Sunday, September 14, 2008

Blue Majority Maybe....

These aren't very good numbers for Dion and he'll have to step it up if he expects to give the Tories a race. Simply put the debate will now be one of the last opportunities for Dion to turn his image around for the average Joe. If he can't prove to Canadians during the debate that he has what it takes to run the Country then I think he'll have a hard road ahead. Dion has to figure out how to relate to the average Canadian with less of an academic approach and talk about the economics of one’s pocketbook. Although our environment is important there are many other issues particularly the economy that have our electorates attention and he should focus on this in layman’s terms showing some confidence in how he would approach the weathering financial storms ahead. It’s funny how timing is but I think if we had Mr. Martin leading the Liberals this time around they would have a chance...on the local front I hear there were only 65 people at Wayne Easter's kickoff rally which seems very low...also the Tories are convinced they have Egmont sewn up and I'm not disagreeing at this point..
Poll suggests leadership emerging as challenge for Dion
The Canadian Press OTTAWA — Liberal Leader Stephane Dion’s failure to connect with Canadians is emerging as a critical factor in the federal election and a key challenge for the Liberals entering the second week of the campaign, a new poll suggests. A week’s worth of media exposure coupled with TV ads designed to replace Dion’s cool professorial persona with that of a hockey-loving outdoorsman appear to have made little difference, a new Canadian Press Harris-Decima poll suggests. The Liberal effort may have made Dion even less likable to Canadians. The gap between his popularity and that of Prime Minister Stephen Harper — or even NDP Leader Jack Layton — is wider than ever.And in an apparent acknowledgment of declining Liberal fortunes, a senior Tory campaign official said the Conservatives will be shifting their focus more on the NDP, and to a lesser extent the Green party, in British Columbia and Saskatchewan. “The challenge for the Liberals appears to rest squarely on Mr. Dion,” Harris-Decima president Bruce Anderson said Sunday. “If he continues to be the only leading voice of the Liberal party, aside from (his) team, the choice for him is between whether or not to go negative and take the fight to Stephen Harper, or ... improve his likability.” The Conservatives believe Dion’s personal numbers are “driving down overall Liberal ballot support.” The poll, a survey of 1,393 adults across Canada conducted Sept. 10 through Sept. 13, found Dion’s negatives increasing slightly during the first week of campaigning, with little corresponding uptick in positives. In the case of Harper, the survey suggests precisely the opposite: that Canadians ended the week with more positive impressions of the prime minister than negative ones — a sign that a barrage of sweater-clad television ads designed to soften the Conservative leader’s sharp edges have largely worked. At week’s end, 52 per cent of respondents said they had a positive feeling about Harper, compared to 34 per cent for Dion. Fifty-five per cent reported negative feelings about Dion, compared to 40 per cent for Harper. The poll is considered accurate to within plus or minus 2.6 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I think everyone is feed up with governments who say anything to win an election and deliver very little. People may not be showing up at these functions because they are concerned how they will make the next payment or provide heat for their homes. You can't fill your new $2,000 oil tank on empty promoses. Lets ask the hard qusetions to those who come knocking at the door and make them accountable.

Anonymous said...

I think everyone is feed up with governments who say anything to win an election and deliver very little. People may not be showing up at these functions because they are concerned how they will make the next payment or provide heat for their homes. You can't fill your new $2,000 oil tank on empty promoses. Lets ask the hard qusetions to those who come knocking at the door and make them accountable.

Anonymous said...

Some suggest the new GST (Green Shift Tax) was devised by Liberals keen on orchestrating a collosal loss by wee Dion.

It makes sense, who after all runs on a platform no one understands or can embrace as it sounds a lot like:'vote for me and I'll give you some new taxes.'

It has to be a Liberal brass conspiracy to dump Dion.

Iggy to the rescue or maybe the shiny new dashing egocentric 'Justin' !