However, on the flip side, outside of us political junkies, I doubt the public has an appetite for an election right now. One only needs to look as far as the voter turnouts for all the elections of the last year, federal and provincial, to understand that elections at this time seem to be a turn-off.
The concern here is that Harper would pull off an ad campaign in which he spins the story that Ignatieff is the one who caused the whole summer election. Of course, it takes two to tango. But our PM will forget this, especially as he is the one most responsible for the threats of an election. At a time like this, when the opposition parties represent more than 60% of the electorate, it would be wise to follow their demands.
Ignatieff has a tough choice. Pull the plug and you may win the election, or you will get blamed for it. At the end of the day, it comes down to this. Are Canadians frustrated enough with the lack of leadership, economic management and attitude from Conservatives to pull themselves away from their BBQs to vote this summer? Recommend this Post at Progressive Bloggers If you liked this post, please vote for my blog at Canadian Blogosphere
"However, on the flip side, outside of us political junkies, I doubt the public has an appetite for an election right now."
ReplyDeleteThe public NEVER wants an election but if one is called after a few days they move on, accept it, & start paying attention, mostly, in the last 2 weeks of a campaign.
I, for one, want Harper & his crew gone ASAP before they damage this country even further than they already have.
One must not assume that an election will fix things..Harper may get a smaller minority, but is it worth a chance?
ReplyDeleteThe electorate is fairly volatile
Everyone claimed no one wanted the fall election that Harper instigated last Fall, but that was forgotten 2 days after he called it. That should be the least of the considerations.
ReplyDeleteFor all we know, we could be struggling to deal with a spreading flu pandemic in the fall. Ignatieff has made his position clear with respect to stimulus funding and EI reform, and if he finds that the Conservatives have mismanaged the economic recovery, he must take a stand. If he backs down, he loses credibility.
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