I was more mad at Justin than the Conservative Party. I was hopeful that O'Toole could at least bring me the joy of an empty net goal. Looks like he's just going to squander his lead. He doesn't want to win, if he did he would be going negative on Trudeau and Bernier 24/7. He's letting Trudeau walk all over him, and seems reluctant to even mention the PPC. The Tories still don't understand that every vote matters, whether you like the voter or not. He needs to expressly say that a vote for the PPC is a vote for Trudeau and pull a Hammy and equate that with an extremist view, and not a protest vote. He NEEDS as many protest votes as he can get, but is acting like he's too good for them. O'Toole is still a loser and he's gonna lose.
That's all.
I have to hand it to O'Toole. I didn't think his plan of just standing there and not being Trudeau would work, but it has. Looking back, I wasted too much time, money and votes on Reform thinking they could someday win a minority or hold the balance of power. Not gonna do it again.
The stakes are too high this time around. Justin will be coming out with UBI after labour day to save his campaign, and the motivation this will create to go to the polls for every lowlife will be too much.
So, if the Tories are where they are now, or higher, they'll get my vote. If they are down around 30% or less, or down around 100 seats again, I'll cast a PPC vote. (no maverick in my riding).
In the end, I want to punish Trudeau more than O'Toole, especially now that Singh says he's open to a coalition/support.
We are too close this time. I'm a PPC supporter, but if Max doesn't get to debate, all they will be is a spoiler this time around, and that's no good for the PPC movement at all.
1: Erin O'Toole will come out in favour of a national vaccine passport;
2: The CPC will poll below 20% for the first time ever.
What would you make my odds?