on as usual and his methods are obviously much more scientific than his competitors. For instance he really stood up the low libera...
• rsharp, One does not even need to be a math major to figure it out on a spread sheet. The missing ingredient is the momentum each party has or doesn't have....
• My rats comment referred to you on the sinking tory ship
• Another crooked con party wannabe running for parliament: http://www.thestar.com/FederalElection/article/503919
• Bill Clinton dripped something else on his pants and was the most successful president in a long time.....what sophmoric garbage you post.
• How can anyone vote for a party like this who pick crooks for candidates: Director suspended as women's group looks into 'accounting irregularities' Last...
• The libs are never ones to shy away from being equally dirty....thye jsut don't start shovelling it first.....basic rule in politcal campaigning. let the dir...
• Therefore you are a Harper supporter.
• Just another conservative pimp pushing his owners wishes. He must be looking for a promotion.
• Name me one Lib MP who was caught doing that......you must have gotten some LSD from Layton the dope guy or bought realestate from some tory hack out there.
• you obviously didn't read the lib program or you read it like any dumb tory would
• bluestar...good post but you'll never convince western greed with your logic.....these are dumb and dumber types who can only slur liberals and can't back up...
• well much more logical than you would be pushing your gun stuff in Finland today.
• more mutt and jeff BS

CPAC-Nanos Tracking CP 36, LP 31, NDP 20, BQ 7, GP 7 (ending September 20) (2008-09-21)

• Pucker up mutt and jeff things are coming around for the Libs.......hey mutt how about a seat count now. Layton's numbers will take a full hit over the n...
• Ken, the election is still too far away for the undecideds to narrow. The fact the numbers ar ethe same now as they were on the last election night inicates...
• ruigg....I hope you get millions of hits on this site.
• BS, the polls three weeks out are not close to the final numbers and they were not three weeks out in the last election or the one before that. These pol...
• westerner, Big bank scam?? wtf are you talking about? I have no clue!!! The election finished that way but wasn't at those numbers three weeks b/f the ele...
• Breaking news another tory bigot resigns: http://www.thestar.com/FederalElection/article/503298 The Conservative candidate running in downtown Toronto ...
• http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080908.wreader_cartoons0908/PhotoGallery01?slot=1 Layton and pot........very good!!!!
• And I said these numbers today don't really matter...the libs were ahead just before this election and Harper's latest edition of attack ads. The final pictu...
• yea when the good pollsters start to show the tide going out you panic and call them names.
• User1...I totally agree with your comment about people being not engaged. However, the tories do try and enhance that by putitng out attack ads belittling th...
• That women and gays need guns and that's not a bigoted statement? Wow!!!
• westerner, at least I'm not a gunslinger.......mud just sticks.
• The cons here don't think there was anything wrong with the election call...then again they don't think and simply follow Harpercrite blindly.
• BS he got caught plain and simple...to follow your thinking on guns one needs to move to the US...........ooops I forgot that is what Harper is all about. Ma...
• yea lets have armed 130lb women running around. Then what do you think the 240 pound guy will do? He' ll simply get a bigger faster weapon. More stupid tory ...
• NP, I don't think, but I'm not 100% certain, the undecideds were that big last election. Mnay many people decided early on to bypass voting liberal due to t...
• They say not to argue with a nut case and your gun argument proves I should not argue.
• Both parties were out by more than 5% last election so take that to the bank and sit back if you believe them. Do you really believe that the Libs are at...
• Reids comments were that gays and women needed guns to be protected against unamed types. Who do think these "types" are? He was clearly spelling out that mo...
• mutt you are full of it as usual. Gun control is a fact of life in almost every western society except the US and their violent crime rates with guns are m...
• fortescue, Well they don't vote twice and don't break their own electoral laws that the tories ran so hard on last time. look up hypocrisy in the dictionary.
• ALL THOSE POLLS WERE WAY OFF LAST TIME AND CONTINUE TO BE. DO YOUR HOMEWORK AND STOP SPAMMING US WITH PRESS RELEASES. THE REASON WE ARE ON THIS BLOG IS BECAU...
• I don't know wehre you get your stats but in the north, there was an article in the Nat Post this am stating the north would remain Liberal. The NDP will fad...
• I don't believe your version of facts for one second. Final result is the guy had to resign from the party and that tells us plenty. Another tory dud
• Another nail in the NDP BC coffin Here's more "cute" for you: Canadian Press September 21, 2008 at 6:37 PM EDT OTTAWA — An NDP candidate in British C...
• Along with cons who love Harper
• What trends are you looking at..mine suggest the libs are up 4% in the last two polling days........maybe its the graveyard of your party but not mine
• you need to look at the full picture. the libs got off to a slow start because their first goal was to secure their base and everyone was campaigning pretty ...

CPAC-Nanos Tracking CP 38, LP 29, NDP 18, BQ 7, GP 7 (ending September 19) (2008-09-20)

• The opposition to Green shift is all dirty politics and the consistent attacks on Dion to make him much less credible than he really is..Harper's turn is com...
• If it was a brain it wasn't a tory............if it was a nasty western based dirty trick guy it was a tory.
• Hope, Jack Mintz was a tory advisor and he has still given good marks for the green shift. Foxer is a phoney wannabe tory pollster.
• I also remember getting screwed by Harper on my income trust investments speaking of breaking promises. What about him breaking his own election law. The lis...
• The Liberals are staying very close in all the hot ridings so this election is still very much up in the air. all the Libs need is a awing of about four poin...
• tory tiimes are tough times and now ignorant ones as well
• Robini both your bow tie and your underwear are on too tight...you must be a tory
• Clap trap sounds like a Tory convention on the environment. Thery simply haved no desire do anything about the environment or they weould not have made such ...
• Robini,Pucker up and loosen that tie...today's results are starting to show the liberals campign results because they have only really started to campign ser...
• Jeff of mutt and jeff...tell us again about the hot ridings and your esteemed views. I said in my opening post that if the libs picked up another 4% from yes...
• Nah I have many more but they all slam tories and western bs artists.
• No he won't becasue his instructions to his members was to secure their base early and then go after the "hot seats"...............classic political theory....
• Peggy if you're not mad at the world it would be nice if you posted like the rest of us in small letters....you maybe a tory queen but we peasants are not al...
• ah you mean Stock Day speedos I suppose!!!!!!
• Peggy, no we simply want Harper to lose and lose badly..
• But he's not an idealogue beholden to rich white religious right wingers. He is much more pragmatic than you could ever think. He singlehandedly struck down ...
• user1 .....JumFlaherty also assured Ontarians he didn't have a deficit and when the Libs and the provincial auditor opened the books they found $5.6BB of def...
• Peggy, you are quite right. Harper is a cancer on this country and we need him to be put out of our misery on election.
• And where will Harper go? Back to running the NCC and building walls around provinces, advocating bans on abortion, making women second class citizens in the...
• Bernie, then don't waste your vote by voting for anyone else on the left. The Liberals are the best bet for getting rid of Harper and that should be the less...
• elf, don't worry the cadman and and election farud events are not forgotten. The lbs will remind voters about them closer in so they will remember when they ...
• fewer of them are dumb to day of course, right westerner!!! They are getting educated and will make the real dumb guys wear the dunce cap pretty soon. Layton...
• of course he was honoured at a function put on by the "cash only in umarked bils association"
• remember the old lib slogan...run on the left manage on the right......just the opposite of Harper's paln.
• westerner,You know how to lie just like your masters in the PMO...I'm sure Dion wne out and forced all GHG producers to make more smog while he was minister....
• take the final results in the last election of those other pollsters and measure their accuracy against Nanos's final results and see where it gets you. This...
• Howe much Campaigning did Dion do yesterday? Harper was up north all day with the full compliment of press reporters and he made several statements.............
• Why don't you just do something technical instead of just trying to bully other polls into the discussion. My work was done to back up my faith in Nanos and ...
• Delusional is an NDP trait ask layton about LSD.
• Silly is a westerner who thinks who can't write more than one phrase at a time let alone a sentence.
• bernie, when you realize that Harper is the furthest from The greens in policy then maybe you will realize that a vote for may is vote for Harper. The so ca...
• Up yours buddy...I work over 60 hours a week and do volunteer work as well. I am an engineer and not some failed civil servant who lived off the public teat....

