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Antonio the Sixth
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« on: October 04, 2015, 02:05:16 PM »
The NDP can blame nobody but themselves on this. Triangulation is a dumb strategy and it seems left-wing parties will only learn it the hard way.
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Antonio the Sixth
Antonio V
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Political Matrix
E: -7.87, S: -3.83

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« Reply #1 on: October 04, 2015, 04:20:04 PM »
Meh, I don't hate the Liberals that much. In office, they seem mostly bland and useless, but not actually harmful - and certainly not as harmful as Harper has been in the past decade. Biebertrudeau seems like an empty suit, but in the past they had pretty good leaders even from a left-wing perspective.
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Antonio the Sixth
Antonio V
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Political Matrix
E: -7.87, S: -3.83

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« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2015, 12:17:23 AM »
Quote from: Adam T on October 05, 2015, 12:00:14 AM
Most platform planks come from research by university professors and other researchers.

Oh boy, I wish this were true...
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Antonio the Sixth
Antonio V
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Political Matrix
E: -7.87, S: -3.83

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« Reply #3 on: October 05, 2015, 01:17:58 AM »
I'd wager that much of policy implemented by modern government stems from corporate lobbying. The US obviously being one of the most egregious examples. Aside from that, parties and other interest groups also have their own agency. Researchers only come far behind.
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Antonio the Sixth
Antonio V
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Political Matrix
E: -7.87, S: -3.83

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« Reply #4 on: October 06, 2015, 09:21:50 PM »
Quote from: Vega on October 06, 2015, 09:00:37 PM
If the NDP loses the election (whether coming in third, or even losing seats), they will move to the centre

If they actually do that, they deserve to fade into oblivion forever.
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Antonio the Sixth
Antonio V
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Political Matrix
E: -7.87, S: -3.83

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« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2015, 08:34:25 PM »
Indeed. I have to say, as someone who is used to French political discourse, the current Québec issues seem all too familiar to me.
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Antonio the Sixth
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E: -7.87, S: -3.83

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« Reply #6 on: October 11, 2015, 03:29:34 PM »
Ugh, seems like polls are all over the place once again.
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Antonio the Sixth
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E: -7.87, S: -3.83

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« Reply #7 on: October 18, 2015, 10:05:53 PM »

Cheesy
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Antonio the Sixth
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Posts: 58,249
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Political Matrix
E: -7.87, S: -3.83

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« Reply #8 on: October 18, 2015, 10:19:23 PM »
Quote from: RogueBeaver on October 18, 2015, 10:15:34 PM
The last time there was uncertainty: 1963, when even though the Liberals were only a few seats short of a majority (Pearson blew YUGE leads '62/'63/'65) Diefenbaker initially refused to concede and hinted he might try and meet the new Parliament. Once the opposition parties confirmed they'd support Pearson, Diefenbaker finally told the GG he'd resign.

Why was Pearson such an underachiever electorally? In terms of policies, his record in only 5 years is pretty impressive.
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