Polls in Canada show the Liberal and Conservative Parties nearly tied in approval — within the margin of error, which after a brutal beat-down over the past year, you'd think the Tories would find encouraging.
Alas for them, their leader is in terrible shape. Pierre Poilievre polls 25 points behind Prime Minister Mark Carney, 51 to 26 percent. And the Conservative Party's leadership review is next month — eek.
That's insult added to injury for PP after Ontario MP Michael Ma crossed the floor last week. In the past few days, Poilievre has had to suffer through some combative interviews with Canadian media about why he's losing members to the Liberals. He's responded with Trumpian defensiveness and accusations, as you might expect. Sad!
With more floor crossings possible, and Pundit World smelling blood in the water, nobody really knows what the Conservatives will do. Personally, we cats hope they hold on to PP. Every time he opens his mouth, he reminds Canadians how much they dislike him.
Barring some unforeseen external event — Russia invading Finland, Trump talking annexation again — Carney's lead over Poilievre shouldn't budge much between now and January. And Conservative MPs in swing districts will spend Christmas asking themselves if they want to tie their political future to a guy sitting at 26 percent. We cats PURR.
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