Oh noes! It’s another poll.
This time its from Nanos so it’s actually somewhat accurate.
It has the Tories at 35.6%, the Grits at 33.9%, the NDP16.4% , and the Greens at a realistic 5.6%.
Quick everybody! Panic! The Tory lead has evaporated! Tories on razor’s edge of losing government and “Will Canadians throw the bums out” shrieks Jane Tabor.
The smell of relief is almost palpable amongst the punditocracy. The Liberals are back in contention. Hooray!
Now some of the relief is due to the simple fact that now they’ll have more to talk and write about. Expect to hear and read stories about what a horserace federal politics have become.
I also think that some of the relief is due to the fact that all those pundits who have had their noses so perpetually out of joint ever since the Tories had the unmitigated gall to actually win not one but two elections now are hoping that the Grits might return as Canada’s natural governing party and that they’ll no longer have to be ashamed at being Canadian.
Well, newsflash folks! They’re polls and not elections. And I think reporters think Canadian have no long term memory. Last summer the Tories and Grits were tied in the polls for ages and it was only when Michael “We Americans” Ignatieff opened his mouth and blithered on that Harper’s time was up that the tie was broken in the Tories favour.
Who’s to say that when serious election talk starts again that the same thing won’t happen again?
The Tories are still the government. They still control the agenda. Despite all the sound and fury signifying nothing surrounding prorogation, there will be no election in the foreseeable future.
In other words it is quite premature to be writing the obituary on this government.
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