My Point of View: Tories a distant 2nd to the “New Green Grits” party

This morning’s headline in the Free Press [Tories take charge] was way off base.

And the first sentence made me laugh when it said:

“... Stephen Harper (is) posting stratospheric leadership scores compared with his opponents.” (according to a recent NANOS poll)

“Stratospheric?”

Not a chance.

Even the 2nd sentence agrees with me when it said:

“With one in five Canadians surveyed saying they will cast their vote based on who’s the best leader the results give the Tories an extra edge.”

“Extra edge” from 20 per cent of voters doesn’t sound so stratospheric now, does it?

I mean, 30 per cent might vote for the leader with the nicest hair. Who knows?


[It ain't stratospheric: G. Harrison]

And the actual leadership numbers don’t favour the Tories at all - a story the Free Press missed completely.

(They don’t have my unique point of view. Or calculator).

Sure, the poll shows Harper with a slim lead over Dion and a bigger lead over the other leaders but when looked at my way, 54 per cent of Canadians - a stratospheric majority - would vote for a New Green Grits party any old day.

And it’s not because of Harper’s hair colour.

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