tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post7997159117673829428..comments2024-02-07T16:22:39.625-05:00Comments on Jeff Jedras: Mandatory blog posting, Quebec election editionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-22729330946743257382007-03-27T22:17:00.000-04:002007-03-27T22:17:00.000-04:00Getting too cozy with the ADQ could be risky, but ...Getting too cozy with the ADQ could be risky, but also Harper also has to deal with the fact that of his 10 Quebec MPs, 6 are ADQ supporters and 4 are PLQ supporters, at least that is what I heard on CTV, so he really cannot play favourites with either. If he does get cozy with Dumont, I think he is hoping he can do what Mulroney did which is say one thing in French and another English, but I think today the media would pick up on it sooner and it wouldn't work.<BR/><BR/>Also the surge of the ADQ is puzzling in the sense that if a party in BC or Ontario made similiar statements, they wouldn't be so close to forming government, yet poll after poll shows Quebec is the most left wing jurisdiction north of the Rio Grande River. My only guess is it is kind of like Europe, generally be left leaning on most issues, but on a few issues such as immigration, is more conservative than the rest of Canada. I suspect thats why Dumont dropped his focus on his slash and burn economic policies and focused more on middle class issues and playing to people's fears of immigrants and minorities.Monkey Loves to Fighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05122291567543761919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-38700296172378980932007-03-27T15:54:00.000-04:002007-03-27T15:54:00.000-04:00I’m not sure which one I have a harder time pictur...I’m not sure which one I have a harder time picturing, Duceppe at an Allouetes game, or girls swooning over him. <BR/><BR/>I don't think that the Quebec election will really have that much of an impact federally as I think that a larger part of the vote for the ADQ was a protest vote. There were also a large number of people who stayed home in protest, so I’m not sure things have really changed federally as much as they have provincially.A View From The Lefthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14329632758725485498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-43671446078026306042007-03-27T15:33:00.000-04:002007-03-27T15:33:00.000-04:00What else have I called wrong Joe? Anyway, seeing ...What else have I called wrong Joe? Anyway, seeing as how "my pundits" say this is a great Harper victory and I say maybe not, odds are one of us will be proven wrong.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14971310821484459106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-17360925051555080102007-03-27T15:03:00.000-04:002007-03-27T15:03:00.000-04:00Well, you and your pundits have called just about ...Well, you and your pundits have called just about everything else wrong... I'm pretty confident your wrong here too.Joe Calgaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07136972691459270790noreply@blogger.com