With publicly available polls showing real cracks in the ABC grip on the public imagination, Williams is now completely changing his views. Williams likely has polls of his own but he won't release those.
"The primary goal is not to deliver the goose egg. I'd like Newfoundlanders to deliver the goose egg but if they don't, they don't. That's certainly a goal. The primary goal is to prevent him from winning a government, certainly a majority government." [Emphasis added; quoted in a Telegram front page story by Peter Walsh. Update: The full story isn't online. The link is to an abbreviated version carried by the Telly's sister daily in Corner Brook.]Gee, it's not like we haven't seen that sort of shifting of position before in the face of bad polls.
Here's an idea, let's take down the flags.
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