The Prime Minister has succeeded in correcting the false image that the Liberals have portrayed of him in 2006. The polls have been consistent. He is on the brink of a majority, as a matter of fact if we were to examine the last 5 polls, 2 out of 5 indicate that the Conservative Party of Canada is already in majority territory. 2008.09.06 – Segma Unimarketing places the Conservatives at 43%, 2008.09.08 – Harris Decima at 36%, 2008.09.09 – Angus Reid Strategies at 38%, 2008.09.09 – Ekos at 37% and this morning in the middle of the Peterborough Examiner: Harris Decima found the Conservatives at 41%. http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1198617

Despite the controversies brought on by Danny Williams and the Communication’s Director incident, the Conservatives’ lead does not seem to be reversible. Though I do not claim to be an expert, I speculate whether it is because 1. Canadians can’t imagine Stephane Dion as Prime Minister, 2. Canadians appreciate the +- 30 Bills that the remarkable Minority Conservative Government has passed in 2 years. or 3. The Liberals just don’t have the resources to wage this campaign formidably as they spent 30 million dollars in the 2006 campaign and borrowed from 10 banks and the inability of the Liberal Party of Canada to raise substantial funds due to Jean Chretien’s Bill that bans corporations from making donations and the fact that the grassroots Liberal base are too uninspired by Stephane Dion to make donations.

Either way, the opening days of the campaign did not make a dent to the Conservatives despite puffins, and Elizabeth May’s spot in the debates and the communication’s director incident. Flipping through the pages of the Peterborough Examiner, the Prime Minister is seen as a ladies man as he courteously grants Gerri Hall her interview.

The incumbent Conservative MPs are yet to truly begin their campaigning and they begin next week. Perhaps, that will finally propel them to majority territory.