Quote:
Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
Harper gambled and made a huge mistake. What was the point of his election timing? To beat the U.S. elections? Why did he move forward his own date?
He could have rode out the financial crisis and proved the government was holding steady (he couldn't have forseen it popping up in the middle of his campaign of course)...had a few more lax years of a lame Dion as the opposition leader, etc...all doing nothing but blowing more millions of dollars on an election that will result in the same minority and government structure we had in the first place. Now the cons might even lose seats and the liberals will be resurgent if Dion is ousted.
Stupid!
|
There was also the problem of committee work grinding to a halt with nothing but delays. Government basically stopped functioning at any sort of reasonable capacity. With luck, that will not be present in the next little while, especially given no party will want another election.
As far as Justin Trudeau goes, I agree with CC. His selection would instantly alienate the west (not that the Liberals ever cared about the west), but also hamper them in Quebec.
And frankly, what kind of message does that send to the rest of the country? "We think you are so stupid you will vote for a name despite that name having an utter lack of experience."