08 03 12	A.S. 99.233.96.153
It was worth a little mirth and bemusement to learn that washed-up Mulroneyite J-P Blackburn was gunning for his old seat back--and oh lordy, talk about last laugh, he did it. And enhancing the gravity of it all is the fact that it happened in what once was, in part, Lucien Bouchard's Lac-Saint-Jean base--and now, with the Roberval byelection, virtually all that matters of Bouchard's turf is currently held by CPC! Holy cow. The Bloc might hope it's their best chance for a takeback from the Tories, or at least their best result in a Tory riding--though I'm more likely to suspect continued demoralization on their part. At best, perhaps, the LSJ area is now for the Bloc what Windsor is for the Liberals: in light of federal losses, all the attention is henceforth focussed provincially...
	07 06 07	binriso 156.34.223.78
Well Blackburn certainly came out of nowhere to win this riding last time, a little blue island in the BQ dominated North. Although helped by Savard and the Liberals he probably couldve won a small victory anyways. While its by no means a certainty, this riding will most likely go back CPC, hopefully along with Chicoutimi next door and perhaps a few others from the BQ.
	07 04 14	Nick J Boragina 74.99.228.118
While I feel the tories will win here, it's not because they won last time. This was the worst Liberal riding in the country, they finished behind the NDP here and did not even win thier deposit. Why? because the Liberal candidate here told his voters to vote for the tories. That, in my view, accounts for at least 2/3rds of what the Liberals won in the 04 election, or in this case, 10,000 votes. Even if we assume it was only 8,000 votes, that is enough to see the tories lose here. It's not rock solid a bit. Why do I think they'll still win? Simple, the bloc is far down in the polls, and even if they recover, the momentum is with the incumbent. Dont count this one out as a loss, however, should the winds change direction.
	07 04 09	Dr Bear & Prof Ape 67.71.57.62
Yes this region is a bastion of Quebec separatism. Yes in the provincial election the PQ retook this riding, but it wasn't certain that the Liberals would form the government and the voters went back to their ‘default party’ (the PQ in this case). The CPC doesn't appear ready to fall anytime soon. The voters here will keep their cabinet minister in office, as with him, the riding gets goodies. With yet another BQ member, the best they could hope for is some guy who will one day decide to stand up, pick up his chair, walk out of the House of Commons with it, and bring it home to his riding, befuddling everyone in the House (including his own party) and providing the media some entertaining fodder. Too bad that guy isn't running again.
	07 04 03	P.P. 70.82.50.99
At the provincial level, this riding reverted back to the P.Q. With the exception of Maxime Bernier, i fell every conservative MNA are vulnerable. Having beaten the P.Q. and with no referendum coming, Quebecers may decide to send back the Bloc in force in Ottawa
	07 03 26	Smok Wawelski 69.159.68.252
Jean-Pierre Blackburn, having handled a cabinet post will almost certainly be returned to his seat.