I’m certain you know that having 30% think you are the most trustworthy does not mean that 70% think you are untrustworthy.

While leadership approval numbers don’t always translate into seats, it can’t be anything but positive ( if you’re a conservative ) to have twice as many people calling you the most competent leader than call either of your competitors the most competent.

For the CPC, this is probably a good time to call an election. They’ve gone through most of what they said they wanted to achieve and have only a handful of public screw-ups. They almost certainly want to avoid running in a year from now when the economy is going to be a lot softer.

Whooee! I ain’t so sure these sorta polls mean much other than 100% of Con supporters thing Harper’s the best while 100% of NDP supporters think Layton is best and 100% of Grits think Dion is best. Among my Green Party fellow travelers, we all agree Lizzie May is the best. All the poll really sez is that 30% of those polled are Con’s who have no trouble with a megalomaniac control freak who puts politics above everything else.

IMHO, the Con’s spoending millions on notaleader ads and notaleader.ca have had an effect. Throw enough mud and some will stick. Dion’s a poor leader but so is Harper. The difference is that the Grits haven’t spent millions taking the negative message to the airwaves. Once an election campaign starts, the Grits will start in with the negative ads.

JB

Gotta agree with Jason and lrc. Bottom line is that more folks “trust” Harper, which is a good thing for the Conservatives. On the other hand, Liberals lead the polling this week, which is a good thing for Liberals. And the NDP…oh, Jeez, ain’t it great that Heatly’s back in the lineup?

What this portends, horribly, is an American election campaign. Harper will brand himself as George Bush, trusted and tough, and any who oppose him are wimps who hate our troops.