The last 3 federal polls show the NDP consistently in the lead, ahead of the Conservatives (1 Forum and 2 Harris-Decima polls). The latest Harris-Decima poll has the NDP lead increasing. In Ontario, where the NDP will have to have major growth in order to form the next government, we
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Driving The Porcelain Bus: NDP MP Bruce Hyer Quits and Then Wants Back In
Okay, wouldn’t it have made sense for Hyer to discuss his concerns with Mulcair BEFORE taking an extreme action that he now obviously regrets? All of this only shows poor judgment on Hyer’s part. Hyer was really just sore because he wasn’t picked for a shadow cabinet position. Of course
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Rob Ford Could Be Removed From Office In Early September
Mark Sept. 5, 6 and 7 on your calendars. That is when Toronto Mayor Rob Ford will be in court regarding his breach of a conflict of interest law. If the judges finds against him, he will be removed from office and banned from running for public office for 7
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Tom Mulcair And NDP In The Lead, Confidence In Harper Plummets
Two polls were released today: Forum (April 25 – sample of 1744), and Nanos (April 18 – sample of 1200). The Forum poll, having a much larger sample, is the more accurate of the two. It is also more recent, so it will give us a better picture regarding recent
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Federal NDP On The Rise In Vote-Rich Ontario
ThreeHundredEight.com: Massive NDP leads in Quebec, Ontario competitive: Two federal polls conducted recently in Quebec by Forum Research and CROP indicate that the New Democrats have not only taken the lead, th… The Federal NDP are doing well in Quebec and improving in Ontario. The big story here is not
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Ontario NDP Overtake Liberals, Horwath Riding High
The latest Forum Research poll has the Ontario NDP overtaking the Liberals in support and Andrea Horwath continuing to be, by far, the most popular of the 3 main party leaders. Current party standings compared to standings at election time Oct 2011: NDP 31% (23%) – up 8% PC 34%
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: kirbycairo: Why I don’t Believe in a Merger. . . . .
kirbycairo: Why I don’t Believe in a Merger. . . . .: I don’t think I am naive. Nor am I ignorant of contemporary or historical political issues; I have made a careful study of political philoso… Great post by Kirbycairo. Click the link above to read the whole thing.
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Smack Stephen Harper
Frustrated with Harper and his government of looters in suits lying to us and taking our money to spend on jets that don’t work and jails we don’t need, and cheating to get elected? Take your frustrations out at Smack Stephen Harper! After smacking him a few times, leave a
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Rob Ford Is Doing Bad, Bad Things
Centa says the questions of whether Ford improperly took funding from his family company and overspent his campaign limit are important to the provincial Municipal Elections Act, and to democracy itself. “Mr. Ford was, and is, represented by excellent counsel and we think the interests of justice are best served
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: New NDP Ad Released
See the ad here: Toronto Star: New NDP TV ad emphasizes continuity over change “Throughout his public life, Tom Mulcair has a proven track-record of fighting for people,” said NDP National Director Chantal Vallerand in a statement. “These ads will help reach out to all those Canadians who have been
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: 4th Poll In A Month Has NDP Tied With Conservatives
A Léger Marketing poll for The Gazette and Le Devoir April 2-4 shows the following support among decided voters: NDP 33% Conservatives 32% Liberals 19% Green 8% [Bloc not listed but most likely about 6-7% nationally] In Quebec: NDP 47% (up 4 points since the election – up 19 points
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: 3 Polls Affirm NDP Tied With Conservatives
The other day I wrote about 2 polls that showed the NDP tied with Conservatives for support. A third poll with more recent data affirms this trend. Harris-Decima has released their poll results (March 22-April 2) that show: National support: Conservatives 34% NDP 32% (a statistical tie between the NDP
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: NDP Tied With Conservatives, And, Mulcair Doing Well
Two poll results from March (early March and then just after Mulcair won the leadership of the NDP), by Environics in early March and by Forum in late March, show the NDP tied with the Conservatives. The Environics poll from March 6-18, 2012, had the NDP and Conservatives tied at
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Mulcair’s Views Very Similar To Layton’s
Many NDP members were worried during the leadership campaign that Mulcair had some extreme views on some issues. Not so. Here is a great piece by Leftist Jab touching on a couple of these issues. Read that post for the details. Some people feared that Mulcair would break from working
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Thomas Mulcair Is The New NDP Leader
NDP members have elected Thomas Mulcair as the new NDP leader. It came down to a 4th ballot – between Thomas Mulcair and Brian Topp. On the 3rd ballot, Mulcair had 43.8%, Topp 31.6% and Cullen 24.6%. Throughout the convention, Mulcair steadily and strongly increased his support and endorsements. The
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Nail In The Coffin For Rob Ford On The Tranist File
Rob Ford lost a another key vote today in Toronto City Council. Weeks ago, the councillors called a meeting to bring back Transit City (essentially), voted on it, and Transit City is back. Also at that time they formed a special panel to look into the options for Sheppard East.
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Thomas Mulcair for NDP Leader
Years ago, when I joined the NDP to vote for Jack Layton, I did so because I saw a chance to elect an exceptional leader. I saw the chance to vote for someone who I knew had the ability to reach out to people who didn’t vote NDP and convince
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Coward Rob Ford Leaves Chaos In His Wake
Today, Toronto mayor Rob Ford bolted and ran when he saw that he could not win the day. He left a fractured and confused City Hall in his wake. This mayor is finding by not working to gain a consensus, by not being willing to listen to reason, by not
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: democraticSPACE Supports Thomas Mulcair
Here is the post by democraticSPACE: [I’ve added emphasis in bold.] Seeing the extreme positions taken by Republican candidates in the U.S. gives us a clue as to the typical dynamic of leadership races –- first, having to win over a party’s base who are more dogmatic than the electorate
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Rob Ford’s Pattern of Knowingly Disobeying Conflict of Interest Rules
Ford’s pattern of disobeying conflict of interest rules at City Hall goes back to 2005. This list further proves that there is no way Ford can claim ignorance in the new case against him that could get him kicked out of the mayor’s position. See The Toronto Star: Ford’s conflicts
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