CPAC-Nanos Tracking CP 39, LP 28, NDP 18, BQ 7, GP 7 (ending September 18) (2008-09-19)

• Where were you when harper was trying to destroy Dion over the last two years with his sicko attacks none of which addressed policies.

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

• Except the strategic counsel rolling poll has Harper down 2% and the LIbs stable. so don't go beating your chest just yet. The fat lady isn't even warming up...
• sorry I meant harris decima not strategic counsel
• read nik's sun chain interview where he says a majoity is possible if harpercrite gets to 43% but that 60% may still change their voting intentions and the l...
• harper lives the big lie so why can't the libs
• libs 35 to 38% and 130 to 140 seats...tories 85 seats
• People don't naturally dislike dion...he has been the victim of viscious tory attack ads and lies for well over a year and has withstood them quite well in t...
• but its also not as big a lie as the in and out scandal...cheating to win an election is worse than fraud and the tories are very guilty of that
• elf.....those people wouldn't understand your lifestyle if they tried...living in a trailer park makes it hard for them to see how good life can be.
• Westerner,And Harper refused to dismiss his AG minister who committed an unfogivable sin for a public figurre......shame shame
• That's a mockery RBB..and you are deaf to what mockery is because you are a dumb tory
• You are full of it as usual...sicko tory
• westerner,You're full of it....he dismissed them...did harper dismess his AG minister? what a load of crap you preach
• taylor, you preach Garbage
• Harper is ignorant and is out to get the libs...he has said that explicitly
• Penticton...... perfect descripton
• ovrwhleming my butt...38% is not overwhelming
• Speaking of brainwashed..you have failed to fulfill your mandate here. Weknow Haroer is a fraud and yu can't change that FACT
• They will return to pre writ for sure
• Westerner...you can't be serious......then agin we know your bias....anti east and a tory [removed by moderator] to boot!!!!
• westerner more unsubstaniated BS from you
• thank God I show the Liberal mentality and not the Harper one......I could get religious over this
• RBB, I sincerely hope so for your sake!!!!
• Harper is th real fraud deal
• I was at a Liberal function the other night and the room was full of students waving Dion signs and getting their pictures taken with him. Tories will end up...
• The liberals created the Canadian constitution along with the charter of rights and freedom. The conservatives have created lies about income trusts and have...
• Fortescue... if you knew what principle was then maybe you would understand why Harper has none at all. He is simply dedicated to being in charge and being t...
• Flaherty is the biggest liar ever...he and his buddy Harris sucked us into a $5.6BB deficit while he was FM in the province and he lied about that. harpe...
• One thing that is basic political campaign theory is to first secure your base and then go after the opponents seats and ones that are close. Thne Libs have...
• What's the matter? you don't like being reminded about what a crook liar and briber Harper is...too bad cuz I could add lots more but I'll leave it to the li...
• The nightmare at 24 sussex is already there and needs to move out
• Peggy dysfunctional is making every vote in the house a non confidence one and higing immigraation bills inside a budget bill........its not the libs its the...
• I say its unethical to make every vote a non confidence one and not be willing to discuss amendments in house committees especially when they had a minority ...

CPAC-Nanos Tracking CP 38, LP 31, NDP 17, GP 7, BQ 7 (ending September 16) (2008-09-17)

• As noted the Tories have slipped a fair bit in Ontario(33%) and Atlantic Caanda(31%) and the Libs are moving up In Ontario(40%) and holding their own in queb...
• You are full of it as usual. Dion has been running behind the party consistently and they are still very competitive. What you fail to understand is that the...
• go to www.nanosresearch.com and you will find them there.
• Absolute BS by a real BS guy
• the Libs are at 31% and won 103 seats in 06 and now you have the stupidity to try and say they will only win 70 seats.........not one pollster or expert is e...
• Except that the G&M poll suggests it is the cons who are bleeding in bellweather and hot ridings and not gaining at all right now. That 2% growth thye still ...
• Keep a dry diaper for election night
• wrong again and all you do is just put up posts to make sure your [EDITED BY MODERATOR] hypothesis are seen and hoping someone will buy in which I note rarel...
• I was talking about the hot ridings not the stupid pollster, who is always way off, supported by the G&M. you couldn't crush an ant with your logic.
• DON'T WORRY I'LL BE HERE
• THE fact remains that no non Quebecer has won the popular vote in that province since Pearson. It has nothing to do with party loyalty and is purely national...
• Elf, I think Elizabeth May is going to make mince meat out of Harper on the environment and the economy in th debate. She will do Dion's dirty work for him ...
• larryl the libs have barely started to campaign in their ridings. They are going to make an important infrastructure announcement tomorrow and made several t...
• rsharp keep your chin up;the campaign has barely begun....don't let the red neck machine bully you into believing their propaganda. They will fade like summe...
• I would agree that sending taxes to a government run by Harpercrite is sickening enough. By the way Dion said in a speech tonight that the Cons are alrea...
• rsharp Dion said specdifically in a speech tonight that he will not run a defict but that Harper/Flatulence already are and are lying about it which isn't r...
• breaking news......Gerry Ritz the AG minister had to make a public apology about a sur he made agains his l\iberal counterpart. He sid it was an awful thing ...
• MORE BREAKING NEWS FOR THE LIARS TO ABSORB:(FROM THE STRATEGIC COUNSEL) At the start of the election campaign, the Tories registered 32-per-cent support in ...
• I heard him say loud and clear last night in person that there would be no deficit under his government unless Harper/flaherty left the books in much worse s...
• Just make sure you rally the forces around you and get them to focus on getting rid of Harper and not to vote for others. A lib vote is a vote to get rid of ...
• yea but how about quebec where you said harpercrite was going to wipe the floor with Libs: " At the start of the election campaign, the Tories registered 3...
• More breaking news on tory Bully tactics within their own party: Tory dissenters 'idiots, turds' Glen McGregor, The Ottawa Citizen Published: Tuesday, S...
• wonderful people these cons are they not?
• Of course its necessary to be partisan. What do you want me to do? Start singing th praises of the sick joke the AG minister got caught in last night? Or...
• Speaking of insanity...when you check your polling "expertise" after this election will you check in to nearest hospital that can help you? Remember you s...
• mbags, you are reading it correctly.why do you think harper had so many attack ads out there just prior to the election call. He knew he needed a fast start ...
• Better than reading the garbage from wannabe pollsters.
• May will be the heavy hitter during the debates....I don't think harper will be able to handle her. And then you will understand why Dion has a sort of peace...
• based on the same analysis and the fact Libs surge near the end of campaigns I see harper at about 85 seats and down under 5 seats in quebec.
• you also forget that Dion promise dno deficit and would have the auditor general give her opinion on the results each year. Your way off base and getting eve...
• mine was an enlightened and factual comment as anyone can see. If you take it personally then so be it. you know the line......if the jacket fits,etc The ...
• or received the cash from a lobbyist while still in office like Mulroney or bribed another MP or laundered funds. Slander like that even in humour is not acc...
• I won't lose because I don't play silly games with losers and cyber bullies
• There isn't much reasonable discussion to begin with...we have a tory blogger here who posts quasi truths night and day 24/7 to try and control the debate so...

