I think it's dipshit stupid. You want to enhance a dialogue that in some quarters already compares you to the likes of Harper? Yeah, dumb. I also think that if Trudeau and the Liberals were leading the polls right now you wouldn't see them backing out of any debates just because the pm chose not to show.
As a semi-distant observer, my question is how and to what extent Mulcair and Trudeau can cut a deal if October polling points toward another split vote allowing the Tories to retain power.
To quote Mulcair when Harper pulled from the debates...
"He’s basically disdainful. Anything he can’t control, he’ll just avoid."
"And he’s shying away from real solid one-on-one debates. It’s a lack of respect for the voting public, a lack of respect for our democracy, and that’s our guy."
Mulcair's ahead and if he's only debating Trudeau and May he risks leaking support to them while having little to gain. Tactically, it makes sense and if Trudeau were ahead of Mulcair he'd probably do the same thing.
I don't get why Mulcair is saying this now. Focus on the debate this week, bud. It only makes him look arrogant, and his policy positions lack pragmatism. Unforced error, and Trudeau has already jumped on it. I think the underestimation of JT might just be the historical meme of this (presumptive) election.
No risk, no reward. If Mulcair wipes the floor with Trudeau (as he has promised to do, using those words) then he solidifies the anti-Harper movement behind him and rides to victory with the Liberals in the dust. It's Liberal votes that Mulcair needs to become Prime Minister, not Conservative votes.
|Steve. Not really that much if it looks like CPC has majority of seats. If together the oppo parties have more than 50%, then they would do a deal after the election.
I think it may be a good move. Mulcair's response can be: If the Prime Minister of Canada is too afraid to show up and debate well it really isn't much of a debate.
The key is Harper cowardice. I would recommend all the other party leaders bow out as well and hammer the Cons. It is a bit sad when the PM is afraid to attend a debate. As the editorial cartoon a while ago put it; lecterns for the Libs, the NDP, the Greens and a nice snug closet for the PM.
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LPC should go ahead anyhow, any time you get to spread your message is valuable ad time.
What Bill said. People will still watch.
Besides, Mulcair may change his mind depending on what is happening in the polls by October.
I think it's dipshit stupid. You want to enhance a dialogue that in some quarters already compares you to the likes of Harper? Yeah, dumb. I also think that if Trudeau and the Liberals were leading the polls right now you wouldn't see them backing out of any debates just because the pm chose not to show.
As a semi-distant observer, my question is how and to what extent Mulcair and Trudeau can cut a deal if October polling points toward another split vote allowing the Tories to retain power.
To quote Mulcair when Harper pulled from the debates...
"He’s basically disdainful. Anything he can’t control, he’ll just avoid."
"And he’s shying away from real solid one-on-one debates. It’s a lack of respect for the voting public, a lack of respect for our democracy, and that’s our guy."
Mulcair's ahead and if he's only debating Trudeau and May he risks leaking support to them while having little to gain. Tactically, it makes sense and if Trudeau were ahead of Mulcair he'd probably do the same thing.
I don't get why Mulcair is saying this now. Focus on the debate this week, bud. It only makes him look arrogant, and his policy positions lack pragmatism. Unforced error, and Trudeau has already jumped on it. I think the underestimation of JT might just be the historical meme of this (presumptive) election.
No risk, no reward. If Mulcair wipes the floor with Trudeau (as he has promised to do, using those words) then he solidifies the anti-Harper movement behind him and rides to victory with the Liberals in the dust. It's Liberal votes that Mulcair needs to become Prime Minister, not Conservative votes.
|Steve. Not really that much if it looks like CPC has majority of seats. If together the oppo parties have more than 50%, then they would do a deal after the election.
I think it may be a good move. Mulcair's response can be: If the Prime Minister of Canada is too afraid to show up and debate well it really isn't much of a debate.
The key is Harper cowardice. I would recommend all the other party leaders bow out as well and hammer the Cons. It is a bit sad when the PM is afraid to attend a debate. As the editorial cartoon a while ago put it; lecterns for the Libs, the NDP, the Greens and a nice snug closet for the PM.
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