holy shit, lib dems are on 35% in a post debate poll

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/apr/16/nick-clegg-guardian-icm-poll-pm

course that's only viewers who watched the debate, but it's a good start. tories at 36, labour at 24

anyone think it's concievable that the lib dems could have a drastically good election and threaten labour as the major left of centre force?

i'm a labour member, but i've thought for years that it would be good for the liberals and labour to merge into one larger centre-left party, akin to the italian or u.s. democratic parties.

I'm voting lib dem since I am in a safe lib dem seat and the only credible opposition is the tories, whom I assume will make some gains, although if clegg emerges as a serious national leader things might be different. otoh if you are pessimistic you could compare cameron to bayrou in the last french presidential election, who for a little while seemed like a big contender but didn't make a real impression in the actual election, largely due to an unhelpful electoral setup