Given that the conservatives just can't pull away in the polls, I wouldn't be so sure that Harper wants an election right now (though the latest poll posted on nodice.ca has the Cons with a 40-28 lead in the polls, but that one is out there). With the Liberals so messed up right now, Harper can put things like Kyoto into a confidence bill, and force the Liberals to support him because they don't want an election right now.
Harper is manipulating his opponents weakness, and doing a good job of it too.
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