Catastrophic national polls little effect on a crucial Westminster by-election have claimed the Liberal Democrats yesterday, ahead of a visit by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg during the election campaign.
The party is hoping that the attractiveness of its leader Oldham East and Saddleworth win seat, you failed to take that ended in controversy in May with only 103 votes in an election campaign will help them.
Liberal Democrats believe that competition is a trend in declining support seen in the rest of the country as the party blamed for unpopular Coalition policies such as increased university tuition fees takes can buck.
A clutch of senior LibDems visited the Oldham East and Saddleworth headquarters yesterday, including Norman Baker, the Minister of transport, Paul Burstow, the Health Minister and Steve Webb, the pensions Minister.
They followed business Secretary Vince cable and former Party Chairman Charles Kennedy while today Mr Clegg will mark second visit to the seat because the by-election was called.
Choice competition is one of the most unusual in recent years. It was called after a court decided that labor's general election was invalid because the former Immigration Minister Phil Woolas rival LibDem E. Watkins, try to ignite ethnic tensions had misrepresented.
It is also the first by-election in which the new coalition partner allegedly fight each other are, although there are proposals that the competition was perhaps more than previous encounters "Gentleman".
And the result could be extremely close between all three parties, while the Lib Dems of just over 100 lost the Tories were not insurmountable in this kind of competition less than 2500 behind you.
The Liberals are aware that your public support has fallen dramatically.
A recent survey put it debates as low as 9%, a steep decline of the heights of more than 30%, during the pre-election on the amount of fervor enjoyed "I agree with Nick" on TV.
The flood of low scores in the opinion polls have meant that the observers predict that the party that destroying next time will get beaten the public has an opportunity to express his point of view.
But party claimed Insider yesterday the by-election Oldham, that trend could buck.
A source said: "The issues that are important to the front door here are local problems such as the decline of manufacturing."
"There are a lot of trouble over Phil Woolas and how he behaved."
"Looking the national polls say that work to go there, but this is at all not what will be on the ground."
Visit Mr Clegg the appearance of labour Chairman Ed Miliband, follows on the heels are used in the constituency earlier this week.
Aides, Mr Miliband confirmed yesterday seat enjoy him again at some point before the next Thursday's election, which last year will be seen as an important test of his leadership of the labour party since his election in September, to visit.
David Cameron is also expected to during the election campaign planned sometime later this week.
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