[Clive]

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[Signalman]

Former Sun editor Barbara Amiel once said in an editorial that the way to make the NDP go away is to elect them once — because it’ll never happen again.

To paraphrase, "The way to make a far-left Marxist candidate go away is to elect them once-because it will never happen again."

[sauropod]

Canuckistan appears to be in as much trouble as we are.

[mylife]

I was unaware that the campaign had begun.

[festusbanjo]

Since polling is pretty limited to national, or at best provincial popularity contests, it’s difficult to see how the percentages play out to actual number of seats won. Essentially, you have to look at the individual ridings historical leanings and recognize that, similar to U. S. congressional districts, most seats in Parliament will always be either Conservative or will swing between the left leaning Liberal and completely left NDP. While the current polls show 37% Conservative, 30% NDP and 22% Liberal, the final tally for actual seats won will be in the neighborhood of 153 Conservative, 65 Liberal, 45 NDP, and 45 Bloc Quebecois. It will be interesting to see how it shakes out on Monday.

[newzjunkey]

It’s a pity our elections can’t last five weeks or even five months instead of years!