Deal with the Greens
Well, I'm actually surprised at this move to not run a Liberal in Central Nova, in an effort to hope that Elizabeth May wins her seat. I never thought we would actually go ahead with it, and instead run someone not very strong and rely on an underground movement to tell people to vote for the Greens, similar to what the Liberals did in calgary centre many years ago to help Joe Clark out (at least, I assume that's what happened when the Liberal vote in the riding dropped by 20% overnight).
And this one is one that makes sense. It certainly will get people talking about how close Dion and May's views are on the environment, and that will certainly help overall. And it's not like we would actually win the seat, so it's not like we're really giving up an MP for it.
Glen also has a nice post up, comparing it to Hargrove's deal with Martin. He finishes it up with a good line as well:
now we just have to hope that May doesn't tacitly endorse the seperatists like good old Buzz did...
4 comments:
Why have a Green party if there is no difference between what they and the Liberals stand for? The deal is a betrayal and a slap in the face for grassroot supporters in both parties. If Ms May wants to support the Liberal party, she should resign from the Greens and join the Liberals so that she can run for them in the next election.
Unfortunately, the environment will not be the defining issue in the next election.
Besides the ambiguous matter of “leadership,” the only issue the Conservatives have a solid lock on is CRIME. Mark my words, the government will fight the next election on crime. Liberals, NDP, Green, anyone who dreads a shift to the right must start SCREAMING the truth about crime NOW! Selling fear is much easier than selling truth; we need a large, loud head start. Leadership on the left is afraid of this issue; the chorus must come from the grassroots.
Crime is not out of control. Punishment is not a deterrent. US crime solutions will create US crime rates.
Please, please, please don’t go on the defensive over crime!
The parties don't matter as much as the environment, ask Einstein's bees.
The only people who should be elected in this election are those willing to do something to stop the pending ecological disaster.
Harper hasn't even begun to imagine what crime will look like when ecological disaster hits. An ounce of prevention.
Crime will be an issue, like it always is, but no way can it be the central issue of a campaign. It can't last a whole campaign.
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