tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2946942062204448159.post2887255644511478526..comments2023-10-14T04:34:47.438-04:00Comments on The Happy Wanderer: BC Election Prediction and Hopes. vanillamanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08385749975343350948noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2946942062204448159.post-8753258534810501262013-05-14T19:50:18.510-04:002013-05-14T19:50:18.510-04:00Rene
I think that Charest no matter what you thin...Rene <br />I think that Charest no matter what you think of him (And I am no fan!) did run successively as an experienced and competent economic manager, which is why he was able to get 30% of the vote. Which may sound bad, but when you consider that his approval rating at the time and the fact that he was polling way below the PQ most of the campaign, he didn't do all that terrible. For a scandal ridden party to be within 0.7% of winning isn't nothing. <br /><br />But I do concede that you are right BC isn't Quebec, and neither of the parties in BC have a monopoly on a minority linguistic. I was making a comparison in terms of how both Liberal leaders frame themselves (as the best business choice), and how they managed to reduce the gap between them and their opponents. <br /><br />P.S I don't think voting PQ is voting for separatism, but the fact that Marois decided to make seperatism a big campaign issue when no one wanted it to be. <br /><br /> vanillamanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08385749975343350948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2946942062204448159.post-18778812792266149362013-05-14T11:50:01.034-04:002013-05-14T11:50:01.034-04:00I don't think the situations in BC and Quebec ...I don't think the situations in BC and Quebec compare well even though it appears the NDP will win a majority in BC.<br /><br />Charest had some difficulty running the "experience and competent economic manager" angle when his government was mired in corruption scandals, and the commissions are still pursuing enquiries and further revelations of Liberal bagmen and mafia payoffs are emerging to date.<br /><br />What BC does not have is a politically captive linguistic/cultural community wedded to a Liberal Party which will endure pretty much any scandal yet remain politically committed to the Liberal Party, sort of like Israel surrounded by a sea of Arabs. Without that base Charest Liberals would have fallen much further in vote percentage and seats retained.<br /><br />Nor should the PQ vote be interpreted as a "separatist" vote per se, nor more than a vote for the NDP is a vote for "socialism", they'll talk about it and it's part of the platform, and maybe get around to it someday, but in the meantime they have a mandate to govern within the existing framework. Renehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04969453615157584548noreply@blogger.com