What Now?

Sorry I have not been blogging lately I have been feeling awful lately, I must have had some volcanic ash in my sinuses ;). Well the campaign had a huge shock with the Liberal Democrats making a big push in the poll. So what do each of the parties need to do to win. Conservatives need to focus on grabbing liberal votes. Push to make people look at Clegg like a normal politician. If he can get a 5 or 6 point lead over the LibDems, he can truly make the argument that he is the one who can oust Gordon Brown. Labour needs to trash Cameron, make him seem unbearable to the nation, if they can make him seem so bad, Labour can push themselves as the only party that can stop the CamMonster. LibDems need to find one more thing to keep excitement with his campaign. Cable and Clegg excitement will die soon, I believe a pledge not to support a government under Prime Minister Brown, could be more sure of the possibility of change. My suggestions all have the chance to fail miserably, but if you want power you must be daring.

Has the Cameron project failed?

Much has been made on how Cameron could de-toxify the Tory brand. That he could drive the Tories to a massive majority. He would be for the Conservaitve party what Tony Blair was for the Labour Party. And he is at about 33%. Nearly the same as Michael Howard had in 2005. I doubt that is what the Tories were buying when David Cameron was elected leader. Gains are going to be made off the fall of the Labour vote, but they could also lose seats to the surging Liberal Democrats. If he cannot deliver government to the Conservative party, he will be delivered to the back benches. The debates are now irrelevant unless Cameron can hit Clegg. If not the Cameron project may all be for not

"I agree with Nick"

This was the line that I read was most repeated tonight. So why would Cameron and Brown, especially Brown, do that. Is it because Nick Clegg is the genius and originator of all great British political thought? If it is true I doubt the Tory and Labour leaders believe it. No, the leaders are making a calculation based off statistics. In the last election the LibDems did very well in LAB-CON marginals. Both Brown and Cameron believe that they can squeeze this vote down. The doorstep line can be "Well the LibDems can't win here, and a lot of our policies are like the LibDems." Will it work? We won't know until May 6th.