A good one, from Innovative Research: A crummy one, from Oracle, who aren’t nearly as well-known. Click through this link But if you are pro-OLP you might want to avert your eyes. In any case: thanks, pollsters, for clearly that up.
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BigCityLib Strikes Back: John Robson, Your Pain Sustains Me
Tim Hudak is a boob. And if that means Kathleen Wynne gets re-elected, don’t blame me. It wasn’t my idea. That’s the spirit! Despair, self-loathing! Ontario’s political right as they get a close look at the pug they chose to carry their banner. And we’re barely a week into the
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Andrea Horwath: What? No Policy?
Andrea Horwath’s day today consists of one media interview, a media availability, and two photo ops. That is all. It is, indeed, all.
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: New Ontario Poll: Pain For NDP, Green Party Rides ROFO Coat-Tails
From here. Meanwhile our gal Kathleen is doing A-OK. And we can assume the Green Party uptick is due to Rob Ford’s recent endorsement. I mean, why not?
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Some Good News For OLP
On May 7th, @impolitical will be nominated as the #olp candidate for Parkdale-High Park. Congrats Nancy! http://t.co/cQKfX7CZdR #onpoli— Jeff Jedras (@jeffjedras) April 29, 2014 You won’t find a better person to carry the flag.
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Victory Of Valhalla!
Is The NDP set to force a provincial election? Maybe. The evidence cited is: An e-mail has gone out to riding associations offering them insurance for their campaign offices – a routine election procedure that is not usually done until a party has decided it is definitely going to the
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Mark Your Calenders
The earliest Ontario will face general elxn if budget fails to pass is June 5. The latest is July 3, according to GovHouseLdrsOffice #onpoli— Paul Bliss (@blissblogs) April 17, 2014 Summertime and an election is in the air…engineered, perhaps, by an intransigent Andrea Horwath. Victory or Valhalla!
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Ontario Election…Or No? Which is it?
The Star is bullish on an election call: The minority Liberal government doesn’t intend to negotiate with the New Democrats in order to get their support for the spring budget, a senior Liberal insider says.That could set the stage for a provincial election in June and also puts the spotlight
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Ont. Spring Election Or Not?
“It’s pretty tight between the three of them,” Forum president Lorne Bozinoff said Wednesday. “But I’m not convinced there’s going to be an election this spring.” OK, it’s just Forum, but most of the real pollsters have also put Horwath’s NDP well back of the reigning OLP and Hudak’s PCPO.
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Ah Well, We Still Have Randy Hillier
Doug Ford is not running for provincial office. Says focus is on getting his brother re-elected— Ben Spurr (@BenSpurr) February 20, 2014 Time to step up, Randy. Say something barbaric that will kill PCPO chances in the GTA.
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: By-Election Analysis And A Look Ahead
Let the NDP crow for a day. They’ve earned it. As for a Spring election, its about as likely/unlikely as it was yesterday morning, which means we’ll probably have one. And as to the likely result, well, Kathleen will be dogged by anti-wind protesters at her rural events. Our wild
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Getting Ready For 2014
Just in case we have a Spring election here in Ontario, something which, given Andrea Horwath’s fairly poor recent polling numbers, I am not convinced will happen.
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: On Going Negative
You say you aren’t going to do it, and then you do it and say you didn’t. Kathleen Wynne knows this. At least I hope she does.
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