Per your tweets I take it you don't think the (atrocious) English debate moderator angering Blanchet over culture battles is likely to drive a massive wave of protest votes to the Bloc and away from the Liberals. I hope you're right, and that the Liberals you're in contact with in QC see the same thing over the course of the next ten days. Chantal seems to think that it won't gain substantial traction and/or that Legault's endorsement of O'Toole could end up splintering the vote in key Bloc/CPC ridings where the Liberals might be able to squeak through the middle. Fingers crossed.
As for the RoC, the pundits and columnists all seem to be in agreement that Singh and O'Toole won and Trudeau is toast. I guess we'll just have to wait for more polls to see if their foreboding forecast bears out. I hope not. Last night's fustercluck is leaving me really, really scared.
Stephen Maher today in Maclean's writing "Could it be Prime Minister O'Toole?" Not definitive but indicative of that outcome, solely based upon the English debate. Politico Playbook out this morning has a list of other writers with similar consensus. The contrarian seems to be Don Martin, who indicates that one debate isn't the whole ballgame and voters may have been too distracted by sports and other things to care how anyone performed in the debate. Ivison, Martin and Fife retweeted him though, so not sure if that means anything as retweets don't necessarily mean agreement.
Per your tweets I take it you don't think the (atrocious) English debate moderator angering Blanchet over culture battles is likely to drive a massive wave of protest votes to the Bloc and away from the Liberals. I hope you're right, and that the Liberals you're in contact with in QC see the same thing over the course of the next ten days. Chantal seems to think that it won't gain substantial traction and/or that Legault's endorsement of O'Toole could end up splintering the vote in key Bloc/CPC ridings where the Liberals might be able to squeak through the middle. Fingers crossed.
As for the RoC, the pundits and columnists all seem to be in agreement that Singh and O'Toole won and Trudeau is toast. I guess we'll just have to wait for more polls to see if their foreboding forecast bears out. I hope not. Last night's fustercluck is leaving me really, really scared.
I want proof of any national columnist or journalist who has said Trudeau is toast. I want itemized proof
Stephen Maher today in Maclean's writing "Could it be Prime Minister O'Toole?" Not definitive but indicative of that outcome, solely based upon the English debate. Politico Playbook out this morning has a list of other writers with similar consensus. The contrarian seems to be Don Martin, who indicates that one debate isn't the whole ballgame and voters may have been too distracted by sports and other things to care how anyone performed in the debate. Ivison, Martin and Fife retweeted him though, so not sure if that means anything as retweets don't necessarily mean agreement.
Sorry, Ivison, Coyne* and Fife retweeted Don Martin's article.