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OT: American Politics

http://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-...vestigate-collusion?__twitter_impression=true

Rep. Mike Conaway (R-Texas) said Sunday the House Intelligence Committee was not tasked with investigating collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign, despite the committee issuing a report last week stating it found no evidence of collusion in the 2016 election.

“Our committee was not charged with answering the collusion idea,” Conaway said on NBC's “Meet The Press.”

"So we really weren’t focused on that direction."

Conaway led the committee’s probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election after the committee's chairman, Rep. Devin Nunes, (R-Calif.) recused himself.

Last week, Conaway announced the end of the committee’s probe and laid out a number of conclusions reached by GOP members in their initial report. Among those conclusions was the assertion that there is no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.

The report drew strong criticism from committee Democrats, who said the committee came to no such conclusion.

Conaway on Sunday acknowledged the committee did not interview former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos and other key figures, because he didn’t want to overlap with special counsel Robert Mueller's criminal investigation.

“We’re trying to stay away from the Mueller investigation and not confuse that or hurt it one way or the other,” he said.

When asked if he regrets that the committee attempted to draw a conclusion on whether the Russians colluded with the Trump campaign, Conaway denied that the committee drew a conclusion at all.

“What we said is we found no evidence of it,” he said. “That’s a different statement. We found no evidence of collusion.”
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Re: OT: Canadian Politics

http://angusreid.org/federal-issues-march2018/

The passage of time appears to have done nothing to soothe Canadian voters irritated with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau since his highly criticized passage to India last month.

This, combined with a simmering unease among the electorate over the federal government’s deficit spending has, for the first time, driven Trudeau’s disapproval rating north of 50 per cent.

All of this adds up to a ten-point gap between the Liberal and Conservative parties in vote intention. The latest polling analysis from the Angus Reid Institute shows that if an election were held tomorrow, the CPC – led by Andrew Scheer, would be in range to form a majority government.

The bleed away from the Trudeau Liberals includes not just vote intention, but perception of leadership. On a number of key metrics, including those that have traditionally been strengths for the Prime Minister, Scheer is seen as a better bet.
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If an election were held tomorrow, four-in-ten Canadians (40%) say they would vote for a CPC candidate in their riding. This represents a double-digit gap over those who say the same of the governing Liberal party (30%). Another 19 per cent of Canadians say they would support the federal New Democratic Party
For the fourth consecutive quarter the number of Canadians saying it is ‘time for a change in government’ has risen. The percentage of respondents holding that view is now up to 51 per cent
Conservative party leader Andrew Scheer is seen as the leader best suited to steward the economy. This, as government spending and the deficit have emerged as the top issues of importance in the country
While Justin Trudeau still holds an advantage over his counterpart Scheer on the question of who would make the best Prime Minister (26% to 22%), when Canadians are asked which party is best to form government his Liberals trail the CPC by 9 points (31% to 40%)
Ontario continues to be a driver of vote intention shifts in favour of the CPC. That party now holds a 12-point advantage in the region, thanks to a seven-point shift in their favour this quarter.
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Trudeau has managed to piss it all away.

****ing. Idiot. He better be the best campaigner in history, and Sheer the worst, because as it stands now, he's sinking and he's not doing anything but doubling down on what is bringing him down.
 
Re: OT: Canadian Politics

Altair said:
http://angusreid.org/federal-issues-march2018/





Trudeau has managed to piss it all away.

****ing. Idiot. He better be the best campaigner in history, and Sheer the worst, because as it stands now, he's sinking and he's not doing anything but doubling down on what is bringing him down.
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meh, too far away from the election to worry or draw conclusions.

still plenty of time for voting intentions to change.

I think all this shows is that Trudeau has pissed away a lot of his goodwill way quicker than most would have anticipated
 
I'm really hoping that he finds russian money in mcconnell's coffers. maybe ryan's too.

that would be the best outcome in all of this.
 
Re: OT: Canadian Politics

Wayward DP said:
meh, too far away from the election to worry or draw conclusions.

still plenty of time for voting intentions to change.

I think all this shows is that Trudeau has pissed away a lot of his goodwill way quicker than most would have anticipated
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Voting intentions change. Sentiment is a different animal.

This is a couple of polls in a row now that have the liberals dropping, and the people who disapprove of him rising. He's 2 1/2 years into his term and the people are starting to feel like it's time for a change of government. How often does that sentiment fade?

And now he's trending into Trump territory with his disapproval ratings.

A complete disaster every since India destroyed his image, the one thing the Liberals had going for them before now. Now they need to stand on their record.

I wonder if Scheer is in favor of legalized MJ.
 
Re: OT: Canadian Politics

I still have an almost impossible time picturing Scheer winning the next election.

In addition to Scheer needing to be a much better campaigner than he appears to be, I think the CPC also badly needs a strong showing from the NDP. The NDP base would really need to be energized, and the NDP would need to siphon a bunch of center/left votes away from the Liberals in order to give the Conservatives a winning formula.

And thus far, the returns don't seem good for Singh. That he's managed to turn Trudeau's India trip into an almost bigger controversy for the NDP is some pretty shocking ineptitude.

It is also going to be interesting to see what direction Scheer goals with social issues.

The social Conservative vote is what won him the CPC leadership, so you would think he'd at least to some degree be beholden to them. Now, he could go the Patrick Brown route and stab the SoCons in the back by flip-flopping after winning the leadership, and refusing to support any of their hot-button issues. But as Patrick Brown demonstrated, that's a strategy that's not without risk, as it leaves you with a badly weakened internal base of support in your party if a scandal hits.
 
Re: OT: Canadian Politics

It's easy to say that you would vote for Scheer when you couldn't pick him out of a 2 person line up.


Call me when Canadians have seen the guy open his mouth in public and still aren't turned off. Right now it's Trudeau vs "Random young white conservative"
 
Re: OT: Canadian Politics

The shine has definitely worn off Trudeau. People are growing tired of his pretentious style. Trying to frame small business owners and tax cheats was an unforced error along with the others that are piling up.

There seems to be a slow shift in Ontario where people are starting to worry about the debt at both the provincial and federal levels, and some of these programs the Libs keep announcing at both levels to buy votes are being met with eye rolls.

If I had to predict though, I would say Ontario swings conservative in the provincial election, then gets cold feet federally and goes back to Mr. Dressup in 2019 to balance things out.
 
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