{"id":72902,"date":"2017-03-02T12:19:56","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T12:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/?p=72902"},"modified":"2017-03-02T12:19:56","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T12:19:56","slug":"the-pollcast-3-months-to-go-in-the-conservative-leadership-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/political\/the-pollcast-3-months-to-go-in-the-conservative-leadership-race.html","title":{"rendered":"The Pollcast: 3 months to go in the Conservative leadership race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">CBC\u00a0Pollcast<\/a>, hosted by CBC poll analyst \u00c9ric Grenier, explores the world of electoral\u00a0politics,\u00a0political polls and the trends they reveal.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Kevin O&#8217;Leary was not one of the 13 candidates participating in the\u00a0Conservative Party&#8217;s\u00a0leadership debate in Edmonton Tuesday, due to what he called its &#8220;bad format.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Those who did participate, struggled to be noticed on the cluttered stage \u2014 and with less than three months to go before the ballots are counted, candidates need to get\u00a0noticed.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"><strong>Conservative debates showcase candidates&#8217; strategies<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Podcasts: <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Subscribe to the CBC\u00a0Pollcast\u200b<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>O&#8217;Leary&#8217;s decision to avoid the debate might have been the quintessential front runner&#8217;s move, but O&#8217;Leary is far from being a runaway favourite for the leadership. Maxime Bernier is also widely seen to be in a strong position, while candidates such as\u00a0Andrew Scheer, Lisa Raitt, Kellie Leitch, Erin O&#8217;Toole and Michael Chong\u00a0are trying to secure second choice support that could keep them in the running.<\/p>\n<p>Calls for the other candidates in the race to step aside are beginning to grow.<\/p>\n<p>But will they be heeded?<\/p>\n<p>To help lay out where things stand at this point in the race, Pollcast host \u00c9ric Grenier is joined again by Conservative insiders Chad Rogers of Crestview Strategy and Tim Powers of Summa Strategies.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the full discussion above \u2014 or <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">subscribe to the CBC\u00a0Pollcast and listen to past episodes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Past episodes with Chad Rogers and Tim Powers on the Conservative leadership race:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jan.\u00a02016: <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Your primer on the Conservative leadership race<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>May 2016:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"><strong>The state of the Conservative leadership race<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>July\u00a02016:\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Tony Clement in, Jason\u00a0Kenney out<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sept.\u00a02016: <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">The impact of MacKay&#8217;s decision not to run<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Nov.\u00a02016: <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Conservative leadership begins to heat up<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Jan. 2017: <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">O&#8217;Leary, French debate shake up race<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Follow <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">\u00c9ric Grenier<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Tim Powers<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter.<\/em><\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p \/>\n<p>Article source: http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/grenier-pollcast-powers-rogers-1.4004719?cmp=rss<\/a>\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CBC\u00a0Pollcast, hosted by CBC poll analyst \u00c9ric Grenier, explores the world of electoral\u00a0politics,\u00a0political polls and the trends they reveal. 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