Tho' I guess that's based on a sample space of one.
What I'm getting at, is that in that next election, I would very strongly consider voting Liberal. For the first time in my life, ever.
For me it's the environment, it's the environment, it's the environment. (Stupid.) Which is Dion's strong point, and it's clearly Harper's weak point. How much general outrage has there been over the government position on Kyoto recently? From my point of view, at least, I saw a lot. I think Dion is just the Liberal candidate to make that bite Harper back in the ass.
He is for me.
And the pundits after the election talked a lot about it, making me think that I'm not the only one. Granted, I'm kinda "odd" for someone who has basically been a lifelong PC supporter... but I'll bet my feelings aren't totally different from the "swing voters" who went PC last election because of the perceived complacency and sense of entitlement (of which AdScam, etc. were symptoms) in the Liberal party (and which has also been one of my bigger gripes with them), and whose votes are really still up for grabs.
A lot of people voted PC in January to "teach the Liberals a lesson" and have sobered up pretty quick in the last month. Dion could very well present an appealing hangover cure.
Also helped by the fact that he's not one of the Liberal "Old Guard."
Anyway, that's my two bits. And since I'm a computer scientist, not a political scientist, those two bits are probably worth diddly squat, so I'll now shut up.
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Date: 2006-12-03 10:00 am (UTC)What I'm getting at, is that in that next election, I would very strongly consider voting Liberal. For the first time in my life, ever.
For me it's the environment, it's the environment, it's the environment. (Stupid.) Which is Dion's strong point, and it's clearly Harper's weak point. How much general outrage has there been over the government position on Kyoto recently? From my point of view, at least, I saw a lot. I think Dion is just the Liberal candidate to make that bite Harper back in the ass.
He is for me.
And the pundits after the election talked a lot about it, making me think that I'm not the only one. Granted, I'm kinda "odd" for someone who has basically been a lifelong PC supporter... but I'll bet my feelings aren't totally different from the "swing voters" who went PC last election because of the perceived complacency and sense of entitlement (of which AdScam, etc. were symptoms) in the Liberal party (and which has also been one of my bigger gripes with them), and whose votes are really still up for grabs.
A lot of people voted PC in January to "teach the Liberals a lesson" and have sobered up pretty quick in the last month. Dion could very well present an appealing hangover cure.
Also helped by the fact that he's not one of the Liberal "Old Guard."
Anyway, that's my two bits. And since I'm a computer scientist, not a political scientist, those two bits are probably worth diddly squat, so I'll now shut up.