What needs to happen for a Liberal victory to occur

Today, I’m reading the top story on CBC.ca. It reads, “Tories regain lead after Liberal election threat: poll”. I haven’t visited Blogging Tories yet today, but I assume that the general (false) train of thought there is that Ignatieff has utterly failed and that Canadians are abandoning him in droves for the economic genius that is Harper.

It’s probably no small surprise to any of you, but opinion polls aren’t that big a deal right now. Look at this Decima Poll from November 28, 2005, the day the Liberal government fell on a vote of no-confidence:

Liberal: 36

Conservative: 28

NDP: 19

Bloc: 12

Needless to say the result of the election campaign was nothing like this. However, it does indicate that a strong campaign wins elections. Here’s what Ignatieff needs to do this summer if he wants to be a potent threat to Harper next fall, when many of us are predicting the government will fall:

1) Give some indication as to your economic plan.
2) Fight those attack ads with positivity. Take your YouTube rebuttal, edit it down to 30 seconds, and air it for a week on tv. Don't let the Tories define you. Define yourself.
3) Be more visible. Make the news every day.


I think the Liberals can pull off an election win in the fall, but Canadians aren’t going to hand it to us on a silver platter. We’re going to have to work for it.