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November 3, 2007

Weekend Election Roundup

"What really struck me though was that Calvert was riding in this old RV that had blue smoke puffing out of the tailpipe. It had to be at least 15 years old. It looked like it was from a different era."

Tales From The Doorstep. Grab the Kleenex.

"Will trade for Rider playoff tickets."

Don't forget your election market trades for today!

Birkbeck predicts and so can you - in the comments. There are 58 seats up for grab, currently the NDP hold 30, the SaskParty 28.


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Okay - SaskParty 42 - Dippers - 16.

Posted by: Neil at November 3, 2007 3:55 PM

Pooping out the blue smoke? Could that signify the Reverend Lorne is feeling blue or the old vehicle is his good luck charm. When the chips are down people often turn to perceived good luck symbols and other manner of voodoo. Sounds like he needs a miracle, no doubt he's praying.

Posted by: Liz J at November 3, 2007 3:56 PM

Sask Party 34, NDP 24.

Posted by: Andrew at November 3, 2007 4:00 PM

Sask Party - 35
NDP - 23
Liberals - 0

Posted by: Jason at November 3, 2007 4:13 PM

sask party 33 ndp 24 libs 1 (battleford)

Posted by: stubby at November 3, 2007 4:16 PM

Lions 42
Riders 23
Riders should be a good tuneup for the Leos before the Grey Cup Game.

Posted by: capt_bob at November 3, 2007 4:20 PM

Sask Party - 40
NDP - 16
Liberals - 2
PC - not quite 1
Marijuana - not close
Green Party - 2.8%
SDAP - forgot to run
WIP - 0

Posted by: Saskboy at November 3, 2007 4:20 PM

I've said this since the very start of the election and will stick to it now (although I think giving the Liberals a seat at this point might be generous):

Sask Party - 39
NDP - 18
Libs - 1

Posted by: Saskatory at November 3, 2007 4:34 PM

sask 25
ndp 33
liberal 0

Posted by: r/r at November 3, 2007 4:52 PM

SP-45
NDP-13
Lib-0

Posted by: kg at November 3, 2007 4:57 PM

SP-37
NDP-20
LIB-1

Posted by: Ryan at November 3, 2007 5:15 PM

Sask Party - 38

NDP - 20

Posted by: a different Bob at November 3, 2007 5:17 PM

SP - 46
NDP - 12
Liberals - 0

Everyone else...thanks for coming out.

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Posted by: Joanne at November 3, 2007 6:23 PM

SP-38

NDP-20

Posted by: huffb1 at November 3, 2007 6:55 PM

Looking at the poll and comparing it to past elections in the province, there is absolutely no way the NDP will get more than 15 seats, if that many.
Sask Party 43
NDP 13
Lib 2

Posted by: trent at November 3, 2007 6:58 PM

Depends on the weather, but I'd have to agree with you Trent -- at best, 15 for Lorne, hoping SP takes all the rest.

Posted by: L'il Walter at November 3, 2007 7:31 PM

The Sask NDP are mildly centre-left? So sayeth Bill Doskoch:

"Two polls released publicly indicate the mildly centre-right party has a substantial lead over the mildly centre-left party that has ruled Saskatchewan since 1991 -- with Lorne Calvert as party leader and premier since 2001."

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071102/sask_elxn_071102/20071103?hub=TopStories

Posted by: Andrew at November 3, 2007 7:46 PM

I think it might be a 30 NDP and 28 SP again. As much as I would hate to see this I don't think you can count the Dippers out.

Posted by: Blackroc at November 3, 2007 8:00 PM

http://www.nodice.ca/elections/saskatchewan/projections.php
This link says it all...

Now let's hear the socialists cry

Posted by: trent at November 3, 2007 8:25 PM

As a working stiff the Sask?Tory party offers me nothing. No drug plan a tax rebate which the farmers will gain the most and not much else. I hope all of urban Sask votes NDP. They will help the real taxpayers the most.

Posted by: ok4ua at November 3, 2007 8:43 PM

ok4ua,

Just what is your problem? You come on all the different threads here and babble on about the "virtues" of socialism and how the rest of us are all a bunch of "evil right wingers" yet you never seem to be able to provide any hard data to back up your bs, nor to you acknowledge the mountains of information the rest of us provide to back up our statements.
I have asked you dozens of times to back up your ridiculous statements and you never do, so why don't you just be quite?

Posted by: trent at November 3, 2007 8:50 PM

Saw this during the football game this afternoon: the lie comes at the 20 second mark in the graphics but is never directly stated by the reader, a sure sign of duplicity: "privatize crowns." Filthy lying shits: too bad you can't just do it like old Hugo, eh?

Oh, yes...

Sask Party 45
Lying Dips 13


Posted by: GDW at November 3, 2007 8:53 PM

Here is one (conservative) scenario if 8.5% of popular support shifts to the Sask party from NDP giving the Sask party 47.8% of the vote, according to esm.ubc.ca/SK07/forecast.php:

Political Parties
NDP SKP LIB OTR
Popular Vote
36.1% 47.8% 14.2% 1.5%
Gains (+) or losses (-)
-8.5% +8.5% 0.0% 0.0%
Seats, 2007 predicted
23 34 1 0

Posted by: Andrew at November 3, 2007 8:57 PM

"As a working stiff the Sask?Tory party offers me nothing. No drug plan a tax rebate which the farmers will gain the most and not much else."

