I have been running these "survey" questions on this Blog for a few months now. I call them survey questions because they are not scientific and not even close to the reliability of the results you would get from scientific polling.
What the blog survey shows is the sentiment of a group of self-organizing readers of this site about the various questions I pose from time to time. I sense there is a tend toward a decentralizing and fragmenting diverse range of opinions in society today. That said, engaged and influential people are also now coalescing, clustering and becoming activated around issues of importance to them.
All of this shifting and clustering gets easier and amplified by the Internet through Blogs, Chat rooms, Discussion Forums, sites like My Space and so forth. These Blog based survey questions may show that this self-organizing clustering around an issue is actually happening...or not! Could be just plain fun.
So I wondered if my readers are ready to support and accept a Harper Conservative majority government? Hence the "survey" question posted now. With the recent surge of Harper's support in the real polls and a possibility of an election in the offing, the question has definite currency.
One source says we are ready to accept a Harper Conservative majority government. From a recent SES poll, Nik Nanos finds we are comfortable or somewhat comfortable with that possibility. Nation wide 55% are ready for that possibility versus 45% who are not. The SES results show Harper has gained momentum for a majority government especially in Quebec and in the West, but the idea has lost support in the East and Ontario.
What do you think? Is the test drive of the Harper government over? Are Canadians now ready to "buy" the Conservative Party approach to governance and give Harper a majority in the next election?
Nope, doesn't reach my comfort zone, that thought.
ReplyDeleteHarpor has continually shown himself to be politically devious, morally slippery and ambitiously evil. He'll say anything while maintain the slight crawl to the right even in minority status. Remember his attacks on the Liberal gov't on Arar? It wasn't the first time he's accused someone of something that he had the barest thread to make that judgement. He followed that up in the Grewal affair, going as far as saying he had evidence of luring of a MP -- then slickly handed over a doctored tape. What does he do the first moment he's sworn in? Brings in his own recruit, barely a week after the guy had won a mandate as a liberal. Then the Bains affair.
This Harpor is beyond contempt and I believe his past writings/words, ie firewall, second-tier socialistic view of Canada, support of the Iraq invasion etc. are evidence of where a majority would tread. He is to be avoided. Just ask former Prime Minister and former Progressive Conservative Joe Clark, among others.
While I make spelling errors, surely you can spell the PM's name correctly at least once in your tirrade.
ReplyDelete"Harpor is beyond contempt" - that is a little much. Seriously, by taking such an extremist position, you lose some credibility. Why did over 30% of the population vote for someone "beyond contempt"? You may disagree with his policy positions, but the "Harper=Devil who eats babies" argument is not going to work this time around.
Anon, Harper has serious credibility problems. He says one thing and does another. Does Harper really accept the science around greenhouse gases? It's hard to say. He was vehement in his opposition up until the polls showed Canadians cared about the issue. Now he's a sort of convert. He throws money at the issue to get Quebec votes.
ReplyDeleteThe 36% that Harper received can be credited largley to Alberta voters. If Hitler had Albertans he would not have needed to burn down the reichstag.
Anon 9:12, arguments attempting to impugn the credibility are fair game (i.e. politicians lie) - stating that someone is "beyond contempt" is far different.
ReplyDeleteKen, to your question, I sure hope so. But despite the recent and staggering polls in favour of the CPC, there will be no election unless the CPC believes there is a "strong chance" of attaining a majority.
I'm not sure Cdns "buy" the CPC approach, but right now there is really nothing to compare it to - a leaderless, cashless and disorganized LPC (see an article in the Hill Times that illustrates that the leadership contenders are not even coming close to paying off their debt - and this MUST be done within one year or they will violate the Elections Act).