CPAC-Nanos Tracking CP 38, LP 31, NDP 17, GP 8, BQ 6 (ending September 15) (2008-09-16)

• The Tories have peaked for now as we can see and their voting intentions will go down from here if the last election is any indicator. Martin dropped during ...
• Brown shirt alert..harper let them out in public again
• brown shirt alert
• Ignore and move on is the simple thing to do.
• One tihng for sure is that the polls are consistent in their inconsistentcy. Nanos has benn pretty steady and there are no sudden moves in numbers which make...
• Bring out his team has always been a part of the Dion strategy and has nothing to do with desperation or being in trouble. Fact is, Rae does not have a fight...
• westerner, shaft... as in you're upset about brown shirt remarks but can make other insulting remarks?
• here's Rae giving the Harper shaft of the Canadian people another poke: "Mr. Rae blasted Mr. Harper for breaking his law on fixed election dates, saying h...
• We are talking about the current crop of politicians and Harper has shafted all of us with his lies, money laundering and bribes. We got shafted with hi...
• You are correct.... a shaft is a shaft and we are getting a big one from harper. he is shafting us all wit lies and phoney innuendos, tasteless attack ads an...
• To those who continue to believe in the fantasy of the Libs so called broken GST promise of 1993 I would suggest reading page 5 of this CDHowe Report, linked...
• the reason I dn't normally respond to you is your overall ignorance of the facts and you proved yourself again........ther article is clear. Libs moved to re...
• Page 5 clearly stated the libs through the house finance committee were trying to cahnge the tax........what can't you see in that. Tory times are not onl...
• Your friend above works in a call center and thus claims to be an expert on these things. However, the facts are that tory times are not only tough times b...
• rsharp.........all you simply ahve to reapeat is: tory times are not only tough times but also ignorant ones........that covers it all.
• he says it clearly and you have to be a tory to not understand it.
• bernie, a vote for any other party other than the libs is a vote for Harper in this election. Layton pulled that trick and we got stuck with Harper last elec...
• rsharp... I've called people like him the BS brigade and nik didn't like the connotation nut the BS can stand for excrement or the second world war wearers o...
• Liza Frulla is a wannabe who couldn't cut it with Dion and is now trying to destroy him. She wanted Paul Martin's seat very badly. She was a poor performing ...
• tell me about my inaccurate opinions please. I fail to understand how you can tell my personal opinions are inaccurate........they are only opinions after al...
• rsharp, further to your comment, if Ed broadbent was NDP leader today he would be attacking Harper with a view to helping the Libs because he knew that elect...
• rsharp westerner wouldn't know a fact if it hit him in the nose.......he is like most westerners and votes blind...........and hasn't a real clue why. Its go...
• rsharp, Are you crazy asking for facts. this blog would disappear if the tory thugs had to deliver facts. We have fun here maing fun of their lies and so cal...
• bernie, you're dead on with your comment and ow need to consider voting liberal...LOL.
• I see another poster has enough of the garbage you bring here 24/7..........get the hint???...

CPAC-Nanos Tracking CP 37, LP 31, NDP 18, GP 9, BQ 6 (ending September 14) (2008-09-15)

• As predicted the Tory move has abated and the libs are moving somewhat. The effects of Harper's unethical pre election attack ads are wearing off and the lib...
• Non aligned(that's a joke onto its own).......... Not really. Neither the libs or cons have gone after Layton yet and a ssoon a sthey do his numbers will d...
• tdot416,One thing to bear in mind is that no non Quebec party leader has won the majority of voters or seats in Quebec since Pearson's time, I believe, and e...
• Keep that wet dream alive but remember a vote for Layton is a vote for Harper.
• Quebec is very much in flux and things won't settle down there vote wise until very close to election day. Too many undecideds/unsures.
• The lib %'s are hodling up depsite the attacks on Dion.fortunatley he is not slightly or even mortally wounded. he has the cojones to come back and nail Harp...
• don't worry fortescue...the tory brown shirts are never far away.
• tory brown shirt warning...mut and jeff..foxer and MRM are the two on duty here
• peter3...the lib machine is all cranked and ready to go. they work the ground wars better than any other party and you will see this more and more as the ele...
• fortescue...go for it. I know offensive politics when I see them and these two brown shirt types have been levelling insults for months here and I've come to...
• fortescue......how about the income trust lie? how about money laundering during the last election? how about bribing a sitting MP? Want more... tun...
• fortescue..wait until he unveils his full policy then you will know. He doesn't have to unveil his policy until the time is ripe and i believe that time is i...
• If Haper attacks the NDP he will for sure be helping the Libs. Layton is sitting on a keg of dynamite with the Greens running right up along side him now. Hi...
• It so happens that the GST cut is the worst tax cut of all. The best ones are those that leave more money in peoples pockets on payday..you know that if you ...
• The brown shirt,mutt, of mutt and jeff fame, who posted just below is another refugee from Harperland who fails to understand anytihng but waht he's told to ...
• Q.Uh Mr. harper why did you have the manual for your MP's that told them how to stonewall parliament and its committees? A. We have to answer questions? ...
• where have I used that word here?
• fortescue, So pray tell, please explain to us how you control GHG emissions other than with a tax. Every jurisdiction in the world is taxing pollution. Dio...

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

• Things are levelling out and the Tories now need to be worried because they had such a big jump on the other parties just before the election call came. At 3...
• Don't be despondent...Harper can and will be defeated. don't forget who his allies are. The exreme right wing and Jack Layton with his inflated ego. Tell eve...
• Nik, This is one part of the poll where accuracy seems to break down in the short term. I don't believe the BQ has slipped 3% overnight and the NDP moved u...
• I think the crazy ride scenario is more likely. The fact that the cons are still runnng dion attack ads means they are still very afraid of him. Dion is very...
• Ronald, You know as well as I do that the Libs are from from dead here. I just came from the opening of two Lib riding offices and in both cases they had a f...
• Once Harper comes under attack for many things including his hidden agenda which is something he can only deny but not defend things will get short tempered ...
• Roanld, having 60% of voters either undecided or soft on their party of choice tells me and others that they don't trust Harper and many do believe he has a ...
• My bet is that the Libs will come back and win a minority with around 38% and possibly 130/140 seats.
• Well first of all the Libs are showing more strength in the province than anticipated. Not much growth but some and it could build. I see Dion ultimately app...
• well you may simply have taken too much sun as your knwledge hasn't exactly shone through. If they are lies please tell me how you know that. that is a typic...
• Just like you also are apparently.......is that the best answer you could dream up?

CPAC-Nanos Tracking CP 38, LP 30, NDP 15, BQ 9, GP 8 (ending September 12) (2008-09-13)

• Bernie, the Libs have not even really begun to campaign to date. The traditional liberal approach is to solidify their base early on and then move to their t...
• Hey Bert read Saturday's globe and mail...it says Canada's GDP does better under liberal governments on average.
• Bernie, dion can stand the heat of a nasty election and he will have to stoop to Harper's pig sty in order to discredit him. And he will. Dion has no baggage...

CPAC-Nanos Tracking CP 38, LP 31, NDP 14, BQ 9, GP 9 (ending September 11) (2008-09-12)

• I think the polls are sesning that things are simply in flux. They will settle down about two thirds of the way to the election. There are 40/50% of the voti...
• Naci Sey.....just remember that conservatives have never cared for the very poor in our society. They like the top down approach of tax cuts to the rich and ...
• kschell, Also many younger people are choosing to have a mobile as their only phone line.
• psiclone, I'm afraid you've been drinking the wrong koolaid. The cons are a party of Harper and his inner circle. You did not hear from virtually any of his ...
• rsharp, just bear in mind that over 45% of the voting public are either undecided or willing to change their vote in the polling booth. That % will normally ...
• rsharp the tory death squadren of mutt and jeff below keeps chipping away at you..just ignore them. at least one of them is a paid "volunteer" I'm sure. T...
• kee on spreading the word about Harper. His right wing,the ones who pay his bills, does not believe in strong independent women. Their attacks on personal ch...
• elf, very good points indeed and all factual. Harper is, not so deep down, a very right wing idealogue. He will destroy women's rights or set themback 30 yea...
• gretag, keep that message flowing. people do need to hear how manipulated they are by these right wing nut bars. just look at the two we have here.
• marty, instead of waxing foolish comments simnply read stephen harper's writings when he was head of the NCC. That will give you your answers. As well almost...
• In the Ipsos Reid poll of earlier today Harper's popularity rating dropped 15%. Dion's did also but not by as much and the Libs have not yet started to adver...
• The NDP vote, by most poll results, is slipping nationally. The protest votes they got from the Libs last time out do not seem to be there. The Greens are ru...
• ABC, That won't really matter in the big picture. The cons have developed a "big brother" approach to match whatever the polls need to say. They have d...
• Imagine a provincial Tory playing the same game as Harper. All crooks,liars and bribers eventually coalesce in a fit of jealousy and infighting when the spoi...
• Early days to think the Lib votes wonb't be there. Williams will have an effect on cons votes. The mutt and jeff (foxer and MRM) paid cons not withstanding

