A former NDP war room boss is speculating today at the Globe and Mail that the wheels are already in motion for a fall election. His hypothesis is that the Tories are "enjoying" their latest poll results of 31% and are eager to take that to the electorate. This NDP strategist thinks that Mr. Harper is at risk of losing to Ignatieff; therefore Mr. Harper should want to go to the polls to take advantage of his own alleged weakness. Then he says that there might be a "double-dip recession, which Conservative fiscal policy would make worse"; curious choice of words considering that Conservative fiscal policy made our performance through the "first dip" one of the best in the industrialized world. His opinion published at the Globe and Mail where Jane Taber sets the agenda, states that Censusgate proves that the Prime Minister and his strategists are ideologues who are trying "to pursue a less incremental revolution in this progressive country they despise so much."
Yes, this op-ed at the Globe claims that the Prime Minister despises Canada. This is what qualifies as quality opinion at the Globe and Mail, the same glorious news organization who brought us "kill Stephen Harper, kill him dead" care of Scott Reid. If there is going to be an election, it is more likely to be triggered by the opposition. The Tories aren't polling high enough to possibly be intending to bring themselves down before this government's second birthday. The leader of the Liberal party has instructed his MPs to prepare for a fall election, according to Susan Delacourt. If this minority government is under the threat of collapse, it is coming from the opposition, not the government.
It should also be noted that the author of this op-ed at the Globe is also the author of a book "How we almost gave the Tories the boot" and the author claims to have suffered from post traumatic stress disorder after his NDP coalition coup failed in Dec 2008. On the flip side, I likely would have experienced some sort of psychological trauma had the coup been successful, so it all comes out in the wash.
Fall seculation, Winter speculation, Spring speculation, back to fall speculation.....
ReplyDeleteGetting kind of repetitious by now.
I'm sure PM Harper would give his life for this country - would Iggy?
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I'm sure Obama wouldn't step up to the plate, either.
The idea that some NDP strategist thinks that Mr. Harper is in danger of losing to the Iggomaniac demonstrates just how out of touch with reality this party is. If my neighbour's cat was PM it could probably mop the floor with Iggy.
ReplyDeletepffff Topp is an NDP strategist,
ReplyDeleteand everything he says is just part of a game to win Dippers more seats and negotiate a better deal with Iffy.
If he praised Iffy (he sure has not been in the recent past),
LibDips are done negotiating and commencing with the plan.
Harper's fixed election law is a joke.
ReplyDeleteFixed election dates, Anonymous, apply ONLY TO MAJORITY gov'ts. There can be no fixed election dates with a minority gov't. The Opposition can call a vote of non-confidence over a bill at any time. Educate yourself.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous never educate themselves.That is why they stay cowardly anon,s.They stay in the background and open their BIG no nothing LIBERAL mouths and puke up a few words of slime,then slither back under their anonymous rocks.
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