Ask them for some punctuation.

Posted by: dean spencer - fox at November 3, 2007 9:12 PM

As a working stiff the Sask?Tory party offers me nothing. No drug plan a tax rebate which the farmers will gain the most and not much else. I hope all of urban Sask votes NDP. They will help the real taxpayers the most


This is why the NDP is going to have their lunch handed to them...when a Prov. Party has to depend on an Urban/Rural split to win, they also have to govern that way. The #1 reason the NDP will not be accepted by rural Sask

Posted by: northernfarmer at November 3, 2007 9:50 PM

Remembering the PC sweep of 1982, everybody thought Riversdale was a safe NDP seat but Romanow lost it to a gas station attendant, Calvert could lose it again on Wednesday. The sweep is on:

Sask Party 48
NDP 10

Posted by: Robert at November 3, 2007 10:02 PM

The Sask Party may have a bigger lead (54%-34%) over the NDP now than Grant Devine did over Allan Blakeney in 1982 (54%-38%). A lot depends on how the vote is distributed, of course, and the Sigma polls suggests that the Dippers are at least in the running in parts of Saskatoon and slightly ahead in Regina. But with numbers like this you never know: they could win eight seats again or get lucky and come out with twenty.

Posted by: GDW at November 3, 2007 10:21 PM

ok4ua, was it not the NDP who has given the biggest education rebates to farmers? was it not the NDP that gave people on welfare 3 increases in 3 years? was it not the NDP who gave that woman abuser taxpayers money to shut him up? the NDP has made it's bed now accept the fact that the people of Sask. are fed up.

Posted by: dj at November 4, 2007 1:28 AM

Argos 41
Riders 13

Leafs 3
Habs 2

Raptors 106
Nets 69

Every now and then, it's good to be a Toronto
sports fan...

Posted by: KevinB at November 4, 2007 1:46 AM

The NDP have lost this election and now have to worry about staying in existence for the next election. To do so about 250 NDP ultra-faithful will be told to vote for Roger Parent to ensure that Karwacki does not win and become the real opposition. Politics does, indeed, make the strangest of bedfellows!

Posted by: EyesWideShut at November 4, 2007 12:21 PM

Blue smoke?!! That can't be good for the environment!! Don't the Dippers claim to be greener than green?

Well I suppose you can't pull up in a shiny new Airstream when you're trying to sell the bull the Dippers offer, and dealing with an electorate that has suffered from your economic policies.

Posted by: KVB at November 4, 2007 1:20 PM

We've all had good times under NDP gov'ts. You guys don't change anything. THe news media has the election won already. Your Tory gov'ts are rotten and crooked. Look it up if you can read.

Posted by: ok4ua at November 4, 2007 3:43 PM

Play nice ok4u. I appreciate the NDP will help get Roger Parent elected so Karwacki does not get to make fun of ForLorne in the house until ForLorne's imminent resignation. However, when there is a bi-election in Riversdale if you do not want Karwacki to win in Riversdale when Lorne resigns you better be nice to your right wing bedfellows until you have Riversdale in your back pocket again. If you saw the debate you know who killed ForLorne and it was not the dreaded Saskasuppositories or whatever it is you call them. If it is revenge you want be mindful that it was Karwacki who made ForLorne look like he had filled his pants with NDP policy, not Bradley.

Posted by: EyesWideShut at November 4, 2007 4:01 PM

haha, Parent winning in Meewasin....that's funny. He will finish second because Karwacki's numbers are tanking (his campaign is running scared all over the constituency this weekend), but winning? He doesn't have enough support in enough polls to pull it out, though it will be under 1,000 vote split.

Posted by: Sean S. at November 4, 2007 7:22 PM

Laugh Sean S., laugh laugh! See Sean laugh.
Cry Lorne, cry, cry. See Lorne cry. See Karwacki riducule Lorne in the house. See Lorne look like a whipped puppy, again. See Lorne resign.

The Liberals have big guns out flattering the folks in Meewasin. Hell, you can get elected just waving at people going to work in Saskatoon. Imagine what will happen when voters see people they have seen on TV at their doorsteps flattering them?

The only people the Liberal bigshots cannot impress are Sask Party voters who are singlemindedly focused on turfing the NDP. So, it is Parent or Karwackin my left wing friends. Pick one. Pick one now.

Posted by: EyesWideShut at November 5, 2007 11:09 AM

Kind of unfortunate, incidentally, that all the 'big gun' analogies may be lost on a lot of people who have evolved past the 'hunting and gathering' era. Maybe 90%? Of women, that is, at least.

If by some chance the SP loses, I will be hosing down my house. I am BAAAAD.

Posted by: bonnie brown at November 7, 2007 12:09 AM
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