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

• So, as a former liberal you have bought into the lies and dirty politics that Harper plays on. Seems to me you are pretty ignorant of the differences you cha...
• Elf, this poll shows the NDP down to 13% from 17% last election and the greens are picking up most of that. At some point in this election the Greens will di...
• You are correct. The gaffes will show up in the polls a couple of days from now. Dion is running a very scripted campaign so far and is becoming more popular...
• Hewlett, the other polls are all driven by idealogies and vested interests and some are even rogue polls. Nik has consistently been able to take the voters t...
• My very good sources in the area tell me the Cons are in trouble because they dumped a hand picked candidate without the riding association's input. Garth wi...
• Marty, if your family would only breath normally blue would not be their colour
• peter3....I believe the cons numbers for Ontario will slip back closer to the 27% as Mcguinty has his team working against Harper and they are helping out th...
• Marty, the cons will steal many more billions from your pockets ten the Libs ever did. Mulroney nearly drove us to bankruptcy and Harper/flaherty are doing w...
• mathilda...the libs are running a perfectly scripted campaign so far and the fact they are close now means they will pick up steam as time goes on. The only ...
• HEWLETT....that's not what his recent polling numbers say. He was at close to 50% last month. I think he's very strategic and works in a different manner to ...
• Be aware that the poster foxer is probably a paid tory 'volunteer".
• peter3, correct. There are 45%, if not more, of the voting public either undecided or willing to switch parties by election day.
• The state provides legal aid lawyers for people so why not for the court challenges. In a real democracy people must be allowed to protect themselves from go...
• hollimn, then don't vote tory. All harper ever does is for very select groups and not the whole country. The GST reduction is not even a good deal for everyo...
• Stephen Taylor the bulldog tory....yea he's sure creddible. Lets face it hollinm you're a western bigot.
• You're another one who should keep a lot of kleenix availabe for election night. Harper is going down fast in quebec and that will kill him off. He's also sl...

