Are You Ever Lucky To Love Politics!

I'm 65 years old and here's my message for young people. I don't care if you're left-wing, centrist, moderate or right-wing. All of you are worthy of respect. If you have principles that you're not prepared to sell out for fame or money, then you belong in politics.

Start by recognizing your God-given talent and then make a difference in Canadians' lives. Keep the faith in your abilities and don't doubt yourself. Move heaven and earth to win a nomination. Meet up with your destiny. The only person who can stop or sabotage you is you!

How many times did Churchill lose? You know where I'm going with this.

I know how good of a political strategist I am. Pretty much top-notch. Predicted Trudeau, predicted Trump, etc. Been doing it since I was fourteen and in truth, only one war room guy and two federal strategists can take me. I won't embarrass them by going with their names but they know who they are.

You see, for example, that the political strategist world is bullshit with most of the TV players second-rate at best. That's the reality we see on the screen and yet they all think they're God's gift to political strategy. Too bad that rapidly dissipates as soon as almost all of them open their mouths. I could name names but the list would be too long. LOL.

But back to brass tacks: politics is much more a sacred calling than an art form so if you feel the burn inside you then just have at it. You will never have any better ally than yourself so go out there and make it happen.

France : Marine, elle encore !

Et voilà : le rebondissement dramatique a eu lieu, et Marine lance sa quatrième campagne présidentielle en tête des sondages et, pour l’instant, sans bracelet électronique. C’est pour elle une victoire symbolique majeure, malgré les condamnations prononcées dans l’affaire des « assistants fantômes » au Parlement européen. Elle a été reconnue coupable d’avoir détourné 2,80 millions d’euros pour rémunérer du personnel du Front national.

Marine a formé un pourvoi devant la Cour de cassation à la suite des décisions défavorables rendues par le tribunal correctionnel de Paris et la cour d’appel de Paris. Elle est présumée innocente tant que son pourvoi est pendant devant la Cour, qui espère rendre un arrêt portant uniquement sur des points de droit avant le premier tour de l’élection présidentielle.

Le premier tour aura lieu le 18 avril et, le cas échéant, le second le 2 mai. Pour Marine, sa campagne prend de plus en plus d’ampleur. Deux sondages d’opinion la placent largement en tête :

De toute évidence, le RN a actuellement le vent en poupe, et l’absence de grande coalition semble indiquer – du moins pour l’instant – que le parti est en passe de remporter l’élection présidentielle. N’oublions pas que le paysage politique mondial a été bouleversé par l’arrivée de Trump. Aujourd’hui, tout est possible, et tout est permis. Dans un tel contexte, cette dynamique ne peut que jouer en faveur de Marine et du RN. 

Il est plutôt ironique que, même si la Cour de cassation lui ordonnait de porter un bracelet électronique par la suite à une éventuelle condamnation, la plupart de ses partisans, ainsi qu’une partie de l’électorat, soient susceptibles de considérer cela comme un signe d’honneur d’un martyr politique. Dans une perspective plus large, Marine semble en bonne voie pour devenir présidente de la République. C’est indéniable, au moins à ce stade.

My Message For Caroline Elliott.

FULL DISCLOSURE: I'm hardly an unbiased political observer or neutral party member. From the get-go, I saw Pierre Poilièvre for who he was in the leadership race and who he remains since becoming leader. He's a petulant, self-entitled lecturer with a chip on his shoulder. That's who he was and who he will always remain. People otherwise known as non-political, neutral or without an agenda listen to this guy and recoil with distaste. Put another way, PP instinctively rubs people the wrong way, and women especially are repulsed by the way he does politics. 

Like you've said, Caroline, successful politics is all about addition, not subtraction. It's about growing the tent and bridging differences, and Pierre will never be part of that common sense reality. For PP, life generally and politics in particular are nothing more than a zero-sum game where the PP ideology wins while everyone else in the party loses. It's the Scheer mindset on steroids. And if you don't beat that drum and meet PP's ideological purity mindset and party litmus test, then you're either dismissed as a faux conservative or just gone. 

So with respect, Caroline, don't waste your breath on Pierre Poilièvre because that's an exercise in futility. It's like repeatedly hitting your head on the wall just for fun! This guy is hopeless.  And then he wonders why, among Canadians generally and with potential voters, his personal favorability or Best PM rating is consistently in the basement at 30+%. 

PP lost the last election, and he most assuredly will lose us the next one. That's what being PP is all about. Nothing more. He can spin his wheels till the cows come home and constantly run his mouth, but this party is going precisely nowhere as long as we continue to have the misfortune of putting up with him as leader. I know it, you know it, and more importantly, no one knows it better than Pierre Poilièvre himself.

Last year, he said publicly that he might lose, and of course, he did. Same thing coming in spades again in late fall.  

Angus Reid Institute: Pick Your Statistics.

Basically, only a third of voters (33%) can stand PP:

As for the top-line numbers:

41% vs 36%

Liberal lead over CPC narrows to five points in vote intention

Nanos Research.

Liberals: 41%

Conservatives: 32%

New Democrats: 15%

Bloc Québécois: 6%

Greens: 4% 

Liaison Strategies.

LPC: 43%

CPC: 34%

NDP: 14%

BQ: 6%

GPC: 2%

Martel Is Gone!

This is Carney's new strategy: hollow out our caucus and leave only the yahoos behind the Conservative benches.

Looks like lightweight Mark knows how to play chess while our hopeless fool is still playing pick up sticks and shooting his mouth off...