Liberals Don't Have The Smarts To Use A Tory Strategy

Polls consistently show that while the public acceptance of the conservatives is lukewarm there is no question that Harper's leadership ability kicks butt when it comes to voters opinion of him.

Best to bomb the other party's weakest link TheStar.com - Opinion - Best to bomb the other party's weakest link

September 07, 2008

Angelo Persichilli

According to media reports, it looks like the Liberals have changed their electoral strategy against the Tories. Convinced that the challenge over policies was taking them nowhere, they are now focusing on Prime Minister Stephen Harper, a strong leader with some weaknesses. Canadians respect his leadership but he still has to gain their trust. And for the Liberals, that "trust" is the Conservative weakness to exploit.

It's the "bomb the bridge" theory. This is not new. It consists of identifying the weakest link in the adversary's chain, and then "bombing" it. This tactic was devised by then Conservative strategist Allan Gregg and used during the federal campaign in 1988 by Brian Mulroney. They identified the weakest link in the Liberal chain, John Turner, and they hit him hard. It worked.

In this case, however, the context is different. First, Harper is not the Conservatives' weakest link. Indeed, he is by far the strongest one. And the leader of the party attacking the "bridge" is Stéphane Dion, not Brian Mulroney. This pits the weakest link in the Liberal chain against the strongest link of the Tories.

More

,,,,,,the other guy

Car Pools and Corpses

Saturday, September 06, 2008 at 08:09 PM Comments: 18

Stephane Dion seems to live in another world from the rest of Canadians.

He has no idea what a car pool is. The man who wants us to believe that he knows the secret of how to lead Canada to an environmental Nirvana doesn't know what a carpool is.

Of course, he probably thinks Nirvana is reached through the yoga poses he practices every day.

I hope he's working on Shavasana. The Corpse Pose will be very appropriate for Stephane Dion's political aspirations unless he figures out how to connect with real Canadians.

Read more...