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

• First off the personal numbers for Dion continue to reflect the effects of attack ads the Tories roll out regularly and not his real competence. It is sad th...
• larryl, the only reason Dion's down personally in the polls is the attack ads the Facists use to keep his name in negative space. In an election camapaign th...
• The attack ads leveled the playing field somewhat but the Libs will counter that in an election campaign when people are really listening. Haprer will be dri...
• An exposed Dion agenda will be an enlightened one as opposed to the sneaky dirty government we have seen from the Harper facists. In fact I think Dion has...
• No aligned.....if Garneau was in trouble there's no way Harper would be in election mode. In fact the Libs are ahead in all 4 ridings right now which is why ...
• They will have plenty of money to spend in an election. One should remember Kim Cambpell's remarks about Chretien in 1993. Harper has basically made some of ...
• So. It was the Liberals who also sent troops to Kosovo and other places but they didn't become warriors in the Harper/Bush mode. You have overplayed Kyoto ...
• Not from internal polls.......Mulcair is in trouble in Outremont and if Harpercrite had the cojones to let the parliament sit there would be four new Liberal...
• I notice you ignored Paul martin's medicare bill..typical. Thar has set up medicare transfers to the provinces in a very constructive manner,so much so, that...
• No hypocrisy there. In an election campaign it is normal to criticise your opponent. They will doe so with facts and figures and let the electorate decide. T...
• You have absolutely no proof that green shift is a disaster. Have the Libs numbers gone down? NO. People are cautiously buying into it and will do so even ...
• You keep on reading the facist stuff and I'll read the real stuff. Paul MARTIN has been credited by the CDHowe institute and the Conference Board for his med...
• Wrong again beach boy........the Libs, if you count the money raised to pay of leadership debts, have raised more money than the tories by a long shot. That ...
• Supper I agree with your for slightly different reasons. Layton is an arrogant pr**k who thinks he should be running the country with his wife as deputy PM. ...
• Even with the force of a good poll in your face you continue to have those wet dreams about Harper. He's now pretty desperate as witnessed by Duceppe's meeti...
• My bet is that Dion will stay on even if the Libs lose. They have a history of being loyal to their leader through at least two elections and I don't see tha...
• Keep bleating your BS but the polls and Harper's desperate moves in breaking his own law are proof enough for me that it is harper who will be unemployed aft...
• Its obvious you have no clue...Martin resigned because he didn't want to sit in opposition and his wife did not want him in politics in any event. he has $20...
• ,RBB,If you had one fact it would be lonely.
• Mulroney has admitted he accepted the money while in office. You and RBB need to join forces and see if you can both get one fact right.
• The Liberals have the scandal advantage this time and will work it hard. They will have a very interesting platform and ad campaign. Harper will wish he was ...
• supper your thesis plays to my comments about Layton's arrogance and overheated ego..
• Take your meds and come back when your sanity returns
• Funny thing when Dion's party is ahead and he is supposedly way behind. Blend his %'s without the west and they do improve. You unfortunately can't see the...
• You really are a joke...he simply agreed to hold the seat until this election but has rarelly been seen there.
• Harper was well above 50% LAST YEAR
• How come the only commons inquiry is over the muldonn stuff?
• His approval rating of course. His party rating will be at around 25% after the election and Dion's personal rating is not bothering the party ratings in the...
• Too bad you're not adding to the thoughtful part.
• How do you know Dion sucks at Campaigns..this will be his first one.........jerks like you never ever get th fact tha tothers know what's going on.
• Your imagination is definitley too fertile. Dion has good control over the party and a tthe same time it is in transition to a newer fairer Liberal party. We...
• The very fact that Harper is wiling to break his own law to simply get control of the election agenda is tantamount to treason by an elected government. It a...
• gerryl.....here's another reason to believe Harper is desperatre. The linked article shows quotes by various members of Harper's caucus absolutely supporting...
• Mike, two stupid people guffawed when I said at the beginning of summer that the Libs would be on top in the polls by the end of summer. Well, here we are a...
• Mike, you must live in Halton region as do I. Unfortunately I missed that town hall meeting but I have been to others and he did speak very well. This morn...
• Try this one on for siize: http://www.decima.com/en/pdf/news_releases/080829E.pdf Libs.. 34% cons..33% NDP..15% GRN..11% BQ......7% Poll published t...
• An on line survey......you've got to be kidding about that accuracy. I'll bet dollars to donuts the unethical tories planted votes on that survey because it ...
• your stuff is BS
• Planted lib posters...surely you jest. Your rants don't rate on their radar screens.
• Harper will be shown to be the most unethical PM in a long long time..even worse than Mulroney and maybe going b ack to Sir John A. His past due time is n...
• The green plan has been praised by some very astute economists from the conference board and the CDHowe institute among others. The lead economist form the T...
• BS........ here is the real angus reid poll just published: At the Gate: National Race Tightens as Canadians Contemplate Going to the Polls Conservatives ...
• Now go and think about the three good polls out the last couple of days and see if the unethical tory liars are ahead. You probably can't add the truth.
• Agreed. It will be a work in procees even after the election. What they will now, though, is smooth out the "bumps" and dress it up for the election
• The American will surge until January and then go for a dive. The system needs a good clean out and that hasn't really happened yet. Harper knows that and un...
• http://www.ipsos-na.com/news/ here you go.. and it wasn't an online poll. The full poll will be in some newspaper by Monday I'm sure.
• Ronald, Dion appears to have some momentum going, at least in the polls, and is getting better known and understood. There is no bickering in the party and ...
• Keep the whining up....In all the real polls the Libs have pulled ahead significantly in Ontario and are now competitive in quebec. Keep up the shameless sup...
• great post waynorth.....I see the timing in that light and also alongside the economic realities that will hit the poor fiscal management they have given us....
• You are unbelievably naive foxer and I'll leave it at that
• If you say so but my polls are not showing the wet dream fantasy you portray: http://www.ipsos-na.com/news/ At the Gate: National Race Tightens as Canadi...
• Foxer, you are full of it. Keep drinking the koolaid but please stop taking those strong meds. They make you delusional
• read those polls again foxer and quit spreading your lies and innuendos here. They look better on tory blogs.
• foxer quote:"Anything else is rubbish" Please change that to read everything writtten by foxer is rubbish
• Angus Reid.....Angus Reid predicted a Tory majority with 43% of the vote 3 days before the last election and in polls since then always has the Tories far ah...
• Facts on the fly are better than the make believe fantasies you put out. Then again unethical opinions, lies, bribes and broken laws never bother a tory supp...
• I'll continue to count my way which is more factual than fantasy land stuff.
• Go find it yourself...its there don't worry.
• I love Dion's sense of purpose, his commitment and his much better sense of ethics and real accountability. I'm the one that's going to be laughing all t...
• I'm not the one on the defensive mode here...I amke my case and stick with it. Dion all the way and I'm not worried and have wanted this election call since ...
• Remember when Chretien won all the seats in Ontario? He had only about 43% or so of the vote....the Libs are trending right now at 45% or so average. with Mc...
• Mike, you won't outspin foxer. He has more spin than my washing machine. Only problem with his spin is you can't add bleach to get the cow dung out in the wa...
• You haven't a clue where those votes are in Ontario. The City of TO has its few NDP seats. The 905 area is where the Libs are shining and that's where Harper...
• In 2006 the libs won 54 seats in Ont with 39.9% of the vote while the cons won 40 seats with 35.1%. Compare to day where the Libs are at an average of aro...
• The pig with lipstick is the current PM
• The other pice of BDS you've been spouting is baout con seats in Que. last election the cons won 10 seats with 24.6% of the vote.....guess where the polls h...
• Your logic is infallible so I will bow to your superior navel gazing but in the mentime I will also stick to polling results and watch Harper get his come up...
• Ther poll we are commenting on has the Libs at 42 to 29% and the two othewr similar polls are much the same. Dream on. On poll had the Libs 47 to29% libs her...
• Tell me the seats they've targetted and in which region. You're having another wet dream again. They even stand to lose the seat they won in Blueberry countr...
• It will change from its extreme western orientation after this upcoming election and it will be the best thing for Canada.
• Harper is simply doing damage control here and hoping the population won't wake up the disaster this government really is before the bad news starts to hit. ...
• I'vre been an election bull since last spring as have most Liberal MP's. The party brain trust wanted a later fall election based on the upcoming bad news fo...
• Sure is making harper,the pig with lipstick, look good as the Libs start to pass him by in the polls. We will wave on the way by next month.
• Justin Trudeau will deliver the island of Montreal and increase the seat count there. His seat will be one of them along with Outremont and some off island. ...
• He has been so discredited I doubt he can win any seat under any banner. However, the greens are coming along and just may snag a seat or two. It all depends...
• Here's another reason not to consider Harper in this election with his views so closely aligned with Bush economically. We are going into difficult and the L...
• Niks poll.....look at it closely and you will see the numbers shake out much the same as other major pollsters except for Angus Reid whose poll is so slanted...
• Crop had the Tories 8% higher higher than they ACTUALLY finished days before the last election and were dead on for the Libs who they now have at around 24% ...
• 15 to 20% undecdided in a copuntry that votes 65/70% to the left is discouraging for who again? Jeeez You like to count the pollsters who are way off in...
• Once more,where are those 15 to 20 targetted Tory seats you spoke so assuredly about? Please enlighten us.
