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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
It is a waste when politicians are acting in their own selfish interests rather than those of the people they claim to represent. Democracy is a valuable exercise, but there is no indication that the public was opposed to the status quo when the American Tourist decided to force an election.
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First let me give you the obligatory
about the tourist comment.
Next let me point out that they're all acting in their own selfish interests. If they weren't this election was easily avoided; just work with the other parties in parliament and engage in a little give and take.
That being said, maybe there are some elements of the "be careful of what you wish for" element taking place?
First there is a poll from Nanos (
www.nikonthenumbers.com which I think mykalberta referenced as a great resource). He has a post today with a leadership index where Harper has fallen from 32 to 24 percent this week. Not a good number....who knows if that continues to hold.
The other is an Ekos poll that talks about the direction of the government as compared to the direction of the country. These figures are starting to slide for the government as well....again who knows if this continues to hold, or whether its useful as a bell-weather in general. If I was running the CPC campaign though and polls were showing a decline in the belief that the government is headed in the right direction (and them polling about 7-8% lower than whether the country was headed in the right direction) I would be a little bit concerned.