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It gives high hopes for a Liberal majority, maybe. Congrats and best of luck in your new venture.

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Perhaps explains the recent framing language by O'Toole of the next election as one between the CPC and the 'four shades of red'. Some think this is a throw back to Harper's strategy of hyping up a left coalition to draw voters towards the CPC as an offensive strategy, but I think the political landscape has changed quite a bit since then. Is the CPC really thinking that there is some big pool of Red Tories which will easily be scared to go CPC to prevent the Libs from 'going left' in a coalition with the Greens/NDP/Bloc? The Libs have shown in campaigns and governance that they are outflanking those parties in that respect on a number of issues. The Centre isn't open as much as the spectrum has shifted. Moves to occupy that space - such as a introducing a 'carbon tax' plan- have really hurt O'Toole with some major elements of the CPC base. Maybe he is trying to drag the CPC move with him - saying don't vote for these fringe right parties as it'll just lead to us being further away from government - and lead to the consolidation of left/leaning governments. But it hasn't worked, yet, and I think we are seeing them in more of a damage control mode, with O'Toole just trying to shore up the base and make sure CPC support doesn't crater everywhere, especially the West. In fact, the only things that may prevent a Liberal majority, if these numbers hold up, are 1) the Bloc remains strong and/or grows in popularity and 2) the NDP maintains their above average pooling and voters possibly moving away from the Liberals to them in key ridings. In any event, the CPC seems to be in a very, very tough spot with their 'ceiling' hardening but their 'floor' become more malleable in terms of high/lows of support

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Politics is a blood sport. No mercy rule ;)

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