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Originally Posted by Slava
I agree...and it still could be jumping the gun. It is interesting though!
It puts voters like me and a lot of centrists in the political wilderness if it happens. It means that the NDP/Lib would be pretty far left and then a huge gap (where I actually think most voters are) then the CPC.
I'm torn on whether the support for the NDP holds; one would expect it to drop come Monday by 5-7% at least. Then again every news channel leads with the NDP surge and how great Jack Layton is doing....that is pretty powerful in terms of convincing the undecideds I would think?
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The Liberal and Conservative GOTV machines are infinitely more powerful than the Dippers in these swing ridings, I would think. Basically, I would guess that this massive surge in support was not foreseen by the NDP. It's just too bizarre. Polls are one thing, but they mean nothing until the votes are counted.
Really though, this country would honestly be destroyed with Layton as PM. Can you imagine? I think an intriguing possibility is that the Conservatives/Liberals get together like the British Tories and Lib Dems did in the last UK General Election. The problem is the mutual antagonism that goes back at least 2 generations.