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Originally Posted by the_only_turek_fan
Should be interesting. Not trying to be sexist or racist, but the station will need a woman and some minorities to appeal to the Toronto crowd if they want to try and achieve that.
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Krista Erickson leaves CBC and is rumoured to be on her way to the new Quebecor station. Story and pic is here.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...rticle1603372/
We're not as deeply divided as the US is right now. It is totally polarized there. There is no discourse, only political jingoism.
I don't think I would agree with that to a large degree.
About 40% of the electorate would rarely if ever vote Tory and one-quarter would rarely if ever vote Liberal or NDP.
There's about one-third of Canadians in there who could be convinced to vote one way or the other. They represent the real prize.
It seems like a regional thing.
In the USA, it's about 40% for each of the Republicans and Democrats, never voting for the other side. About 20% to one-third could be convinced to change sides. Even Obama's "landslide" wasn't exactly epic.
In Canada, we've seen both the Liberals and Tories wiped out once in a generation as a result of epic scandals but it's still a pretty rare event. Generally, people are pretty entrenched.
As a sidenote, an amusing story in the Washington Post today notes Hillary Clinton is now consistently about 10% to 15% ahead of Obama in approval ratings.
Cowperson