tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post116171826839545351..comments2023-07-25T02:39:44.615-07:00Comments on Bill Tieleman: Was Garth Turner's blog too much for Stephen Harper?Bill Tielemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03304971610140279157noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-1162282645461842672006-10-31T00:17:00.000-08:002006-10-31T00:17:00.000-08:00"With brilliant strategy like this it's no wonder ..."With brilliant strategy like this it's no wonder that the Tories are now tied with the leaderless Liberals, according to a Strategic Counsel poll - each with 32 per cent nationally - while the Conservatives have dive bombed from 30 per cent to just 16 per cent in Quebec."<BR/><BR/>Given the current batch of front-runners for the Liberal leadership, I'd say that it's an advantage for the party to be leaderless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-1161742517152052272006-10-24T19:15:00.000-07:002006-10-24T19:15:00.000-07:00The fact that Harper could so easily and convenien...The fact that Harper could so easily and conveniently forget the roots of the current Conservative party is bad enough.<BR/><BR/>But the fact that the rank and file, the party faithful, could so easily turn a blind eye to this affront to basic "ideology" is even worse.<BR/><BR/>Where are all the "Reformers" who wailed and moaned and gnashed their teeth over the merger? Where are all those "principled" Canadians? Isn't the Garth Turner episode PRECISELY what they claimed to be concerned about when the merger was being debated?<BR/><BR/>Wait, I know ... they're hiding inside the party, waiting for their opportunity to perform the miracle of "change from within".<BR/><BR/>If Mr. Harper allows "change from within", of course. If he doesn't, well, never mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com