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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
And because its really his only policy, Harper is going to focus on picking it apart over two nights of debates. I almost expect to see a Brian Mulroney/John Turner style knockout punch from Harper at the debates.
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It's a possibility. He has a policy that can not be explained in a short sound bites, and the debate format is still short sound bites of information where people are listening for several key points and ideas every time a leader opens their mouth. I read somewhere the other day that he was asked in a Q&A session to explain the Green shift and it took him over 3 minutes to do so and still no one listening understood what he meant. That is not a good sign. He better get a handle on it or he will be in real trouble because while everyone will be looking to go after Harper you can bet Layton and May are going to save some ammo for Dion as that is where their votes are going to come from.
But the other factor in this for the majority of the country is that he really does have a hard time getting his point across in English. Even on the simplest of ideas. I don't doubt he has a good brain in his head but he can't get those thoughts out in a consistently coherent manner. Reading some of his quotes and listening to some o fhis sound bites can be dizzying. WHe reminds me of that extremely aggravating prof that you knew was brilliant but who could not teach a class or get a point across to save his life. From day 1, I was shocked the Liberal party elected him as their leader.
That said, the Conservatives have to hold it together for another 4 weeks and realyl you never know when they might shoot themselves in the foot...repeatedly.