Harper gets vote from Dumont

[Canuck E Stan]

Dumont says don't vote Bloc

The leader of the Action democratique du Quebec (ADQ) is urging Quebecers not to vote for the Bloc Quebecois.

Mario Dumont, who leads the right-of-centre provincial party which holds five seats in Quebec, said he's not formally endorsing one party over another. However, he said he will cast his vote for Stephen Harper's Conservatives on Jan. 23.

Dumont said the Bloc is like a millstone and only serves to limit Quebec's influence on Canada's national stage.

The ADQ leader said the Bloc has not managed to get Quebec's interest onto the national agenda and has not been able to effect change in any concrete ways.

Nice endorcement for Harper and the Conservatives.should add a few more votes.

[Biblio Bibuli]

Nice endorcement for Harper and the Conservatives.should add a few more votes.

The last time I looked at your predictions you gave the CPC 3 seats in Quebec.

Are you ready to bump it up?

Most people say they'll get a handful there, whatever that means.

Five fingers on my hand .... so I say 5!

[Canuck E Stan]

Go for it, I'll stay conservative

[seabee]

Mario Dumont, once a very promising politician. has made too many wrong choices. He is now a "has been", though he is not even 40. Boisclair, around 40, now leader of the PQ, is much more attatcve to the ADQ's supporters.

I've just watched the TVA news (viewship over 1 million, the most watched TV news in Québec, and they didn' even talk about it in one hour. The Mecqua disasater was more important.

As I write, even CTV is not making a headline out of it.

[Black Dog]

Nice endorcement for Harper and the Conservatives.should add a few more votes.

So the leader of a right-wing provincial political party endorses the leader of a right-wing federal political party and this somehow qualifies as news? And the ADQ has five whole seats? Wow. Colour me underwhelmed. Maybe the next hard-hitting expose will be on who Alberta Alliance leader and sole seat holder Randy Thorsteinson plans to cast his ballot for (not to play spoiler, but I suspect it'll be for teh Harper Cons. Shhhh.)

[August1991]

Nice endorcement for Harper and the Conservatives.should add a few more votes.

So the leader of a right-wing provincial political party endorses the leader of a right-wing federal political party and this somehow qualifies as news? And the ADQ has five whole seats? Wow. Colour me underwhelmed. Maybe the next hard-hitting expose will be on who Alberta Alliance leader and sole seat holder Randy Thorsteinson plans to cast his ballot for (not to play spoiler, but I suspect it'll be for teh Harper Cons. Shhhh.)

Mario Dumont was a senior member of the Yes Committee in 1995 and he has not endorsed any federal leader in the past. So, it sort of constitutes news. OTOH, Dumont said in December 2005 he would vote for Harper so it's kind of old news.

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Dumont is not a Montreal politician. His support may swing the Beauce to the Conservatives.