With members of the Liberal Party now defying Ignatieff's "pillowy soft" whip on a Liberal opposition day motion, will the unity cracks start to show in the Liberal caucus? Today we witnessed the first pebble in the windshield, and this weekend Iggy departs for his Thinkers Conference for which his caucus was not deemed worthy. I'm sure all those MPs appreciate the slight of not being considered thinkers, especially when the stated purpose of the conference is to build party policy! Where's the party? They are holding a policy convention without the rank and file. That's awesome!
So my latest poll question is a list of ten Liberal MPs in either vulnerable seats, or palatable for membership in the Tory family. You may select multiple answers. With today's defiance of the whip, are we going to start seeing more MPs speak out about their frustration with how Dosangh and Rae have handled the Afghanistan file? When they caught him for a scrum in the Commons, Iggy was embarrassed and snarky. Then when hit with questions from the French media about whether or not it was embarrassing, Iggy Pop muddled through a nonsensical answer before quickly spinning around and high tailing it out of the foyer.
I gotta say, today was a great day and I have a lust for life! The Liberal caucus is running against the whip.
Terry Milewski just blamed the fall of the Liberal motion on the Conservatives, and said Harper started this whole debate by making saving women's lives in the third world a priority.
ReplyDeleteDid you notice how glazed his eyes looked when he said that. Wonder if he was put in a trance and told what to say. He never explained why liberal MPs voted against their whip, or why Derrik Lee left just before the vote, or where the other liberals were during the vote.
ReplyDeleteGuess he just couldn't bring himself to admit the truth, several liberal MPs support PMSH.
wilson said "Keith Martin barely won his seat with 68 votes last time, why should Conservative candidate Troy DeSouza move aside?"
ReplyDeleteI would accept Keith Martin back into the party, but I agree with wilson. I am a fan Troy DeSouza.
Check out Pundits Guide and use the filter 5% I get 42 seats.
ReplyDeleteGoto 2008 General Election,than queries many categories.
close contest, close 3 way race etc.
http://punditsguide.ca/elections_e.php?elec_event=22
Remember the money and difficulty in financials?
It is important that is why political subsidy is a confidence matter for opposition. They can't afford to lose it.
As a campaign issue it will help the CPC to point out the reliance of taxpayers funding for the Bloc 87%