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You would think that by the time a politician reaches their fifties they would know if they were left wing or right wing.

There are many Liberals who would be just as willing to see a Conservative government as opposed to an NDP government.

If the Liberals would be willing to have a coalition. Mulcair has said he wants to change the party though, which is something you said does't need to be done.

103 seats isn't government though. As well Mulcair has been pretty clear about changing the party.

Most major parties aren't going to support electoral reform so they're not going to help the public get educated on the issue.

I don't see nothing changing anytime soon.

There's a margin of error but Ekos consistently has lower CPC numbers and higher Green numbers.

Ekos tends to overestimate Green support and underestimate Conservstive support. They had the Conservstives at 34% on May 1, and the next day they won just under 40%. They were off by about 2 percentage points with the Greens last election and three points in 2008, but between 2008 and 2011 they had the Greens polling in the double digits.

I never use to mind Ekos but they still continue to have Green Party support way higher than any other pollster, and they've been pretty off in elections. Interesting poll nonetheless, if the NDP's support in Quebec hadn't eroded they'd probably be in first.

I don't know what this Minister of Family Values is all about but even if he was I don't see how having an affair affects your job. Not great judgement but it's hardly a scandal.

He's also "supposedly" gay. Here's an article from 2006 that mentions him voting against Harper's motion to open the same-sex marriage debate and he also favoured same-sex marriage as PC House Leader in Ontario. http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=bbd99843-8338-4e3d-b81c-d57a706119c2

Like Peggy Nash!

Not really a scandal, I don't see how it would effect his job.

He voted in favour of same-sex marriage both provincially and federally, I believe he is pro-choice, and he supported the "bathroom bill" last year.

Toews wasn't in a sex scandal though, was he?

I think John Baird is great. He's not really a red tory but his views on social issues are "liberal", "progressive", "non-conservative".

How'd he punish Jaffer? The only time he punishes people is when it's some kind of sex scandal.

MacKay has blown his chances in my opinion.

I am not a fan of Jason Kenny at all, he's basically a younger Harper. He's got a good chance of being the next Prime Miniater though.

I can't imagine the Conservatives losing in 2015. I'd love to see Stephen Harper call it quits, but I don't think it's likely. Some of the successors I'd like include; Christian Paradis Maxime Bernier (eventhough he's a bit nuts I'd like him to run) Michael Chong John Baird Chris Alexander Bernard Trottier Mark Adler James Moore There's more then that but I can't think of who else at the moment, and that's just from caucus. Bernard Lord is an option and so is Michael Fornier, but he probably blew his chances.

The fact that Mulcair considered any options from the Conservative Party is interesting.

On another note, I don't if any polling is currently being done in the country but it should very interesting to see how robocon plays into the results.

Yes. I think the Layton benefitted from the fact that his two main rivals were dull and unpopular, along with both their parties. The Bloc started abandoning their roots which was helpful. I do believe the NDPs policies jive well with Quebecker, but I don't think much of that played a role in the party's breakthrough. Evening Star mentioned that if it was just about Layton why didn't they vote for him in 2004, but if it was just about policy why didn't Quebeckers vote for the party in the 50's, 60's, 70's etc..? As well how would you explain the fact that the NDP rose in the polls immediately following Layton's appearance on Tout le monde en parle?

Why? I don't believe Layton was that popular when he became leader, it usually takes a while for people to warm up to leaders. As Lise St Denis said "Voters voted for Jack Layton. Jack Layton is dead."

Yes.