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Real professional John McCallum.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/11/30/politics.html

"I still think they don't get it," he told CBC News. "As Bill Clinton said, 'It's the economy, stupid.'

"The fundamental point is that whereas other countries like England, France and Japan are pouring tens of billions of dollars into stimulus, and China and the U.S. hundreds of billions, what does this government do? Nothing. All it does it cut."

He said the Liberals will forge ahead with negotiations to form a coalition with the NDP, and the concessions made by the Conservatives this weekend have done nothing to change his party's view that Harper must go.

"The government had an opportunity to act last week and it went in the wrong direction, so we no longer have confidence," he said.

McCallum said Canadians can't count on the budget to save the economy and it's only being delivered early to help the Conservatives maintain their grip on power.

"They're desperate to save themselves, so they will promise the moon in order to have us back down," he said.