TORY leader David Cameron yesterday dismissed poll findings suggesting his party is going nowhere in the Holyrood election campaign.
He insisted the Tories were running "a very positive campaign" and said: "I don't make predictions."
Scottish Tory leader Annabel Goldie said she was "relatively relaxed" about the poll findings.
A YouGov poll for The Sunday Times put the Tories at 14% in the constituency vote and 13% in the list vote, equating to 16 seats, A Scottish Opinion survey for the Mail on Sunday put them on 10% and 11%, equating to 13 seats.
Mr Cameron told BBC1's Politics Show he was "passionate" about the Scottish Tories doing well.
"The argument in Scotland that I'm making is look, you had a Labour government in Scotland.
"If you don't want the divorce offered by the SNP, the Conservative party is now a moderate, sensible, centre right party."
He said the party cared about personal responsibility, strong defence and the environment.
"It's a party there for people in Scotland who want that middle way, if you like," he said.
Annabel Goldie told BBC Radio Scotland's Sunday Live programme: "If you average out the polls, the Conservatives are way ahead of where they were three or four years ago.
"I'm encouraged by that, and that is exactly what's being reflected on the doorsteps across Scotland.
"So I'm relatively relaxed about the poll situation."
She denied the Tories would consider entering a formal unionist coalition designed to deny power to the SNP if the Nationalists emerged as the biggest single party, saying: "I have already made clear - I will not take the Scottish Conservatives into any coalition."
A likely outcome would be for one of the bigger parties to try to form an administration, she said.
"I don't have to vote for either of these two individuals," she said.
"For example, if either Salmond or McConnell wants to be First Minister, I have described that as not a choice but a dilemma - I don't have to support either of them."
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