(Being U.S. ambassador) gives him credibility in being a person who can stand up for the country as a whole or represent the country as a whole, which has always been a problem for a premier. |
(The attack ads) are starting to have a little bit of an effect on peoples' impression of Stephen Harper's vision but they haven't transformed into changing the momentum of the campaign. |
As a result, I think it's fair to say that there's an appetite for the Province of Ontario to seriously explore more nuclear power. |
I don't think it is a surprise in Canada's only officially bilingual province that it is a great training ground for future prime ministers. |
I think the Liberals are doing everything they can to do turn it around, but the reality is that we're at the point right now where only Stephen Harper can lose this election. Only some major mistake by Harper or someone close to him can derail the Conservative juggernaut. |
It would require Stephen Harper or someone very close to Stephen Harper to make a monumental blunder to turn those numbers around. This is Stephen Harper's election to lose. |
Last night, the numbers for the Liberals were quite weak. |
People are disappointed with the Liberals, disappointed with Paul Martin, so they have turned their attention to Stephen Harper. Harper hasn't done anything to validate what the Liberals would like in regards to views that might not jive with average Canadians. |
So, it's not surprising that the Liberals are throwing everything but the kitchen sink at them. The Liberals still haven't found anything that will stick to Harper. The bogeyman argument, right now, doesn't have traction. |
The announcement of the criminal investigation . . . made what was a relatively comfortable (Liberal) lead into a neck and neck race. |
The Conservatives raised the bar on ethics and accountability very high, and I think people are waiting to see them deliver on that. |
The environment that we're in right now is that we have rising electricity rates, we're going to have rising heating costs. |
The numbers that are driving male support have to do costs and the future and being ready for the future while women are probably more likely to be concerned about the potential implications and risks of nuclear energy. |
The only issue is how many seats are the Liberals going to lose. |
The polling shows there's a very clear gender gap on this. It shows 52 per cent of men support more nuclear power while only 30 per cent of women want more nuclear power. |