As unbelievable as it might seem, John Tory and his Progressive Conservative party may end up having LESS seats then what they had to start the Ontario provincial campaign if this latest poll from Strategic Council is accurate:
- Liberals: 42 per cent
- Progressive Conservatives: 27 per cent
- NDP: 19 per cent
- Green Party: 11 per cent
Look at how the faith-based funding issue has completely neutralized John Tory’s attacks on broken promises:
When respondents were asked which of the two issues they were most concerned with, 39 per cent said McGuinty’s broken campaign promises, while 49 per cent said Tory’s pledge to fund private religious schools.
If the poll from last week is accurate, Tory won’t even win in his own riding - losing to Liberal cabinet minister Kathleen Wynne. Sorta reminds you of the Kim Campbell debacle in 1993, doesn’t it? Tory helped run that campaign into the ground, and turned it into the worst electoral defeat in history, and he’s doing so again, albeit on a smaller level. This time however, he’s torpedoed himself, not someone else.
UPDATE: CTV’s link seems to be screwed up, even though the story’s title is still at its page. I’ll substitute the Globe and Mail’s story on the poll if the CTV one continues to not work.
Unbelievable Scott.
What a disaster. Mind you, Dalton and his team deserve a lot of credit.