Ignatieff and Liberal base moving farther apart

Chantal Hebert, The Toronto Star:

With the two main federal parties deadlocked in voting intentions, it should come as no surprise that a Harris-Decima poll has found that a majority of Canadians feel the Conservatives and the Liberals would both be better off under new leaders.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff have currenty in common that their parties regularly turn off as many as seven out of ten voters. But it is far from clear that anyone in the current cast of political actors would catch the fancy of a majority of Canadians.

These days the fast track to popularity is a provincial road, not a national highway.

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