From: Gene McAloon 

On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 15:12:44 -0400, "John Beamish"  wrote:

>I, too, was surprised at how much the polling people missed the mark.  A guy
>on the radio this morning suggested that polls are of decreasing value.
>Many people simply refuse to do a poll.  Those who actually do respond may
>simply be giving tactical answers designed to mislead.
>
>BTW, in terms of political spectrum, the Bloc are between the NDP and the
>Liberals.

In reference to that, a LIberal/NDP coalition makes sense and is what will
happen. If the Conservatives had won, it was expected they would form a
coalition with the Bloc. Does that make any sense and how long would that
have held together?
>
>A final comment:  our MP is Carolyn Parrish.   She probably doesn't many
>Christmas cards from Americans.
>
>"Gene McAloon"  wrote in message
>news:t383e0l1t13lant58jr9q201vsf2f3g6nu{at}4ax.com...
>> I see that Canada at least has renewed my faith in the sensibility of
>voters in
>> giving a big victory to the Liberals. It will still be a minority
>government,
>> but not by the slim margin all the pollsters predicted. It is really
>incredible
>> how very wrong they all were.
>>
>> Harper, the Bush clone, can now fade back into the obscurity from which he
>> emerged and so richly deserved. Thank you, Canada.
>>
>

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