the liberals were leading until the RCMP leaked that Gooddale would be investigated. America is the greatest country in the world to live if you are rich..... if you are poor you are SOL...... you are worth more locked up in a prison then on the street, because at least the state can use you for cheap labour instead of giving you food stamps and welfare.
And the only reason Goodale was being investigated, was because the Tory opposition requested it. The RCMP publicly stated they had no reason to suspect him of any malfeasance, and they didn't even have any evidence of such, however, when, a request is made for an investigation, they are required to comply. It was a very successful smear attempt which was the straw that broke the back of much Liberal voter support.
I can't believe Michael Ignatieff pulled it off. Who'd have thought? And Belinda Stronach was able to hang onto her seat, despite having crossed the floor, and despite the Conservatives attempting to smear her as well. They went after her first and she adamantly went on the air to vehemently deny any truth to the allegations and to emphatically swear she was not under investigation at all. I guess that's when they decided to make sure an RCMP investigation went underway before they smeared the next candidate.
Calm down, you're showing clear Liberal bias in wanting the same party to remain in power indefinitely. In that long-winded dissertation that no one read, you neglected to mention that the Liberals have basically been in power more or less for decades already. That is not a healthy scenario for any country.
Who ever denied I have a clear Liberal bias? I admit it, ...I do. The only conservatives I have ever had a lick of respect for are Bill Davis, and Belinda Stronach. Now Belinda is a Liberal, ...and quite possibly the next leader of the Liberal party.
Canada's stable, fairly boring politically except for the separatist lobby. A change of pace will be good for the country, given a minority government that will provide for balance and prevent extremist conservatist tendencies. Especially so if the NDP make it to 43 seats. Minority governments are often more productive and are relatively short-lived 1-2 years.
This will be interesting indeed. Harper campaigned as a red Conservative promising to govern from the centre, so thankfully his victory is only a minority. It's not as bad as I thought it would be, ...they were predicting a Harper majority, and that is just an unfathomable thing. The last time the Conservatives had a majority, the next election, they won only 2 out of 308 seats
Too bad about Martin leaving though, he came across well. Now the party can begin healing the divides and be in a better position for the next election.
I agree, but it's for the best. His announcing it tonight is a good thing in that it allows candidates the time to become known because I believe we're going to have an election very, very soon. I predict getting things done will be a nightmare because Harper won't want to give DuCeppe an international platform, and DuCeppe doesn't want him making any inroads with Quebecois. He won't make any inroads in Montrealers cause they're all Liberal. Harper is too far to the right, and his ideology is too far removed from the Liberals or the NDP, and even the BQ on many issues. Furthermore, he has publicly stated he won't work with the BQ because they're not federalists. <shrug>. I predict the minute he goes after daycare, the opposition defeats the government, and the next election begins.
We're still as regional as ever tho. The vote still broke down the same rural voters went conservative, while urban and suburban votes went Liberal, with the NDP picking off Liberal voters. I also predict that Albertans will turn on him as soon as he sells out Alberta oil interests to the US.
So who will be the next Liberal leader, ...the Harvard intellectual, or the Billionaire's daughter? Based on some of the Liberal acceptance speeches I heard tonight, the campaiging and posturing has already begun.
