Canadian conservatives don't attack groups they don't like openly (ie: gays, women, minorities) unlike their American counterparts (they seem to let their minons flood message board with their, um, views, leaving them innocent).
Not yet that is...Mayor Ford has taken the first steps...a few more years of conservative coarsening of political discourse and we'll be as divided as the U.S.
"The Tories are trying to come up with wedge issues, but nothing seems to stick," said Larry Savage, who teaches political science at Brock University.
"As the front-runner, he should have steered clear of these wedge issues [because] it looks like they've blown up in his face because they polarize people."
While Hudak needs to play to his conservative support base, observers said his challenge is to expand his appeal to a much broader swath of the electorate.
So far, however, his approach appears to have missed that mark, with polls either suggesting a much tighter contest or giving the Liberals the edge.
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