SIRI AGRELL
October 15, 2008
Stéphane Dion may have been toast the moment Elizabeth May offered to bring the wine.
Election watchers say the Liberal Leader made a strategic miscalculation backing the Green Party throughout the campaign.
In helping her bid to join the televised debate, observers say, Mr. Dion gave her a platform to draw away votes his party desperately needed to unseat the Conservative government. Her performance in the forum raised her profile and that of her party, and appears to have bled votes from Mr. Dion in several close races.
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Peacenik doesn't particularly agree with this article. Peacenik didn't make it a secret that he supported the Liberals in this vote in the Guelph riding. There will be lots of analysis and lots of blame being tossed around. Keeping Harper to a minority is a huge accomplishment given the tenor of the campaign. Peacenik is concerned that so many voters seem to buy into the Conservative anti-tax, anti-green ideology.
Too many voters don't seem concerned that the Conservatives believe what Bush believes. Peacenik thinks they will be concerned very soon. Liberals and progressives have to start positioning themselves now. They will be picking up the pieces of what is left of the Canadian economy once the Harper/Bush policies play out.
October 15, 2008
Stéphane Dion may have been toast the moment Elizabeth May offered to bring the wine.
Election watchers say the Liberal Leader made a strategic miscalculation backing the Green Party throughout the campaign.
In helping her bid to join the televised debate, observers say, Mr. Dion gave her a platform to draw away votes his party desperately needed to unseat the Conservative government. Her performance in the forum raised her profile and that of her party, and appears to have bled votes from Mr. Dion in several close races.
Read on...
Peacenik doesn't particularly agree with this article. Peacenik didn't make it a secret that he supported the Liberals in this vote in the Guelph riding. There will be lots of analysis and lots of blame being tossed around. Keeping Harper to a minority is a huge accomplishment given the tenor of the campaign. Peacenik is concerned that so many voters seem to buy into the Conservative anti-tax, anti-green ideology.
Too many voters don't seem concerned that the Conservatives believe what Bush believes. Peacenik thinks they will be concerned very soon. Liberals and progressives have to start positioning themselves now. They will be picking up the pieces of what is left of the Canadian economy once the Harper/Bush policies play out.
