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Tom Bateman - Week Six Results

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Bloc Quebecois

The BQ has made the necessary adjustments to counter the CPC surge in Quebec. Duceppe was not as polished in the English debates as he has been but he was devastatingly effective in cornering Martin on the identity of Quebec as a nation.

Conservative Party

No gaffes, only calmness and confidence going into the last week. The media have generally been good to the CPC and Harper and it appears the Liberals' attack ads have had marginal effect.

But Tory numbers are soft because people have been pushed from the Liberals, not resolutely pulled by the Tories. People are not in love with Harper (one can only hope - not expect - that this is not required to succeed in Canadian politics). The Tories have staved off the credibility critique up to now - that is, the criticism that an essentially right-wing Harper is commanding a party that will outspend the Liberals. This could change before Monday and it certainly will after th 23rd

Harper won the debates on points.

Liberal Party

Martin looked frazzled, frenetic, and unfocused in the debates. The military/police state ad was a bust, and open discussion of internal Liberal campaign disarray is a potentially mortal wound.

I think the well of distrust of Harper will keep the Liberals from a 1984-style experience. But when local candidates disengage from the national campaign, you know things are bad.

New Democratic Party

Jack Layton played the vacuum cleaner salesman in the debates, and this must have made his keenest supporters blush in embarrassment. But the NDP seems to have learned from 2204 and is speaking to voters' strategic voting calculations.

It must be so difficult for NDPers to learn that even their leader has used a private health facility.

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