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Originally Posted by mrdeeds
I think Jack was doing well leading up to the debates with making himself the focal point of the NDP campaign and trying to make people forget about it's socialist leanings. He tried too hard to capitalize on the US financial crisis and started trying to hammer home the Exxon vs the average Canadian schtick ad naseum. IMO this will not reasonate in the minds of the mushy-middle undecideds.
The more and more I read of Dion and the Liberals plans, the more I think the undecided left of centre vote will migrate back to the Liberals once again for fear of a Conservative majority. The Liberal platform is much more balanced and has a real common sense approach. At best is a Liberal majority and a coalition with the NDPs which is really what Jack should be concentrating on. He even alluded to it himself earlier. I hope he puts Canada before his own Leader of the Official Opposition or even PM delusions of grandeur.
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Dion hasn't done enough to clarify his economic platforms, and I don't think he's getting a lot of buy in from Joe Average. His 30 day platform was vague and so poorly explained that the Liberal Party had to rush out a press release after the french language debate. And his green shift has gotten next to no traction, and he couldn't explain the numbers in last nights debate.
This is no longer a fight for government of a minority or any kind of majority by Dion, its a fight to stay as the opposition.
I think Dion also realizes that any kind of coalition that actually gets NDP fingers into the budget would end up destroying the credibility of the Liberal party for years.