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Posted by Scott Tribe on October 8, 2008, at 8:14 am |
The Nikkei Market as of this morning has suffered its worst drop since the 1987 Stock Market crash. 250 billion $ in shares were lost (so far) today.
But hey, according to Prime Minister Harper, Canadians shouldn’t worry. as that plunge will result in great buying opportunities in the stock market as a result of all that panic.
Don’t worry, be happy, Canadians!
UPDATE @ 8:20 am: Great bit of snark from one of the folks at the Globe and Mail today over that “buying opportunities” line Harper used yesterday:
Because you see, as an economist, Stephen Harper knows that if you have just lost half your retirement [...]
Posted by Scott Tribe on October 7, 2008, at 11:25 pm |
The first one, as you might guess, again goes after Harper’s economic record.
The only regret I have about this ad is that it wasn’t planned for release tomorrow, because I think that line of Harper’s where he said “there are probably some great buying opportunities emerging on the stock market as a consequence of all this panic.” could have been added to great effect in this ad. That comment is going to bite him big-time, if it gets repeated to the Canadian public, but there’s still time to use it, of course. Anyhow this is still quite hard-hitting, particularly with all the media quotes.
The 2nd [...]
Posted by Scott Tribe on October 7, 2008, at 2:13 pm |
Dare I say it, the Conservatives are in real danger now; forget their hopes for a majority, they are in peril of losing the government altogether, IF the trends hold that Nanos is showing today:
CP 34%, Lib 31%, NDP 18%, BQ 11%, GP 6%
Pollster Nik Nanos comments on the new numbers:
The trend lines say it all. We now have a tight race between the Conservatives and the Liberals. Phase one of the narrowing of the gap featured a drop in Tory support in Quebec. The last three days now see a softening of Conservative support in Ontario – potentially an “echo effect” from Quebec. Even if [...]
Posted by Scott Tribe on October 6, 2008, at 11:50 pm |
..but did she do as well as the polling firm Ekos has her and the Greens in Ontario?
Liberals 33, Cons. 33, NDP 20, Green 15
I think thats the largest # I’ve seen the Greens have in Ontario from any polling firm. If you’ve been following the Ekos daily poll, they would seem to be pulling it from all parties. So the question would be a) How accurate is Ekos methodology, and b) Is it hard or soft support for the Greens? With regards to the 2nd question, Ekos said they found that 74% of Green Party voters would “not likely” change their vote, while 17% said “likely” [...]
Posted by Scott Tribe on October 5, 2008, at 3:24 pm |
Do you like Nanos? I like Nanos:
CPAC-Nanos Daily Election Tracking CP 34, LP 30, NDP 19, BQ 10, GP 7 (ending October 4)
If one looks at the regional polls today, we see that the Liberals have taken a decisive lead in Atlantic Canada (not a particular surprise), but the Liberals have now risen to 28% in Quebec, still behind the BQ by a good margin, but well in front of the Conservatives, who continue their nosedive with a 16% showing today. As for Ontario, the Liberals have narrowly edged ahead here within the MOE, and they’re going to need to extend that gap to have any hope [...]
Posted by Scott Tribe on October 5, 2008, at 9:58 am |
Well, we have another story in today’s Toronto Star over vandalism targeting Liberal supporters in that city:
Toronto police patrolled a midtown area overnight, after vandals cut brake lines on at least 10 cars parked at homes with Liberal election signs on their lawns. Affected residents live in the riding of St. Paul’s, in a swath of the city around Eglinton Ave. between Bathurst St. and Mount Pleasant Rd., and had Carolyn Bennett signs on their property. The cars were also damaged in other ways; some were scratched and keyed with L signs. Phone and cable lines of some homes were cut.
This is chilling, because this is EXACTLY [...]
Posted by Scott Tribe on October 3, 2008, at 2:11 pm |
Well now, this totally made my day. The Cons. have dropped a couple, and the Liberals have surged with a +4 from yesterday:
Conservatives: 35 (-2) Liberals : 30 (+4) NDP: 18 (-1) Greens: 10 (+1) Bloc Quebecois: 9 (-)
It appears much of the momentum comes in Quebec, where the Liberals are up 7 points from yesterday and into 2nd place in that province, perhaps reflecting Dion’s perceived strong showing and the declared winner of the French language debate. There is also upward movement in Ontario. The Conservatives on the other hand dropped 4 in Quebec and are down 3 in Ontario.
I’m going to guess partly the [...]
Posted by Scott Tribe on October 3, 2008, at 8:55 am |
- Tonight at 8pm, Dan McTeague will be hosting a townhall meeting on energy prices. The location is here at a web 2.0 enabled site. Dan will be streaming live on an internet video feed. This is probably the first time a politician in Canada has done something like this. They are taking questions at votemcteague.ca, and welcome all enquiries.
- Best quip of the English language debate last night: Elizabeth May quietly saying “Where is it?” when Harper urged people to study the Conservatives platform. A close second was when Dion said he knew he has a very strong French accent, but that he knows he speaks [...]
Posted by Scott Tribe on October 1, 2008, at 12:00 am |
Another creation by our blogger friends at A Creative Revolution. I said “ouch” when I saw this one. Very hard hitting.
Posted by Scott Tribe on September 28, 2008, at 6:25 pm |
If the latest 2 polls released today from Decima and Nanos are an accurate indicator of a Liberal turnaround in the polls and not just statistical noise, then all we engaged in the last blogpost of mine was some fun hypothetical situations.
Harper showed his “not likable streak” last week that he’s more or less masked this election, and that may have helped to trim the poll gap, as progressive moderate voters got reminded just what a nasty angry mean Conservative Party this is, led by a nasty angry mean leader. That positive momentum for the Liberals needs to be kept up. Keep the gap to single [...]
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