tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post3911671436448586495..comments2023-10-22T09:18:16.885-04:00Comments on Far and Wide: LegitimateSteve Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-11309005512106545042008-12-17T19:55:00.000-05:002008-12-17T19:55:00.000-05:00Whatever, I'll try to care.Whatever, I'll try to care.Steve Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-52166657931576153192008-12-17T19:11:00.000-05:002008-12-17T19:11:00.000-05:00I'm feeling pretty relaxed too, not to mention con...<I>I'm feeling pretty relaxed too, not to mention confident :)</I><BR/><BR/>That's just hubris.<BR/><BR/>Even I have more positive feelings that Iggy has taken the reins (or is it reign?) of the LPC. Mainly because I feared what a Dion-Layton-BQ coalition would do to this country.<BR/><BR/>Let's see his policies before I take him seriously.Möbiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11851148006420274055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-21140959640701104832008-12-17T13:12:00.000-05:002008-12-17T13:12:00.000-05:00Oh no, no more attacks; haven't you heard? The Chr...Oh no, no more attacks; haven't you heard? The Christmas season has brought on a transformation on the scale of Scrooge or the Grinch:<BR/><BR/>Here's Flaherty, quoted in the Calgary Herald:<BR/><BR/>"This is one country after all and I think Canadians expect all of us not to be partisan, to make sure that we pull together and create this kind of significant stimulus in the economy"<BR/><BR/>God bless us, every one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-72003372082065172052008-12-17T12:29:00.000-05:002008-12-17T12:29:00.000-05:00anonI'm excited that he's spending time in Quebec ...anon<BR/><BR/>I'm excited that he's spending time in Quebec straight away, it's a great sign that a real push is coming. Not sure if anyone has noticed, but right after Ignatieff took control, there were two separate Lib press releases speaking directly to how the government was affecting the eastern townships, the Quebec City region. I can tell you, in monitoring our releases, I can't recall ONE that addressed this region, it was as though a lost cause, why bother. It was a small signal, but I don't think it was by accident.<BR/><BR/>burl<BR/><BR/>The attacks will come, but it would be foolish to do it know. If these characters start hurling dirt at Ignatieff, it will just be more partisan crap, while the economy burns. It actually feeds a negative narrative for the Conservatives, preoccupied with silliness, when he need action. My gut tells me, not much on the smear front until we get the budget resolved.Steve Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-15865049044798181522008-12-17T12:22:00.000-05:002008-12-17T12:22:00.000-05:00While we all know that the CON-gruets are mincing ...While we all know that the CON-gruets are mincing this poll (and those of their own) for some negative spin, that their house is so shakey seems to limit the kind of negative messaging that they could do at this time. But they will.<BR/>I just wonder if that tendency for hitting low and a lot may be near its limit (with Canadians)... I think it was revealed after the last election how the CON framing actually drives people away from politics, not necessarily into their grubby arms.burlivespipehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18048415779214466831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-86731391484816276712008-12-17T12:20:00.000-05:002008-12-17T12:20:00.000-05:00He's apparently been in Montreal getting to know a...He's apparently been in Montreal getting to know and talking with Charest which is important - Dion didn't do this.<BR/><BR/>He's also putting together a cabinet.<BR/><BR/>He's talked to Harper, etc.<BR/><BR/>Other than that, he's not working fast enough and hard enoughfor some people it seems - perhaps he's avail at 3:00 a.m...sigh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-60446114193749360012008-12-17T12:15:00.000-05:002008-12-17T12:15:00.000-05:00I'm feeling pretty relaxed too, not to mention con...I'm feeling pretty relaxed too, not to mention confident :)<BR/><BR/><BR/>I don't think Ignatieff should disappear, but I'm sure his plate is full getting a staff together, not to mention policy and everything else. The Cons aren't trying to define him, not on the radar at the moment, so it might actually be better to let these guys sit on the hotseat for a couple weeks. Ignatieff has already made himself quite clear, not much can change until the Cons start reacting in a substantive way.Steve Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-92066232175182652552008-12-17T11:30:00.000-05:002008-12-17T11:30:00.000-05:00Staying out of the limelight and having Harper and...Staying out of the limelight and having Harper and Flaherty showing how truly inept they are is not a bad strategy for Ignatieff. I think after New Year's he will be much more in the public eye.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-88439611342350014572008-12-17T11:10:00.000-05:002008-12-17T11:10:00.000-05:00But where is he? The prime minister foresees a de...But where is he? The prime minister foresees a depression, more jobs are disappearing, the infrastructure projects two years in the making are still not in place. McCallum and Brison are working but where is our leader of the opposition - on holiday? He'd better be somewhere besides Christmas parties before Christmas - in my opinion. Dion would have been.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12925229206558848754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-11313266890965466912008-12-17T10:56:00.000-05:002008-12-17T10:56:00.000-05:00it was an early Christmas present for Liberals...y...it was an early Christmas present for Liberals...yay! I feel so much more relaxed about the situation, I haven't blogged in days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-82221346650156719012008-12-17T10:45:00.000-05:002008-12-17T10:45:00.000-05:00I think this is more than just a bounce, because D...I think this is more than just a bounce, because Dion did not poll this high in the beginning. Plus, I think MI has a presence that Canadians seem to be warming up too.liberazzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14798202757576009552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-62264881890257418822008-12-17T10:25:00.000-05:002008-12-17T10:25:00.000-05:00Oops :)Oops :)Steve Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-18309151324967695632008-12-17T10:17:00.000-05:002008-12-17T10:17:00.000-05:00Your link does not work.Your link does not work.Gaylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08112657859825911939noreply@blogger.com