Check out this article by John Ivison, if the latest batch of polls can nudge the Conservatives into the direction of better communications then maybe between election polls aren’t useless after all.
« Friedman and guaranteed incomes | Main | That's what I'm talking about! »
The medium is the message
Comments are closed for this post.
Sponsors:
Powered by
Movable Type Personal 4.1
Movable Type Personal 4.1
Site Navigation
Search
(Powered by Google)
About
This page contains a single entry from the blog posted on November 17, 2006 8:39 AM.
The previous post in this blog was Friedman and guaranteed incomes.
The next post in this blog is That's what I'm talking about!.
Many more can be found on the main index page or by looking through the archives.
Comments (10)
I agree with Ivison to a degree. Narrow-casting (or playing to the base) is a stupid strategy and Harper should toss it overboard immediately. I disagree that his environmental policy just needs to be communicated better. It is a sick dog and must be put down.
Posted by Greg | November 17, 2006 8:52 AM
Posted on November 17, 2006 08:52
Greg - At least they have an environmental policy unlike the Liberals who shout “Kyoto” but have no plan to acheive anything.
Posted by Alberta Girl | November 17, 2006 9:25 AM
Posted on November 17, 2006 09:25
Ya, the Liberals suck.
Posted by Greg | November 17, 2006 9:27 AM
Posted on November 17, 2006 09:27
“but have no plan to acheive anything.”
Which is exactly the Conservatives plan as well. Greg is right, the Liberals suck. That being said, blaming the Liberals for your own inaction and horrible plan is getting a bit tiresome.
Where is all this ‘personal responsibility’ I keep hearing about? Rona Ambrose needs a little right now.
Posted by Mike | November 17, 2006 10:22 AM
Posted on November 17, 2006 10:22
All parties narrow-cast. The trick is to make sure it is not too narrow.
Posted by Greg Staples | November 17, 2006 11:22 AM
Posted on November 17, 2006 11:22
Finally Sinister Greg and I agree on something. Scrap the environment policy and re-write it to exclude any silly pandering to Kyoto, global warming, climate change etc.
Posted by Dr. Strangelove | November 17, 2006 11:33 AM
Posted on November 17, 2006 11:33
”Which is exactly the Conservatives plan as well.”
MSM controlled the message on this one. They lined up the critics, blasted the 2050 headlines (which all countries and all 4 of the leadership wanna-be’s use too) and then abruptly changed the channel to ‘Belinduh is a dog/bitch’ This totally smothered the topic.
Seeing real hope in the Act, Dippers promptly rescued it (and Canada of course) and sent it to committee. There are MANDATORY standards coming up (via the Act) in January ‘07, Jack wants his stamp on it, and PMSH wants Dippers to take back their ‘borrowed’ votes from the Libs.
Jack & Steve work well ‘getting things done’. ”Re-elect this team”
Posted by wilson61 | November 17, 2006 12:00 PM
Posted on November 17, 2006 12:00
All parties narrow-cast. The trick is to make sure it is not too narrow.
Some parties do (including the federal NDP), that’s true, successful governments do not. As much as it pains me to say this, there is a reason the Liberals have run the country for a hundred years and it isn’t their sparkling intelligence.
Posted by Greg | November 17, 2006 12:31 PM
Posted on November 17, 2006 12:31
Screw the west, I’ll take the rest is narrow-casting. If you want a more recent example day care for the few in your voting base in narrow-casting (granted they lost but…) There are always going to be groups that will enver vote for your party regardless of what party it is. Casting to them is futile. You narrow your pond to cast where the fish are biting. In short, I respectfully disagree with your assessment that the Liberals do not narrow-cast.
Posted by Greg Staples | November 17, 2006 1:02 PM
Posted on November 17, 2006 13:02
Liberals are the original amorphous blob party, but I will accept your respectful disagreement. :)
Posted by Greg | November 17, 2006 1:55 PM
Posted on November 17, 2006 13:55