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Originally Posted by Blaster86
I still can't see a Conservative majority. People aren't as "afraid" of Harper and his Pro-Bush stance as they were four years ago, but I suspect people still have him on a shorter leash just because of his opinion of Bush and the party he runs with.
Part of the problem is that he is so uncharismatic and because of that he has a hard time soothing over the undecideds who lean to the left or center. He is like that strange uncle you first meet when you are three or four years old. He's family and he won't kill you, but just to be safe, you know he probably won't do anything to hurt you if you keep a bit of distance from him.
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The question has to be, does the Bush agenda or pro america even count anymore. If you follow Ignatieff's statements while he was living in the U.S. he came across as a far more pro bush hardliner then Harper ever has. So if people are going to judge Harper on perceived political ideology (He's a conservative, he must be for Bush), then you also have to judge Ignatieff based on actual statements.
You can no longer say Harper would have taken us to war in Iraq without also balancing that Iggy was calling for Canada to get involved in Irag.
I think political beliefs are going to take a back seat in this election due to these two leaders being pretty close in terms of belief.
Here's hoping that there's not an election, because I still can't see any issues that are worth toppling this government over.