Sounds to me like the NPA IS worried..why else would they conduct and release this bogus poll.Too bad they did not do one on horse race numbers against Slippery Sam...and lets remember in a straight election race its one on one...unless ofcourse Slippery Sam were to find a Gregory Robertson or Libby Davis to run as independents just like James Green.

Gee, the NPA better start raising some money instead of letting Sam do all the hard work - because a poll of "close to" 150 people will tell you just about nothing. A sample size that tiny isn't a poll, it's a conversation with a taxi driver at best.

Gee, the NPA better start raising some money instead of letting Sam do all the hard work - because a poll of "close to" 150 people will tell you just about nothing. A sample size that tiny isn't a poll, it's a conversation with a taxi driver at best.

Bill...It's not the size of the poll that matters...it's what you do with it. No wonder Carole James isn't worried about Gregor beating down her leadership door. Even with a smaller sample size, you can't get away from the fact that Libby is kicking Gregor's pretty GQ derriere. I think Libby is the only NDPer that could become the leader of Vision and shut down what is left of COPE. Where is she going in Ottawa anyway? She's a former City Councillor and has a heck of a lot more experience at the civic level than pretty boy does. All I can say to Libby is go GIRL!

How can you call these kind of numbers a "poll"? "close to 150" = 147?
43% NPA = 63 of 147
84 left: 20 none of the above, 16 don't know, 26 Davies, 8 Cadman, 8 Robertson, 5 Louie, 1 Bass

And is it supposed to be a surprise that the 48 declared lefties preferred the longest-serving and most well-known name on the list? Maybe Harry Rankin should've been on there, too... Or Che Guevara?

What might be interesting is who were the NPA presenting as their own potential mayoral candidates (to the NPA voters) in this poll? Only Sam?

The notion that Libby could lift this proposition of being Mayor is fantasy perpetuated by the Mayor's people to play down Gregor, who would wax Sam, thoroughly. It's the kind of deflection I haven't seen in almost twenty years. And, it is a joke of major proportions to even haul around a "poll" with a sample size like 150. Anyone who gives that any credibility has just had a lobotomy.

This is just more of the PR root canal that Danny, Chief of Staff in the Land of Make-believe, and his band of merry men have been shovelling for two years. I would be embarassed to receive such horsefeathers from the Mayor's suite. Where are all the geniuses in council caucus? I will feel sorry for the NPA if they offer any of these twits incumbency protection (except for Anton).

They can't do the math?

Let me help them...Citizen Spam has had polling that has shown his approval rating in Bushian territory. His only hope to get some profile was thwarted when he performed so very miserably during the strike, which turned on him, in no small part because he has been in free-fall for so long that it's almost impossible to right himself. The only way Sam gets re-elected is through slight of band, yes, you read correctly. The only way he survives is by embracing the team that got him there, and, by and large, they are all still foolish enough to go there...but this time they will have to make it up. Shammy has done nothing for two years. It will be one big effort at PR spin, just like Doug MacCallum's effort in Surrey, and we all know how that one ended.

Sam is the worst modern day Mayor Vancouver has had, and all the whiner's and boo-birds ain't gonna change the facts, sports fans. But the bullshit must continue until, either;

a) Gregor declares (and then the trembling--and smear effort, will begin);

or

b) Carole Taylor finally decides to run and puts us all our of this misery by restoring class, dignity (and brains) to City Hall.

She will wax everyone in her way, and rightfully so.

"close to 150"

What a sham. That's not a sample size. This is a joke and Vision folks ought to think why the NPA would put this sham-job out there. It's not rocket science.

That refusal rate is also suspiciously low, especially for a municipal political survey. Close to 60% of the population DOES NOT vote in BC municipal elections, and yet supposedly only 19% in this poll didn't have the time, will or information to response. Right...

Sam had better learn from the mistakes of his past, and those of the provincial Liberals.
If you turn on your supporters, and try to placate others with land that is not yours to give, you will lose them.
Sam gave new meaning the the term Green party with his little stunt during the last election, I suspect it will not work again.