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Originally Posted by Ford Prefect
If Dion is replaced, which I think likely, one Liberal insider I know from Ontario figures Rae actually has a chance to replace him. I sure hope he doesn't have an accurate read on things ... Layton and Rae as leaders of the NDP and Liberals is not appealing.
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Well he wont go away very easily....
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"I will never quit, I will stay for my country," Dion vowed as he toured southern Ontario for votes
"I'm the leader and I'm working to win," he said after a rally with about 200 cheering supporters in Toronto's eastern suburb of Scarborough.
He also rejected suggestions the party might pressure him to go if it doesn't form a government.
"The pressure we have today is to elect a progressive government and to make sure that we'll not only stop Stephen Harper but we will replace him."
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And this as well....though Im not sure it is pertinent with Dion.
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Tom Axworthy, former principal secretary to former prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau and chairman of the Centre for the Study of Democracy at Queen's University, said even if Dion doesn't win, he'll likely get a second chance from the Liberals.
"There's a tradition in the Liberal party of a least giving a leader a couple of shots at it," Axworthy said.
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Also a direct reference to May going with Dion as a possibility/strategy.
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Dion's repeated pleas for strategic voting so as not to split "progressive" support have been awkward for Green Party Leader Elizabeth May.
She told CTV she wasn't endorsing strategic voting for the Liberals.
But she also told The Canadian Press there are "maybe 20%" of the 308 ridings in the country where Green voters might vote strategically -- or about 60 seats.
Appearing on CTV's Question Period, Dion said, "I want her in the House of Commons," but added "I will not choose my cabinet before I've even seen my caucus."
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Ugh.
http://calsun.canoe.ca/canadavotes/n...66666-sun.html