Author: Jon Siemko

Republicans Have 10 Point Lead in Latest Gallup Poll

With the 2010 midterms quickly approaching, the Republicans have jumped out to a commanding 10 point lead for the race to control Congress. It looks like a good year to be a Republican.

Source: Gallup

The last Gallup weekly generic ballot average before Labor Day underscores the fast-evolving conventional wisdom that the GOP is poised to make significant gains in this fall’s midterm congressional elections. Gallup’s generic ballot has historically proven an excellent predictor of the national vote for Congress, and the national vote in turn is an excellent predictor of House seats won and lost. Republicans’ presumed turnout advantage, combined with their current 10-point registered-voter lead, suggests the potential for a major “wave” election in which the Republicans gain a large number of seats from the Democrats and in the process take back control of the House.

August 31, 2010
Could the Tea Party Movement Working Canada?

I support the ideals of lower taxes and less government . I can’t say if an American phenomenon can be completely translated to the Canadian political climate. I do agree that freedom is a universal value that we all should cherish.

source Toronto Sun

Is the Tea Party Canada-bound?
By BRIAN LILLEY, Parliamentary Bureau

OTTAWA – Are Canadians getting fed up with government regulations, rules and taxes? The man behind an attempt to start a Tea Party movement in Canada hopes so.

Andrew Lawton wants to bring that spirit to Canada.

Lawton, a conservative-leaning activist from London, Ont., is one of the organizers behind an online attempt to start a Tea Party movement in Canada.
starting with a Facebook group, Lawton says there are plans for rallies this fall in Ottawa and Quebec City. Other cities may be added.

August 30, 2010
Voter Discontent Could Boost Ontario PCs Fortunes

Voters in the province of Ontario are tired of being overtaxed and just treated as another source of revenue for an ever- ballooning government bureaucracy. Ontarians now want a return to fiscal sanity and a strong hand on the teller of government.

Source Toronto Sun

Voters know what they don’t want: They’re tired of posturing, dirty tricks and taxation.

The pollsters at Ipsos- Reid have been plumbing the depths of voter wrath — and have come up with some surprising numbers.

For the first time since he was re-elected in 2007, Dalton McGuinty is trailing the PC leader in the polls.

Ipsos figures show the PCs at 36%, have a narrow lead over the Liberals, at 35%.

The NDP is at 18% and Greens are at 11%.

Sure, a slim 1% margin hardly makes Tory Tim Hudak a shoo-in for the premier, but it gives the Tories a needed boost.

That figure isn’t the most important one. On every question, the Tories were ahead. A whopping 64% of those polled want a change in government.

What’s most surprising about the figures is that Hudak is largely unknown. It’s not so much Hudak they’re voting for as it is McGuinty they’re voting against.

They want anyone but him.

August 29, 2010