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CONSERVATIVES 'ON VACATION' AS SUPPORT SLIDES
THE SUMMER disappearing act of Conservative Leader Stephen Harper and his party has some members grumbling as a new poll shows the party's popularity dropping in every region but Western Canada. The SES/Sun Media poll of 1,000 Canadians taken earlier this month has the Conservatives' national support dipping by four points to 26% from the party's 30% showing in the June 28 election.
Funny how the collective unconciousness works. I was just thinking about this. Just as my political juices got flowing, the Canadian election was over, done, finito. I've been relegated to watching the U.S. election from the sidelines (honestly, fellow Canadians, which election has been more entertaining?) wondering when the hell Stephen Harper was going to go on the attack...I'm still waiting. I want to see political blood in the streets.
The poll shows Martin's Grits with the support of 38% of committed voters. The party has made post-election gains in every region of the country except Quebec. The New Democrats are also up slightly since the election, with 17% of committed voter support.
Anyone want to make a bet that if that Liberal number continues to climb that we may go back to the polls sooner rather than later.
SES pollster Nik Nanos says he isn't surprised by the party's downward slide, noting the Conservatives haven't been pro-active since the election, allowing Paul Martin's minority Liberal government to keep the Commons dark for three months, with hardly a whimper of protest.
The problem seems to be that the Conservatives have ceded the initiative: the government can hunch down and weather storms - the job of an opposition party is to attack attack attack. They should be making as much noise as possible about anything and everything.
It's not as if there's nothing to criticize, is there?
UPDATE 7:22PM Pacific Time - Damian Penny, a much more popular commentator than I am is thinking along the same lines...
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