Don Mills plumbs the causes of the probable NDP collapse
Assume for the moment that the Corporate Research Associates poll showing Stephen McNeil's Liberals with a 30-point lead is accurate (which I assume it is), and assume McNeil holds that lead until Tuesday (which remains to be seen). The next question is, how the heck did this happen? The NDP made serious mistakes (see here and here) but they did not run a horrible government (see here and here). Not everyone will agree, but there is a reasonable case that Dexter deserves another term, something of a tradition in Nova Scotia, as many have pointed out. The curious thing is that one detects little passion in...
02 October, 2013