'Revenge of propeller-heads'

[CHIMO]

'Revenge of propeller-heads'
leaves Tories even with Liberals

1. Absent PM faces 'virtual tie.' Stephen Harper’s decision to kill the compulsory long-form census is killing him in a new national poll, wiping out an 11-point lead he enjoyed over Michael Ignatieff just weeks ago.

The latest EKOS survey shows the Conservatives virtually tied now with the Liberals, 29.7 per cent compared to 28.5 per cent. Pollster Frank Graves calls this the “revenge of propeller-heads” – the educated class in Canada, which seems to have reacted swiftly and negatively to the Tory government’s census change.

“This is really a very bad poll for the Conservatives,” Mr. Graves says. “They have slipped back into a virtual tie with the Liberals … and looked poised for a disastrous rout in Quebec.”

The two-week poll has Jack Layton’s NDP at 17.4 per cent, puts the Green Party at 11.1 per cent and shows 10.4 per cent support for the Bloc. The EKOS survey of 3,444 Canadians was conducted between July 21 and Aug. 3 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 1.8 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/revenge-of-propeller-heads-leaves-tories-even-with-liberals/article1662564/

[Spazito]

1. It doesn't surprise me...

harper and his cabal assumed Canadians wouldn't care about something as 'dry' as statistics and surveys, they assumed we are all dumb as posts and wouldn't see what is really behind this move. They made a gross miscalculation for which they are going to pay dearly and I couldn't be happier.

[daleo]

2. I, for one, welcome our new propeller-head overlords. n/t

[Spazito]

3. LOL and I join you in that welcome!

:rofl: