[Bruce_the_vii]

Any predictions? He has gone from having the charm of a new face as a brilliant American import to a boring Joe Clark type in about a year. Is he going to sit there and maintain his 75 -85 seats. Is he going to make some blunders and drop lower? Is he going to fade away as mediocre? Will his team come up with some credible ideas and save the day? Is he going to try dressing up in ladies underwear? I personally don't think he has the horsepower to improve. I don't see him as particularly informed, analytical or a natural leader. What thinks the court. What's the best line you have heard.

[OnTheIce]

A year? He was boring right from the start....

And if he hasn't yet formed a decent agenda yet, I wouldn't hold much hope for the import.

[Bruce_the_vii]

Hmmm, yeah. You might be right there.

[Bruce_the_vii]

OnTheIce wrote:

A year? He was boring right from the start....

And if he hasn't yet formed a decent agenda yet, I wouldn't hold much hope for the import.

Michael Ignatieff became leader over a year ago and people gave him the benefit of the doubt. Then he didn't perform and he dropped in the polls. However the pundits said there's a difference between opinion and judgement and we haven't arrived at a judgement of Michael Ignatieff. I think OnTheIce is on the mark. The guy is not going to improve. The prognosis is a hung Parliament for the time being.

[Bruce_the_vii]

The Liberals continue to sink in the polls with Ignatieff as leader. In April they were down to 25% while the Conservatives nudged up to 36%. Disasterous Liberal Leader Stephan Dion took 28% of the vote in his election.

In addition Ingatieff is behind Jack Layton in polls as to who would make the best Prime Minister, in a poll on trusted Canadians Ignatieff barely showed up and Liberal Party fund raising is faltering. I have letters from two front bench Liberals with diplomatic langauge to the effect that Ignatieff doesn't listen to them at all.

People that follow politics have nothing good to say about him. One line in the Toronto Star was he has no policy yet, in fact hasn't even told a story so far. Politics is entertainment in part, it's a blood sport like hockey, and Ignatieff is barely familiar with the rules.

Excellent, I have some selfinterest in this, I want the Liberals to embrace my unpublished book so it sells, and there's a glimmer of hope.

http://www.cbc.ca/politics/story/2010/0 ... -poll.html

[Bruce_the_vii]

this is political forum, right. just about zero interest in this post, in Ottawa at this time

[K4N4DI4N]

He doesnt need an agenda, the globalists have already formulated it for him. What do you think he was doing abroad for all those years.. being groomed for the Prime Ministers seat.. you wait and see, I predict he is one of the next PM's in a G.W Bush style win.. seriously.

[Bruce_the_vii]

I was out with my drinking buddies from my old political forum and I asked them what should be done about Ignatieff. One wag's thought was they should put him on a national tour, show him around, and that would pretty much finish him off, lol.

[bootlegga]

Well, I don't see an election anytime soon, not with the Guergis-Jaffer stuff going on...

Quote:

Two major parties dip below 30% in latest poll


The Canadian Press Harris-Decima survey indicates support for Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservatives slipped to 29 per cent amid the furor over the Guergis-Jaffer affair.

That's the first time in a year that the governing party has dipped below the 30 per cent threshold.

But the beneficiary this time was not the Liberals — who usually gain when Tories lose ground and vice versa. Indeed, the Liberals were stalled at 27 per cent.

Rather, it was the New Democrats who rose three points to 20 per cent — a level of support the party hasn't enjoyed since shortly after the last election in October 2008.

[OnTheIce]

bootlegga wrote:

Well, I don't see an election anytime soon, not with the Guergis-Jaffer stuff going on...

Quote:

Two major parties dip below 30% in latest poll


The Canadian Press Harris-Decima survey indicates support for Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservatives slipped to 29 per cent amid the furor over the Guergis-Jaffer affair.

That's the first time in a year that the governing party has dipped below the 30 per cent threshold.

But the beneficiary this time was not the Liberals — who usually gain when Tories lose ground and vice versa. Indeed, the Liberals were stalled at 27 per cent.

Rather, it was the New Democrats who rose three points to 20 per cent — a level of support the party hasn't enjoyed since shortly after the last election in October 2008.

Do you honestly think Canadians in general give a shit about a former MP and his MP wife that much?

It's not even on the radar.

[PublicAnimalNo9]

OnTheIce wrote:

bootlegga wrote:

Well, I don't see an election anytime soon, not with the Guergis-Jaffer stuff going on...

Quote:

Two major parties dip below 30% in latest poll


The Canadian Press Harris-Decima survey indicates support for Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservatives slipped to 29 per cent amid the furor over the Guergis-Jaffer affair.

That's the first time in a year that the governing party has dipped below the 30 per cent threshold.

But the beneficiary this time was not the Liberals — who usually gain when Tories lose ground and vice versa. Indeed, the Liberals were stalled at 27 per cent.

Rather, it was the New Democrats who rose three points to 20 per cent — a level of support the party hasn't enjoyed since shortly after the last election in October 2008.

Do you honestly think Canadians in general give a shit about a former MP and his MP wife that much?

It's not even on the radar.

I'm liberal (not A Liberal) and I could really care less. If I was going to hold entire parties responsible for the actions of a few, I'd have quit voting a long time ago since all of 'em have had questionable actions by their members.

[Bruce_the_vii]

The Conservatives are down to 30%. The place is completely hung.

[QBC]

Bruce_the_vii wrote:

I was out with my drinking buddies from my old political forum and I asked them what should be done about Ignatieff. One wag's thought was they should put him on a national tour, show him around, and that would pretty much finish him off, lol.

Harper and Ignatieff should go together, maybe your buddies idea would kill two birds with one stone.

[Bruce_the_vii]

lol

[bootlegga]

OnTheIce wrote:

bootlegga wrote:

Well, I don't see an election anytime soon, not with the Guergis-Jaffer stuff going on...

Quote:

Two major parties dip below 30% in latest poll


The Canadian Press Harris-Decima survey indicates support for Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservatives slipped to 29 per cent amid the furor over the Guergis-Jaffer affair.

That's the first time in a year that the governing party has dipped below the 30 per cent threshold.

But the beneficiary this time was not the Liberals — who usually gain when Tories lose ground and vice versa. Indeed, the Liberals were stalled at 27 per cent.

Rather, it was the New Democrats who rose three points to 20 per cent — a level of support the party hasn't enjoyed since shortly after the last election in October 2008.

Do you honestly think Canadians in general give a shit about a former MP and his MP wife that much?

It's not even on the radar.

I don't really care one way or the other about Jaffer, but it must be on the radar for the Conservatives to drop below 30%.

It might not be a major factor, but an election won't be called by Harper with his approval sitting so low.