It's interesting that the majority word keeps coming back. The EKOS poll plus the latest Nanos would indicate that it would be pretty out of reach. This 'ground game' arguement just doesn't sit well with me. I think what held people back from voting NDP in the past was that they didn't have a realistic chance to form government or enact change so people switched back to the Liberals in the final 24 hours or didn't vote, but now the roles have reversed.
The only reason I can see a pull back from NDP vote, is that they are much less refined policywise and candidatewise. It's easy to point at the Liberal platform and see where there is overlap, but when you look at the NDP candidates and what they have said in the past it's hard to imagine that they will get things right policywise. Example: As someone who works in Oil and Gas, how would you believe that the NDP would set up a cap and trade system that wasn't extremly biased against the industry? Their leader is on record chiding us as price gougers, while at the same time campaigns as the friend of the blue collar factory worker, whose plants belch CO2 just the same and also require cheap energy as a means of production. I just have a hard time believing that the policy end of their platform will be executed in a fair manner.
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