Out Lying On The Barbeque Circuit

WhereDidMyStampedeGo?
HarperVille


Remember back last summer when the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada started flippin' burgers and wearing too tight leather vests, make-up and cowboy hats at county fairs, stampedes and such.

Some longtime observers of the man suggested he was undergoing an image transplant.

Others, especially those who were a tad more cynical, suggested that his handlers were actually sending him OUT into the country so that they could do a little bit of creative LYING about the true nature of his hardhearted, hawkwonkish personality.

Of course back then it all seemed like a big joke.

And, given the apparent ineptitude of the strategy at the time, who could have possibly imagined that the same handlers might actually be capable of assembling a secret team of PR/Spinmongers masquerading as unbiased Pollosphereians whose job it would be to push the outlier buttons for all they are worth right to the bitter end.

Interestingly, in the past few days it has become apparent that you no longer have to read tea leaves or engage in round-the-clock conspiracy theory seances to start catching glimpses of these potential secretive outliers at work.

In fact, all you have to do is look at the numbers.

National Poll Results
Date	Poll	Lib	CPC	NPD	BQ	GRN	MoE
Jan. 18	SES	31	37	17	11	5	+/-3.1
Jan. 18	Ekos	29	35	18	13	4	+/-3.4
Jan. 18	SC	25	41	17	12	5	+/-3.1

As Mahigan at Pogge asked yesterday - can you spot them? (the outliers I mean)

Thought so.


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Most importantly, check out the two inliers. The lead is not, repeat not, unassailable. So, wonder, which major news organization will bust its way out of the outlier corral first and start reporting it as such? Anybody want to place their bet(s)?

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