There’s a new poll out for BC’s provincial scene and its not showing good news for the BC Conservatives, currently wrapped up nice and tight in infighting. Angus-Reid (BC Provincial – October 9-10, 2012): New Democratic: 49% (+3%) – 67 seats (-2 seats) BC Liberal: 26% (+1%) – 10 seats
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Blunt Objects: Julia Gillard Still Sucks
Everyone has been praising Aussie Prime Minister Julia Gillard recently in regards to her quite well justified speech in Australia’s House of Representatives against Tony Abbott, the Opposition Coalition leader and the guy leading in the polls right now, on the issue of misogyny – which came about as a
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Justin Trudeau in Burlington
Liberal leadership candidate Justin Trudeau will be out visiting my proud city/riding of Burlington on Wednesday, hopefully marking the first of many visits to Halton and Hamilton, where the next Liberal government will find its foundations. I’ll be going myself, hopefully get in a few words edgewise, or at least
Continue readingBlunt Objects: NDP Possibilities in PEI?
I was wasting time at work tonight when I happened upon a funny circumstance that is probably not too well known, and it concerns the politics of PEI. The thing I came across was the fact that the 27 provincial ridings confirm perfectly to the four federal ridings; so perfectly,
Continue readingBlunt Objects: If you think Rob Anders is bad….
Oh sure, attacking transgendered people for stupid reasons is fairly stupid of our favourite Conservative backbencher, but he’s got nothing on GOP Representative Paul Broun, a former house-call-only medical doctor, who says that evolution is a lie straight from Hell. I should also mention that Broun, an incumbent Rep who
Continue readingBlunt Objects: FordNation Collapses
I know this isn’t probably the most noteworthy thing in the world, but Rob Ford is probably one of the worst mayors a large, cosmopolitan, and complex major city like Toronto could possibly manage to have. Yet there he is, with all his malfunctions and football-related neurosis. Torontians have caught
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Elizabeth May: The Real Opposition?
I’ve never liked the Greens. I think that, while their cause might be noble, it’s ultimately misguided and the federal variant is just a tad too left-wing for me. I also think Elizabeth May is someone of an autocrat within her own party, trading all the pan-Canadian support her party
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Tonight’s Debate
… sucked for Obama. I don’t think he got “his ass kicked,” like Warren Kinsella claims, but GOP challenger Mitt Romney definitely got the upper hand. But, this is one of three debates, and Obama didn’t do so horribly that his campaign will now go down in flames. This was
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Justin’s In
And the hearts of Canadians everywhere rejoiced when the Son of Pierre blessed us with his decision to lead the Liberals back to His father’s glory years! And Justin sayeth unto the partisans, “let there be hope and change and all that good stuff!” Jokes aside, I’m glad he decided
Continue readingBlunt Objects: UnSkewed Polls Shows Totally Skewed Nature of US Conservatives
The most recent buzz going on right now south of the border is the attempt by… lets call them right-leaning politicians, organizations, and zealots, far more polite terms than I usually think to call them, to “unskew” polling data put out by major polling organizations so far in the race
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Justin Trudeau Running for LPC Leadership (Sorta Confirmed)
While its not entirely 100% confirmed that Justin is running, its more or less implied that the final decision has been made, and that Trudeau will be announcing it in front of the caucus soon, and then to the wider public next week. I have no mixed feelings about his
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Abacus Poll: 35% Con, 35% NDP, 17% Lib
The most recent Abacus Data poll is out, showing a tied race between the Conservatives and the NDP, with the Liberals far behind, reversing their trend from their last poll which showed the Conservatives retaining their advantage, the NDP falling back some, and the Liberals up a tad. Abacus Data
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Cummins Stays In, Van Dongen Gets Out, BC Cons Collapse?
The bizarre story of the BC Conservatives these days is one worth mentioning, because despite my current disappointment with the BC Liberals and Premier Clark, the self-implosion of the Conservatives is definitely more amusing to me (not to mention a possible game changer out on the west coast).The past year-and-a-half,
Continue readingBlunt Objects: BC Ipsos Poll: 49% NDP, 32% BC Lib
Ipsos Reid has a new poll out for the provincial scene in British Columbia, showing a marked increase for the BC Liberals… but the NDP still soaring at great heights, with nearly half of respondents in this poll giving them their support. It coincides with the recent Angus Reid poll
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Christy Clark’s Bad Decision
A lot of people disparage the BC Liberals as “not true liberals” – that the majority of members of the provincial Liberals are big-C and small-c conservatives, that fled the once-dominant Social Credit Party after its collapse in the 1990s to take over and control the resurgent Liberal Party. In
Continue readingBlunt Objects: This is Libya
It’s easy to remember that not too long ago, the people of Benghazi were praising the actions of the American military, as well as those of our own Canadian military and air force, because we lent a needed hand to those fighting for their freedom from the dictator Mohammar Ghaddafi.
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Meet Calgary Centre’s Next MP
Mrs. Joan Crockatt, who quite literally has assumed the role of a Harper clone: “If I’m a backbench MP, I’m just fine doing that,” Ms. Crockatt said. “To me, the job is to support the Prime Minister in whatever way that he thinks.” At the very least you’d expect a
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Full Redistribution, New Riding-by-New Riding
Before I forget, I completed my mission to collate all the transpositions for those fancy new 338 ridings we have in Canada. You can see them in the EditGrid widget below, though once again, I ask that you consider looking at it in fullscreen, or downloading it and using your
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