- There is no Harper and the Con's surge in the Polls.

posted to: Joan Bryden, Ottawa — The Canadian Press Last updated on Wednesday, Sep. 09, 2009 06:07PM EDT
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ignatieffs-support-slips-on-sabre-rattling/article1280965/


The current polls do not represent a surge for Harper and the Con's but can be accounted for by the core support of Harper and the Con's being unchanging at approx 31 - 32% and the number of undecided voters increasing.

This was evident in the Nanos poll release a day or two ago.

Conservative 37.5% (+6.2)
Liberal 33.4% (-0.4)
NDP 14.8% (-3.9)
BQ 9.7% (+0.5)
Green 4.6% (-2.4)
Undecided 24.6% (+8.9)
(http://www.nanosresearch.com/main.asp)

The Con's were at 32.3% of decided voters and assuming that that represents their core supporters, when the undecided voters increases by 8.9% these same core supporters now represent 35% of decided voters which is statistically speaking the same as the actual result of 37.5% ( accuracy of the poll of +/- 3.2%). The Liberals stayed the same, relatively, which suggests that in actual numbers the Liberals decreased and likely became undecided.

Everyone in Canada ought to stop and reflect on the fact that we have a Prime Minister who refuses to talk publicly about getting a majority for fear of severe voter backlash. He will only talk about it behind closed doors to incite core supporters. What is that telling us about Harper and what he stands for (or in this case hides ).

Certainly our Prime Minister ought to by proud of what he represents and openly profess it and encourage voters to support him in his objectives. Instead we have Harper hiding what he truly stands for out of fear that when people see him and the Con's for what he, and they, really are, right wing extremist ideologues, they will drop him like a hot potato.

I suggest we get rid of Harper and the Con's as soon as possible. Certainly then we may proceed as a country with openness and pride.