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Old 08-05-2015, 12:27 PM   #206
John Doe
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Originally Posted by wingmaker View Post
I find it funny that Mulcair is the one getting roasted for this. Harper started all of this by refusing to take part in the traditional debate format and instead hand picking the debates that suit his timing and his agenda. For Mulcair and Trudeau they are damned if they do, damned if they don't. They either conform to Harper's choices or they debate amongst themselves in addition to debating Harper, opening themselves up to the conservatives picking apart the extra debates and slamming them after the fact. Debates are highly volatile events that can swing either in your favour or out of it very quickly.
That would be risky on the part of the Conservatives. It could work out the way you described, or it could emphasis the perception that they are hiding something and that they only care about a select portion of Canadians.

That said, I think that all bets are off is there is a profound shift in the polling. If that were to happen I would expect that the willingness to attend the debates would change signifianctly.
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