Building Momentum

With John Bryden's jump off of the Liberal ship things are starting to come together for the new Conservative Party.

A wrapup of the good news for the Conservatives include:

- the ad scandal,
- John Bryden's leaving the Liberal Party,
- the latest poll numbers,
- the potential for an interesting Conservative leadership convention,
- a possible delay in what was generally expected to be a spring election,
- and conflict within the Liberal Party (ie. Copps, Martin, Chretian, ...)

So it all adds up to a pretty good couple of weeks for the new Conservative Party. The key, like everything in life, is whether the Conservative Party will use this opportunity wisely. The polls of course prove that the Conservatives are still the only alternative to the Liberals on the national stage. Polls of course can be a poor judge of the public mood but if the Conservatives can keep the poll numbers over 25% from now till the next election then this will be a key indicator of the publics acceptance of the new party.

I'm still doubtful that the Conservative Party has any chance of forming the next government but at least we will see some movement as opposed to the static politics we've had to endure for the last 10 years.

Its shaping up to be an interesting year for us political junkies...