• At least I pinpoint my beliefs and don't spout BS with generalities like you do. My points are all studied and have been researched with people in the loop. ...
• you obviously mean tthe tory drop to 70 seats. the Libs have 110 in the bag and the rest depends on the Libs ability to sell their platform.Thery don't depe...
• Who are those "lot of people" that are liberal supporters who won't vote? The ones you dream up?...show us some pointed facts other than the gossip you hear...
• Its very obvious to all pollsters that Harper's popularity is very tenuous and is only high due to the attack ads the Tories have placed on Dion for the last...
• Where are the 15 to 20 seats? Simple question that doesn't need another anti liberal harangue to avoid answering the question. If you are going to come on he...
• 1. Common wisdom states the Libs are well ahead in all foiur byelections now underway and is a good part of the reasoning behind Harper's decision to break h...
• You have yet to counter with any facts......using undecideds as your goalpost tells me just how far out of touch you really are. Where are those 15 to 20 ...
• Its highly doubtful the left would unite in any form to defeat Harper and if they did they would simply be bribing each other to get their favorite legislati...
• There are no formal polls out on the byelections. The Libs have good internal polling on each riding and I was fortunate enough to get a summary of those pol...
• Where are your answers to my questions? Quit trying to hide behind other comments...simply tell us Show you arrived at your conclusions about 15 to 20 Tory g...
• Why is that not showing up in the polls? The tories are right at where they were last election. Our Friend O'Dowd does not see it that way and he lives right...
• I don't think she can delay the request unless the opposition petitions her to do so. Even then it might take a special session of paliament to pass such a m...
• save your breath...the garbage you write is not worth reading anymore and I won't do so and did not read or even scan the post above. You have proven to me y...
• Don had fewer votes in quebec last time and won more seats. You data base is way off base and you have no clue and simply spout garbage from your wet dream p...
• I'm not such an insider at all. I am simply a Liberal party member who does some volunter work and got to see a report sent to all Lib MP offices while I was...
• More garbage and not one bit of fact.
• I've answered every question about polls that I've seen.I can't be othered to read most of your garbage and won't anymore.
• You cannot analyze those ridings from your wet dream post. Let me tell you that you are very very wrong.in your amateur political scientist role.
• It wasn't a plurality in 2000 that won the day for the Bushites....LOL The Tories here want to do the same thing and bring Canada to her knees and \i hope...
• Sooner or later thanks to Harper the left will merge as it will need to for self preservation. That of course assumes Harper remains competitive which is a l...
• Here's a god management report on the Tories agriculture minister: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2008/08/30/gagliano-farm.html " Soudas said th...
• Keep slugging tiger...one day you'll hit a fair ball.
• And yet another analysis from the amazing foxer.....firstly the cons are going to win 15/20 more seats in the Quebec heartland, all of those bloc seats by de...
• Ronald, We all know Harper is desperate to go now for many obvious reasons. Things are going to get worse for the Tories rather than better over the coming f...
• Nik, thanks for providing this forum. Your comment is noted and I presume you will ask the same of some others unless you are biased against certain ideals. ...
• We all saw your analysis yesterday and now know how hopeless your case is. You are simply a lib hater and have no basis in fact for what you say. One day,unt...
• Show me the poll that points to 20 more seats in Quebec for the cons. I haven't seen one myself so please educate me.
• Your comment about a "bruised and battered" Liberal party is interesting. As of this weekend's polls the Libs are either tied of ahead of the opposition. Yes...
• Bernie, one thing to note is that the Star/Angus Reid poll was an online poll and not a specifically targetted one that most pollsters do on the phone where ...
• This article is one that should be of criticial interest of center leaning tories: http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/487996 "In his book Harper's Team...
• Bernie, here ar ethe results of the Ipsos Reid poll just before the last election which should give you further insight into their level of accuracy. .........
• ronald, Harper is the consummate power hungry type who thinks he alone can change the world. That makes him dangerous in the context of how I see our Country...
• Read up on CROP's history of accuracy both provincially and federally...they are never close. But go for it and put all your eggs in that basket. The real po...
• KEEP BACKING UP BUT DON''T HIT ANYTHING SHARP
• I'M FAR FROM UPSET...JUST TIRED OF READING YOUR GARBAGE THAT IS NOT BACKED UP BY ANYTHING BUT WET DREAMS AND CLAIMS TO BE EXPERT OPINION. I'M LYING BY THE ...
• Do you ever get tired of repeating your garbage.do you really beleive tha tthings will change by trying to beat it into everyone? give it up...you lost u...
• your explainations are interesting but outside of the natural bias you point out, it is obvious the Angus Reid survey is vitally different than most other po...
• Here is an article on polling from the US Forbes Magazine a bastion of Conservative thought. http://www.forbes.com/2008/09/01/election-early-polling-cx_090...
• that's my point as well rsharp. The fact this PM gets his marks by being an attack ad hero sure makes me want to vote for someone else. and, its another way ...
• larryl trying to communicate or debate with those two redencks is simply a waste of time. I notice that even other con supporters hardly talk to them. I now ...
• Dion always said the plan was't in it's final form and would be updared after meeting with voters all summer. He's just updating his plan and not pork barrel...
• larryl, fine tuning A proposal after consulting the population is the way democracy should function. If he was in government and didn't listen to anyone's op...
• larryl, the re is a column in today's national post by a John Moore who is a talk show host on one of Ontario's most conservative stations. His comment ab...
• They are the mutt and Jeff of the blog
• rsharp Its not disrespect its an ignorance that comes from being a con lover.
• rsharp, kudos for your astute judgement.
• dead on rsharp and I think that's why Harpeer's desperation move could have major backfire implications if the opposition can put their act together. He shou...
• larryl, I think foxer and MRM are potentially the same person with different aliases.
• rsharp trying to play the lower IQ game with the mutt and jeff team is a waste of time. Let them discuss Con liars bribers and thieves between them. thery ar...
• Lots of tories not running again...I see that Monte Solberg along with David Emerson and a few more are not running for the Harper desperation election. In t...
• rsharp...the only reason there are no criminal charges yet against any cons is the fact they have stonewalled the system with diversionary tactics. Haprer's ...
• The more we get into this election scenario the more your words ring true. The attack ads, the nice family man ads and the overall preparation that was done ...
• Frothing is part of the act...the fangs of liberal jealousy are even more pronounced.
• That ego is way too big to be anything more than a third party wannabe. Their platform has never ever been entertained by the vast majority of Canadians and ...
• rsharp one of the symptoms describing asbergers is this: " Intense preoccupation with a narrow subject," I think Mr Cutworth is not alone with that sympt...
• Bearing in mind that I do think Ipsos Reid is not the best pollster overall as the post above shows from the last election however I thought this latest toda...
• here's the link to that poll: http://www.ipsos-na.com/news/pressrelease.cfm?id=4059
• Who said your stuff is serious? I think it suffers from too much intensity.
• One of your "friends" opened his mouth and said the Libs could find candidates but that was just before dion introduced his two new western stars....a former...
• Those are absolutely brain dead observations coming from someone with blinders on. Firstly, polls out today suggest that Layton is going nowhere and Dion is...
• rsharp don't tdrink the poison koolaid being to you by mutt andf jeff. The Libs are not in that difficult position and a sfar a sI know the next report to EC...
• Robert O'Dowd here's the issue that will be played out in Southern Ontario. The mutt and jeff team here don't see the andwriting on the wall if the ;libs del...
• Also here's another piece from the Ipsos Reid poll: "So-called strategic voting was a key factor in the last two elections. The Conservatives' lead narrow...
• And here's the answer to mutt and jeff's ignorant rants about the Libs plane, spouting off as usual with no further research and simply hooking into Harpercr...
• You are so full of lies and innuendos that I had simply had to break my self imposed rule of not dealing with mutt and jeff. You can't even read real stas wi...
• Robert how can Harper bridge his political leanings with the centrist approach to Canada. He believes Quebec can go its own way,alberta should have walls aro...
• RSHARP the only right answer you will get from mutt and jeff is when they go silent. They are, simply put, pit bulls with no idea what they ae barking at. An...
• Taylor, Have you signed up for a tour of duty in Afghanistan yet?
• You do express a reasonable amount of ignorance...maybe due to your youth or your IQ. I have not yet decided which
• What did he not backup? Some of your stuff comes from outerspace and we have no backup from you.
• Just think Harper will also get a pension and he is also trying to break up Canada... a little differently perhaps but the result he wants is close to the sa...
• Ronald, I was simply pointing out how wrong the mutt and jeff team are in continuosly berating the Libs plane with the phoney info they were putting out...st...
• Only some lawyers...LOL
• I've suspected this of both mutt and jeff (mrm and foxer) in the past. They are simply too full of slanted facts to not be on the payroll. we should get Nik ...
• I also note how they seem to forget that Dion has an "etapist" or gradualist approach to things. He simply builds momentum over time. I hope 36 days fits his...
• Mutt, you are the mockery to the process........you think that by posting ten times more than anyone here people are being led to the lobster pot. You turn...
• hchristine.....it all came to account because Harper made sure the libs got well tainted over that scandal. They deserved some of that treatment but so does ...
• Reality man.....mut and jeff (foxer and jeff) live in a trashy mobile home park and are paid by the cons to put out as much anti liberal garbage as they can....
• Sorry I meant (foxer and MRM)

