It’s not too early to start spotting the most likely successor to Stephen Harper. Given his growing penchant for believing that he is indeed the smartest politician in the House and on the Hill and in the country, and his ever-growing hubris (demonstra…
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CuriosityCat: Powerful reason why Horwath should support PR now: her party is bleeding votes
The latest EKOS poll shows one dismaying finding that Andrea Horwath should respond to if she wants to end up on Friday in a position to influence the way the province is going to be governed for the next 4 years.The EKOS poll shows substantial bleedin…
Continue readingCuriosityCat: How NDP Andrea Horwath could secure PR within a few months
The latest compilation of poll of polls by threehundredeight shows that it would appear that Liberal support is solid, PC support is sliding, and NDP support is on the rise.The 308 projection is as follows:And this leads 308 to the conclusion that the …
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Ontario election: NDP Horwath blows it
With polls showing a minority government possible after this Thursday’s election, Hudak has started a Harper-clone drumbeat of “the socialists are coming” by talking about a vote for the Tories versus a vote for “the two of them” (being the Liberal and…
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Alberta PC leader Alison Redford & the New Politics
There’s an old Latin saying ex africa semper aliquid novi. Now that Alison Redford has become premier, it’s time to change that.The new saying for Canada is ex alberta semper aliquid novi.Alberta, nedneck province with the luck of Arab sheiks because o…
Continue readingCuriosityCat: The Cat says Horwath won the Ontario leadership debate
And I would not be surprised in her performance in last night’s debate moves between 3% and 4% of votes her way in the next full scale polls over the coming week or so, shifting voters from both McGuinty and Hudak.Why did she win?Because the other two …
Continue readingCuriosityCat: The Penny Pledge funding idea the Liberals should borrow
Hat tip to Accidental Deliberations for pointing the way to this: From the Rabble blog cometh forth this piece of wisdom about how to incentivize MPs in Quebec to sign up new members in that province:Is there any way to track membership signups by diff…
Continue readingCuriosityCat: UK Labour leader argues for new values for Britain
Ed Miliband’s at the Labour Party conference has taken the bit between his teeth with his declaration that he is his own man, and not a copy of either Blair or Brown. He went further with a statement of values (Liberals, looking for some ideas for our …
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Greek PM frames it as a battle for the future
Here’s one politician who – rather belatedly – has managed to frame the issue in a way which will make it difficult for Germany to say No. He has shifted the focus to the future, to the reforms that Greece is determined to implement:Greek Prime Min…
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Canadian election: Who switched parties in the last week? And why?
The EKOS survey taken after the election throws some interesting light on the Changers. The G&M article is here, and the poll results are herehttp://www.ekospolitics.com/wp-content/uploads/41st_election.pdf.Scott’s Diatribes deals with another face…
Continue readingCuriosityCat: NDP will lose ground in Quebec under Topp and gain under Mulcair – Angus-Reid poll
Some very bad news for the NDP in the latest Angus-Reid poll. That sound you hear in the background is the clucking of the chickens coming home to roost:Most Canadian voters are standing by their choices in the May 2011 election, but the survey shows t…
Continue readingCuriosityCat: IMF’s Christine Lagarde’s Maggie Thatcher moment
Once more, the world is poised on the brink of a vicious recession, and once more, it seems that the political leaders cannot pluck up the courage to take the right steps.But is this true?The Cat thinks this is the more likely explanation of the stasis…
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Save the Eurozone and the EU with EuroHope Bonds
The grand experiment of the European Union and of the 17-member Eurozone is far too significant for Europeans to let it fail.The problem: Right now, the EU is buffeted with low growth, high unemployment, high public and private sector debt, and politic…
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Ontario NDP’s Andrea Horwath can remedy the democratic deficit, massive poll says
We are close to the wire in the race for a new provincial government in our most populated province, says a massive new poll. The chances right now are high that neither the Liberals nor the Tories will win a majority.And the NDP will emerge as the one…
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Six degrees of separation, telephone hacking and Murdoch’s News of the World
Deep Throat says it’s unreal what is starting to happen right now in this ongoing saga of the missteps taken by the people at the News of the World!Check this site for a bigger picture of who has links to whom:And check this article about Murdoch’s mil…
Continue readingCuriosityCat: How long before Quebeckers start feeling unloved by the NDP?
We seem to be witnessing the parade of the emperor without any clothes, as the leadership campaign to replace Jack Layton gets underway. If you are inside the NDP, it seems that you see the emperor garbed in shining gold cloth, with a crown reflecting …
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Rex Murphy: NDP leadership election rules are "suicide"
The latest voice to chime in on the questionable leadership rules for the NDP is that gravelly-voiced prophet of doom, Rex Murphy.Known for his incisive and opinionated views on Canadian politics and politicians, Murphy has made a career of being strai…
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Is this NDP leader Nycole Turmel’s "Kissinger Moment"?
Nixon and Kissinger: Benign NeglectHenry Kissinger firmly believed that his understanding of Realpolitik reflected the realism of a handful of famous statesmen of bygone decades.Bismarkian in his aloofness, Metternichean in his pronouncements, Kissinge…
Continue readingCuriosityCat: NDP’s brilliant use as a wedge issue of the Quebecois are a nation resolution
Right now Liberals and Tories are getting warm around their collars because the major candidates for leadership of the NDP are supporting a special deal for the province of Quebec which locks in a permanent 25% of seats in the House no matter how small…
Continue readingCuriosityCat: NDP Leadership election: Mulcair has a point
He says that the low membership in the federal NDP party compared to other provinces puts anyone from Quebec running for leader at a disadvantage.He is right.Mulcair is now calling for a leadership drive in that province, mounted by the federal NDP, an…
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