Is the culture war backfiring? Everyone was talking this past week about Iggy's poor approval numbers, and that in this past year half the people that approved of Iggy a year ago no longer support him. Even Frank Graves was prepared to throw Iffy Flop under the bus. Chantal Hebert is now speculating that Chretien is negotiating a new coalition treaty with Ed Broadbent (the kind of negotiation usually reserved for party leaders). It is increasingly clear that the Liberals need a coalition to have any chance to assume power, but will they campaign on it or thrust it upon us in the cover of night?
What everyone is saying is that Iggy has fallen below even Dion's ceiling. Just over one year ago the Liberals were at 37% in the polls. Since the culture war, they are down to 25%. Iggy has been bleeding support. I suppose that's what happens when you wage a public opinion war against our troops and turn every piece of news into a major controversy. The more you cry wolf, the less the townsfolk respond. Now they are stuck in a new abyss such that if a wolf actually comes and they find a winning issue, few outside Taber and O'Malley are likely to listen.
Good post, Iceman. The long litany of Opposition faux-scandal-mongering, from Olympic logos to unequal application of stimulus funding to abortion have moved them nowhere but down. It amazes me they continue with this strategy.
ReplyDeleteIn our own private lives, don't we prefer to listen to people who are positive and upbeat? It's human nature to complain about things from time to time, but eventually we stay away from people who are always negative. Why do the Liberals think that being downers all the time will attract voters to them?
Cheers, NS