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

• While everyone is focused on the minutae of dirty politics Stephane Dion goes about his business in a steady focused approach. He knows that to get attention...
• Harper is so desperate for an election he is threatening to break his own election law. Hypocrite now gets added to liar briber and money launderer. This guy...
• While you're checking things out please advise us as to how much money Flaherty cost us with his income trust lies. Its much much more than $100MM.
• If Harper was so sure he could crushhim he wouldn't be mentioning Dion's name every day. You don't understand political speak. They attack from weakness they...
• BS it was a broken promise and the changes he made has made many many investors lose billions of dollars when they thought hey were investing in a very good ...
• Go back to disney land. The polls are calling you a LIAR.......seems like you read up on Harper too much. I'm outta here. Your nonsense is simply too much ...
• well Tom, thank the stars Libs are not led by Harper. Dion is doing a perfectly good job bringing the libs back to respectability and he does it with class a...
• "In fact - after an initial downturn, the stocks went up again and actually gained value. You have to remember - the existing ones were grandfathered. They'r...
• Yea the same old tory BS keeps coming along from mthe sa,me old warhorses and liars as they think repetition will make believers out of us.
• Gordo, The tories have been following the Taliban's governing principles and like them I guess. They act in similar fashion except for the beheadings which ...
• Last two polls out show the LIbs slightly ahead so how can you make up numbers like that......what a joke!!! Harper is running very hard now because he se...
• Tom, I think Dion is more than up for the blood sport called politics. He played the separatists like a fiddle during the debate over his separation legislat...
• Niks last poll was in June. Harris Decima was last week. Do you get the time frame difference yet? And even if they were off a little the fact remains they a...
• BS there isn't one current poll showing the Tories/reform ahead. you can't find one I bet. The word is CURRENT.
• I don't see the tory lovers here commenting on the fact Harper is trying the cover up of all cover ups by threatening to break his own law on election dates ...
• Gordo,My comment on beheadings was silly only to the point it won't really happen but my real reference was to Harper's approach to criminal justice and by i...
• It all depends on how Harper perceives the reception he's getting for threatening to break his own election date law and the fact he's probably running from ...
• BTW a review of Nik's polls this calendar year show the Libs and reform tied or with in one percent of each other. Being as we all agree he is the most accur...
• They are still afraid of the hidden agenda and will be more so if Harper attempts to pull the plug on his own. The attempt to avoid parliamnetary hearings on...
• Your logic is as perverse as you think mine is. I have one guiding issue in that I expect my govvernment to act ethically and to honor all of Canada and all ...
• The Liberals may have the perfect storm coming up. A desperate PM trying to hide from scandal, the economy not doing well and his personal popularity goi...
• Roanld O'Dowd........very good analysis. I think Harper is simply trying to survivve here and would in his worst case scenario the Libs would win a slender m...
• Correcting my slight errors does not make me a liar or briber. I post often from memory and the facts seem right at the time. Your so called review that t...
• Separation is no longer the BIG issue. It has been dying a slow death since 1995. Paraizeau and his cronies knew that was their last real chance at separatio...
• RBB...your blind side is showing again. The very fact Harper is desperatly trying to avoid facing parliament in a few weeks tells us all how guilty the party...
• Keep those wet dreams alive Foxer. I don't know what drugs you take but moderate them please. Harper cannot drive a trck through the green shift plan. He has...
• The June numbers included the one time hit for the Wireless spectrum licenses if I remember correctly. Flaherty just reduced his projections to 1.1% GDP grow...
• Interesting that not one of your fellow conservatives are jumping on board to attack your theory here. They remain attached to the attack ad theories of the ...
• Show us, old wise one, where the Tories are tied with the Libs in Ontario. Since I'm "always" wrong I'll wait for your seasoned answer. As for the scandal...
• Here you go buddy: http://www.reportonbusiness.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080822.wbudget0822/BNStory/Business/home "Friday's report showed Canada had a budg...
• By the way THE LATEST POLL OUT THAT I COULD FIND IS Harris Decima of Aug 14 and in Ontario the Libs are ahead 40 to31% and tied in Quebec. Overall in the las...
• As usual you are full of crap. Who says Ipsos is better than Decima Harris? The |psos Reid polls were the worst performers in the last election and Decim...
• Further to my last post please don't try and bullshit me. I know where guys like you come from and it ain't going to fly here.
• You're a dreamer and a bs artist. The stuff you portray as fact are as ethical as Harper is.
• Keep on trying with your ignorance and BS. I just proved you know nothing of actual happenings in the Liberal party. I know exactly why those candidates left...
• You simply try and outdo people here with stuff you think id pertinent. There are for instance other polls like Niks that have continuosly shown the two part...
• The two articles both clearly stared that a deficitr was just around the corner. But dream on...Flaherty is a known liar everyone knows a deficit is around t...
• You live your moment of truth and I will live mine. The real facts are that harper is running scared because his numbers are weak and the scandals are starti...
• Liars can figure but figures don't lie. The deficit is there already. Flaherty is a known liar and his history will be good election fodder in Ontari...
• the only traitor to Canada is one Stephen Harper. He has bribed(his Cadman lawsuit was simply issued to buy time);he has stolen an election (he is now stonew...
• He is about to be proven guilty of overspending and laundering funds during an election campaign. enough said.
• We are talking present tense here. Chretien is no longer PM and deserves not to be. The current incumbent did not deserve to win. He stole an election with l...
• Harper will set the bar even higher...he is the most unethical PM in living memory.
• How come you don't mention Mulroney who was my previous hero as the most unethical PM. He even took cash while in office. Harper would eventually get to that...
• Dion will be the next PM and we will likely celebrate 2009 with the next great PM. Harper is dead meat. Dion just keeps on coming and distracts Harper no end...
• Sorry to correct you once again, but its the facist wing of the tory party that needs to be rebuilt. Dion is doing a fine job rebuilding the party from amj...
• I see Dion is now sitting tight and defying Harper to call an election before meeting parliament. His refusal to meet Harper's terms and timing is good pol...
• Ronald, why is Harper not allowing the parliamentary commission to hold its hearings as designed. if the Tories were clean this would come out in the hearings.
• Sorry to disagree once more. The PM passed a law that fixed the election dates every four years UNLESS THE GOVERNMENT IS DEFEATED IN PARLIAMENT. With all...
• Who will replace Harper when he goes down in the election?
• QUIT AVOIDING THE ANSWER...He could lose and he woud quit on the spot if he did. Just answer the question. Harper is only about two points ahead at best so h...
• the fact there is no one in the wings makes me feel even better. when harper goes down it will take the CPC a long long time to regroup. I can't wait for the...
• Sources today have told me the byelection polls are all trending towards 4 Liberal wins and that was the last straw for Harper. The economy is going down, th...
• More BS from you I see or else you only read some local Tory rag where you live. This article clearly shows what the majority of on line voters think. http:...
• Accordng to news reports this PM Emerson is not going to run in the election. That's a big hurt in his cabinet and one the Libs can play up pretty nicely.
• I think you need to slow down the meds. I was not quoting any polls but simply an article in the TO Star that refutes your on line polling. CROP has never...
• On some pages around 21 or 22 the crop poll list their numbers just prior to each election going back to 2001 I believe. Check the results and do the same fo...
• Here's a good rumour floating around Ottawa right now: Wednesday, August 27 Suppose Dion Pulls A Fast One "I want the cheese toast, the escargot, a doze...
• Part two: Dinner-mate nods, the cheese bread arrives, and the two chit-chatters each grab a slice of bread and begin chewing. Crumbs fall onto clothing, fin...
• Ronald,The Liberals are being very quiet all of a sudden. I think there are some things going on internally with them. Perhaps a constitultional lawyer readi...
• green shift is all about that move to the left by the Libs. They need to coral more of the left wing vote they used to have and can do so as the dippers need...
• No one is going to slow down tar sands production. The Alberta is hell bent on letting market forces dictate the pace. They of course can slow things down wi...

Both Harper and Dion face greater risks than their rhetoric suggests (Nanos Sun Column) (2008-07-21)

