More Words, Deeper Hole

I have wondered if they might be able to get one or two conservatives on their side.

Poll after poll shows that the Canadians don't really want an election at this time -- before the Martin address, 76% were saying they wanted to wait until Gomery reported (CBC). From everything I've heard, that number has gone up since Martin's address the other night. Several times on a couple different channels, I've heard Harper referred to as 'election-hungry', and one person on CTV the other night made the comment that 'I'm a Tory, but Harper doesn't care what's best for the country - he just wants to be in charge.'

Therefore, the best chance is actually for them to find a couple of Tories who are willing to 'turn', and stay with Harper's *initial* promise, which was 'we won't force an election unless the Canadian people want it.' I don't think he would have said that if he'd *actually* realized that the Canadian people wouldn't want it, but he did say it, repeatedly, for several days. What's needed to be found are people who don't even have to say 'we support the liberals', but 'our leader made a promise, and we want him to stick to that promise.'