(K): I don't know why this would even be news - it's been a repeat story since Stephen Harper and his gang of liars were elected. 'Stalled in polls, Tied With Opposition, Harper's Glass Ceiling, Budget Fails to Impress', etc. etc. The Harper Cons rise a little in the polls after a major spending spree, and within a week are right back down in the polls. What is that? And here it is again...... just a few weeks after a 'tax-cutting (mainly for the corporations) budget: ________________ Reuters - Tuesday, November 13, 2007 Conservatives and Liberals tied in new poll TORONTO (Reuters) - The Conservatives are neck and neck with the Liberals in an opinion poll published on Tuesday, hurt by a spreading scandal about payments allegedly made to a former prime minister. The Strategic Counsel poll, published in the Globe and Mail newspaper, showed the Conservatives and the Liberals at 32 percent apiece, compared with 34 percent and 29 percent respectively in the previous survey by the same pollsters. Pollster Peter Donolo said the allegations against former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney had hurt the Conservatives, drawing attention from a mini-budget late last month that offered billions of dollars in tax cuts. "I think that the timing of the Mulroney affair couldn't be worse for the Conservatives," he told the newspaper. Mulroney, who is accused of discussing kickback payments surrounding an airplane deal, denies he has done anything wrong, and wants the government to set up a public inquiry to investigate the matter and clear his name. The Strategic Counsel poll showed support for the left-wing New Democratic Party at 12 percent, down from 15 percent in the previous survey. Support for the Greens was at 13 percent, overtaking the NDP for the first time. The results of the latest opinion poll are in stark contrast with a ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ weekend survey by rival pollsters Ipsos Reid, which gave the Conservatives ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 42 percent support, compared with 28 percent for the Liberals. The Conservatives, winners of the January 2006 federal election, have only a minority of seats in Parliament and need the support of at least one other party to stay in power. Pollsters usually say that a party needs at least 40 percent popular support to win a majority government. """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Force an election now, Harper :-> """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""