• Good post. In ontario the Conservatives are peppering mailboxes with little black and white commentaries on their actions sent to Liberal ridings by Tory...
• Graham, Dion just keeps on going like the famous battery. He knows he needs to build his consenus one vote at a time and he is working on that. His team has ...
• Tom, there is a lot of truth to what you say and lawrence Martin has a good piece in today's G&M. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.2008...
• Bernie, two things. the Liberals are not afraid to promote their plan but this is a "beta" version that will be smoothed out by the time an election comes o...
• Tom, governng as liberal conservatives is the right prescription for Canada. However, I don't see Harper moving in that direction and if he does he might wel...
• westerner, Dion can definitely be the best friend the west has because unlike the Tories he will stand up to the US when they start telling us how to clean u...
• Jan,The greatest deceiver today in all of canada is Stephen Harper. Why do you think traditional conservative voters are sitting on their hands. They see the...
• Tom , another good post and very valid points. The aboriginal apology Harper made was done on behalf of all Canadians ans was forced on him by a parliamentar...
• TN, add to your points the fact that Harper is running a nice surplus, that was being used to reduce our national debt, into the ground with fairly meaningle...
• Gerryl, that is the way Canadians are starting to see it as well. Dion's slow start didn't make it seem likely but now that he's catching fire the world is u...
• Harper is destroying equalization in favour of dismantling many of the central themes that has seen Canada develop into a very good Country through national ...
• Let's see now...I will tease you with a couple and put out posts later that outline that AGENDA 1. the dismantling of equalization payments as designed. H...
• Westerner, Its good to see you agreeing with ursus. I was starting to think you might be some right wing nut bar. Ha ha.
• westerner, just ask yourself where most of the GH's are produced in Canada (outside of the PMO) and you will soon see the logic of Green shift. it won't puni...
• Nigel, Dream on. Jack Layton is such a failure he won't even cover hs tracsk from the ast election let alone grow his number of seats. His tacit support of H...
• I wonder how the US election will affect Harper's copycat policies since its unlikely his parent party is going to win. It may also change the dynamics o...
• Layton was sitting back waitng for Dion to call non confidence on several issues and then he was going to announce his support for the government to embarras...
• The NDP will not elect one member from Quebec in the next election. The leanings they have now are parked votes more than anything else
• Almost every equalization payment to provinces was for use in national programs such as medicare. The provinces always wan tthe money w/o strings but then yo...
• 25% of all voters out there are Liberals
• I sure can make them. The liberals may not know how much GHG's will be reduced at teh outset but they will be measured and actions taken to improve the reduc...
• http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080722.winout0722/BNStory/National/home "OTTAWA — The Conservative Party shifted thousands of dollars i...
• So what...55% of all Quebeckers work in government at different levels and they don't vote as a block .
• Yea but all Harper and his environment have done is blow more hot toxic air around for two years and nothing has actually been done about GHG reductions..
• Shows how little you do know for a westerner. I know for an absolute fact that two of Alberta's wealthiest people are Liberals. One owns a hockey team and th...
• Tom , no system is perfect for a country like Canada that is the dream destination of hundreds of millions in other lands. However, you are correct that once...
• Nigel, that is exactly what he wants to achieve. He and flaherty want to dismantle Ottawa piece by piece give the provinces whatever they want, leaving the b...
• Foxer,Yep his overall 30% number is sure an increase!!! Most people now think he's behind the Liberals at this point in time.
• PETRO CANADA THE WHOLE WESTERN FORESTRY INDUSTRY CNRL OPTI ETC. BTW I NEVER SAID I KNEW THE RICH LIBERALS...I KNOW WHO THEY ARE...A BIG DIFFERENCE FR...
• HOPE, the lying tories have fooled us more than once and thir polls are starting to show it. I think the income trust lie and flip flop is one of the biggest...
• Speaking of scare tactics...what are attack ads? Harper is a drag on the economy. His policies are leading us into a deficit. his finance minister is a li...
• Its better than your research because I work in these industries and see the pork. This article may also be of interest to the western whiners: http://w...
• they were not going to reduce it. They were simply going to cancel it but mulroney left us in such bad shape the Libs needed the money for the country to sur...
• westerner,Why is it the Libs are pulling ahead these days.........must be voters with no intellect.
• Keep watching and weep. Harper will be down to 25% by year end
• Give us the per capita stats you are crowing about.
• Which ones...I said the libs would move ahead and they are..prove me wrong.
• larryl...dropping your self to that lowest common denominator is a waste of your time. Just enjoy the discussion time here, ignoring the main basher; you kno...
• It looks as though we'll see pretty soon if Dion has any momentum going as Harper is going to call three by elections for September 2. Two in Quebec and one ...
• Those numbers do not factor in the fact that Ontario is home to around 60%( I think) of canada's immigrants who either land there or move there. This brings ...
• that Montreal riding will never vote NDP. There are pockets in that riding where NDP type voters do live but in general its a typical anglo saxon Liberal bas...
• Wrong again on the nuclear front. The gal that was fired was the regulator and was simply following the rules she was given. The fact that nuclear safety is ...
• Funny how his so called list of achievements has not garnered any love form Canada's voters. The fact remains is that his government has screwed up moe thing...
• Announcmentds and actual action are two different things with liars like harper. I asked whenthe contracts were awarded and to whom?
• From foxer: "If the NDP is going to take what i believe to be it's rightful place as a true opposition party and the 'conscience of canada' in parliament in...
• Foxer: "I don't think you realize how dangerous the situation is for the libs right now. They could actually be wiped off the political face of the map next...
• Foxer: "Everybody is 'barely holding their own'. The libs are down only a point or so, the cpc is pretty much where it was last election," Right there yo...
• Foxer, that whole post is pure nonsense. I think larryl has you running for cover
• Foxer: "And one thing is absolutely the truth - seperatist sentiment in Canada goes DOWN, not UP, when the CPC is in power. The liberals almost destroyed th...
• Correction: I believe the 36% Chretien majority may have been in the last election he fought.
• More Foxer brain twisters: "For heaven's sake man - the majority of the provinces and territories have come out AGAINST his plan. " Of course you sort of...
• Foxer brain fart: "Uhh - the cpc wasn't even around for 'meech'. Geez - you're not easily confused, are ya :)' Most mergers that I know of build on the h...
• dead on larryl.... and we should deal with the ignorance proffered here by some with stoney silence. blacklist: MRM FOXER
• One of the issues Nik said was a potentially large problem for Tories going into the fall is about to hit them finally. After trying to dodge the bullet and ...
• larryl, that's right the tories are running scared on this one. they know the implications are that they are not honest, not accountibile and just plsain dev...
• http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=677604 It looks as thought the shift in manufacturing jobs out of Canada has distorted where immigr...
• http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=680060 "The federal government has posted a budget deficit of $500-million for the first two months of the 2008...
• Further comment from the G&M: "On Friday, the government said it posted a deficit of $517-million for April and May, the first two months of the fiscal yea...
• http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/467666 larryl, this is my take on how the tories are trying to back out of the Cadman mess. If they can somehow...
• Right on Tom, we should be investing our troops in border and internal security along with the elimination of criminal types involved in the poppy trade. ...
• Larryl, Here is what HARPER'S DENIALS are costing us as taxpayers. You won't see that from the deadhead right wing nut bars. "Another major court case la...
• Tom, without agreeing or disagreeing with your Afghanistan thoughts, what are the alternatives to soldiers from civilized nations taking over a country that ...
• larryl, you know as well as I that the military "expert" must have permanent shrapnel woulnds and is incapable of making those types of rationale decisions
• The tory rhetoric in Ontario is picking up with major announcements this past week and the showing off ministers like Clement and Flaherty on the BBQ circuit...
• Tom, The UN did nothing when Rwanda and then Sudan committed atrocious acts of genocide. They did nothing in Bosnia. And the security council as a sum total ...
• larryl, that guy is a cancer here and is best ignored. He has produced mor elies and innunedos and slanted pieces than people on any other blog I see.
• larryl, Again, the best approach to posters like that is to totally ignore them.
• larryl, some types of ignorance are incurable.
• Tom, of course you must be wrong to suggest that more troops won't help. Our fearless foreign minister has jsut announced two hundred more troops for the Afg...
• larryl, goes to show how politically astute the other poster when he doesn't know one of the main political shows on TV is " Question Period" on CTV every Su...
• People seem to be forgetting that the Greens and the Liberals have a cooperation pact that we will see unfold in the next election. The libs are not running...
• larryl, as usual foxer is using his left coast nonsense as logic. The greens are drawing their votes from every part of the political spectrum but the fact r...
• larryl, as usual foxer is using his left coast nonsense as logic. The greens are drawing their votes from every part of the political spectrum but the fact r...
• Tom, Harper's numbers are falling fast in Ontario and somewhat in Quebec. Harper needs an election to stem those losses even if it means he become opposition...
• Tom, the very fact Harper's minions are now out in force talking about autonomy in Quebec is just more icing on the cake. Dion can ace that by simply adding ...
• I'm well aware of all of them which is why I want Harper gone now.
• The CBC brings great pleasure to a larger number of the population. To assume the network is full of Liberal hacks is just another backroom Harper spin on th...
• One more reason the Libs haven't pushed for an election before now is the way Harper and his mighty midget are running the economy which took a downwards tur...
• The CBC is even more useful now than it was many years ago. The advent of satellite TV has made the CBc even more available and ths continue to seed Canadian...
• Here's one that has backfire written all over it as Harper once again screws up in Quebec with attempts at bribery of the voting public. This was written by ...
• Ronald, I think you are forgetting some things that are happening vis a vis Dion. He has come across as a straight shooter, something Quebeckers like. He is ...
• I simply think that when polls start reappearing later this month the Libs will show marked improvement. The green shift is a hit with left wing voters which...
• Here's one more reason to fear populist conservative type politicans. While the article is about the current US financial disaster it also plays to one of my...
• You sound like a whining tory with your Trudeau rhetoric. If you closely at all western Countries in that era you will note they all had tremendous deficits ...
• larryl, I'm not into conspiracy theories. I leave those for people with larger imaginmations than I have.
• Spin spin spin and lies
• Here's another very likely backfire for Harper; http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/474185 "The latest Liberal court filings include an affidavit ...
• The spin is in Quebec where they are laughing at being bribed for their votes once again by Harper and his numbers are slipping there still. Harper's court...
• I presume you all remember Flaherty the liar saying our economy was fine and would withstand the US downturn.......GUESS WHAT.....he lied again. http://w...
• The Tory bully boys won't shake their reputation now. Findlay trying to take the commons inquiry off their game has highlighted the real tories we have in po...

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

• Nik, I keep reading stuff here, and many other blogs and media, about Dion and his green shift and it appears to me that he is getting sufficient press to h...
• While this is not directly related to Nik's poll, The TO Star has a feature article today outlining the results that might be expected with increased minimum...
• I've been reading this blog for some time now and the rabid dog tory label still comes to mind. Your opinions are simply anti Liberal everything and in reali...
• You know very little about what is going on in Quebec. your comments are what you read in the press. The voters in Quebec have baffled the experts for years ...
• You blew your cover with this statement: "People in quebec have historically backed those they believe are going to win." And the bloc votes over several...

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

• In the past when the Liberals needed to move further left to win elections they hurt the NDP pretty badly. Now, with the Greens who are somewhat to the left ...