Wrapping up the week: why Poilievre really wants an election; why Harris still needs to work really hard

Why Poilievre wants an early election:

Ohhh THAT’S why Poilievre wanted the NDP to pull the plug on the Lib govt yesterday LOL. The Cons are in full panic mode:

“Economy beats Bank of Canada forecast with 2.1% growth
Fastest growth since the first quarter of 2023” https://t.co/RFVctfVhCo

— Stephano Barberis (@HelloStephano) August 30, 2024

The Bank of Canada will cut its overnight rate by 25 basis points for a third straight meeting on Sept. 4 and again in October and December, faster reductions than previously thought, according to a majority of economistshttps://t.co/NH9c7fNrv9

— Jaro Giesbrecht (@JaroGiesbrecht) August 30, 2024

Anyone who thinks having Poilievre as PM will make things better needs to have a hard look at Ontario and Alberta. That's the Con reality. Not some nirvana where crime goes away and everyone gets a free house. They're chaos agents, not problem solvers.#NeverVoteConservative

— Christopher Byrne 🇨🇦🇺🇦 (@CBinVAN) August 28, 2024

Too late!

Conservative opinion writer for G&M says if Poilievre is going to win he needs to shut up.
Translation: The guy is nuts and people are going to realize it if he keeps talking.

— Mike Morris (@1MikeMorris) August 29, 2024

Looking to the United States, we see that Democrats still need to be the grownups while Republicans can still act like children

“Kamala needs to be more specific about her child tax credit and housing proposals, and explain how she will bring down prices on day one!”

Meanwhile: https://t.co/8PrjPbetGx

— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) August 30, 2024

You can tell he’s lying because his lips are moving, @StuPolitics https://t.co/HcLShLRw6m

— ANNE LAMOTT (@ANNELAMOTT) August 30, 2024

Josh Marshall sums up The State Of The Race:

... in June and July, Joe Biden was looking at a map where the only clear road to victory was through the Blue Wall states, so plausible victory was holding the Blue Wall and winning with literally a single electoral vote. Harris now has multiple paths to victory. She can win in the Blue Wall states. She could win with a mix of Blue Wall or Southern Tier states. She could win them all. Simply put, she has options. She has to fight for every one of them. But she doesn’t have to win every one of them. And Donald Trump is fairly close to having to win every one of them.

Let’s remind ourselves that a two-to-four point lead for Harris isn’t necessarily a “lead.” It’s the range a Democrat needs to be in to overcome Republicans’ Electoral College advantage...

... Donald Trump has no better than a tie now in four or five states, all of which he needs to win: Nevada, Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania. That’s not a good place to be. At the moment Harris is nominally ahead in all but one of those states.

...I like where Harris is at this point in the cycle. It’s infinitely better than where Biden was even though numerically speaking they’re not dramatically different. But this is going to be hard slog all the way to November 5th.

Finally, this --  off topic but beautiful:

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