Is it my imagination or are more people interested in this election than in recent ones? Maybe Canadians should go to the polls in January more often. Maybe winter is when we have more time to follow the flagellating political fellows amble across this vast and magnificent country. During the post-Christmas period, Canadians.........the ones who have to remain here to keep the fires burning while the others fly off to hot climes.........are political animals. It helps us hibernate. It fills in the gaps in between periods of Hockey Night in Canada. It gives us another topic to discuss in the Tim's line-up other than the blessed weather.
Advance polls are up 31%?
1500 students at the Unversity of New Brunswick took the time to vote on campus. Some waited two hours to cast their ballot. Amazing!
No, there doesn't seem to be the projected inertia-like ennui that everyone kept yakking about when the election was initially called. Everyone has an opinion and everyone wants to espouse it. I have had more interesting discussions about politics and this election with colleagues than I can ever remember.
So, what's the real reason? It's the drama of a scandal. It's the anticipation one feels watching a "to be continued" TV series. It's the gripping interest one has reading a mystery novel, wanting to get to the end to know who's guilty. Yup, this election has the same ingredients.
Up in the polls, down in the polls....up, down, up, down............scandal, misstep, verbal gaffe............up, down, up, down...................
Will Harperite candidates (the ones who are duct taped) gaffe out on this last weekend and flash us with their naked truth? Is Martin, flag cape and all going down in flames? Will Jack be left on the left hand side of the road? What about Olivia? Will she be able to swing her mighty left wing power and knock off a Liberal Cabinet Minister? And that Deborah Coyne, the woman who bore Trudeau's love child? Does she really have a hope in hell of defeating Layton?
What about Svend? Is the NDP shoplifter going to be elected? How about Tony Valeri.......the nice guy who stole Sheila Copps constituency. Is he really going to lose to the NDP candidate that Sheila has decided to support after all her loyal years as a Liberal? Will Duceppe and the Separatistes end up the Official Opposition? How many Tory seats in Quebec at the end of the voting day? Will Peter McKay take up knitting???
Minority, Majority, Minority, Majority,......up in the polls, down in the polls......Momentum swinging back and forth. So many unanswered questions. So many storylines that need to be tied up.
It's going to be a great ending to what would have been a very boring January.
Stay tuned............
Advance polls are up 31%?
1500 students at the Unversity of New Brunswick took the time to vote on campus. Some waited two hours to cast their ballot. Amazing!
No, there doesn't seem to be the projected inertia-like ennui that everyone kept yakking about when the election was initially called. Everyone has an opinion and everyone wants to espouse it. I have had more interesting discussions about politics and this election with colleagues than I can ever remember.
So, what's the real reason? It's the drama of a scandal. It's the anticipation one feels watching a "to be continued" TV series. It's the gripping interest one has reading a mystery novel, wanting to get to the end to know who's guilty. Yup, this election has the same ingredients.
Up in the polls, down in the polls....up, down, up, down............scandal, misstep, verbal gaffe............up, down, up, down...................
Will Harperite candidates (the ones who are duct taped) gaffe out on this last weekend and flash us with their naked truth? Is Martin, flag cape and all going down in flames? Will Jack be left on the left hand side of the road? What about Olivia? Will she be able to swing her mighty left wing power and knock off a Liberal Cabinet Minister? And that Deborah Coyne, the woman who bore Trudeau's love child? Does she really have a hope in hell of defeating Layton?
What about Svend? Is the NDP shoplifter going to be elected? How about Tony Valeri.......the nice guy who stole Sheila Copps constituency. Is he really going to lose to the NDP candidate that Sheila has decided to support after all her loyal years as a Liberal? Will Duceppe and the Separatistes end up the Official Opposition? How many Tory seats in Quebec at the end of the voting day? Will Peter McKay take up knitting???
Minority, Majority, Minority, Majority,......up in the polls, down in the polls......Momentum swinging back and forth. So many unanswered questions. So many storylines that need to be tied up.
It's going to be a great ending to what would have been a very boring January.
Stay tuned............
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