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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
Me too--but more importantly, it opens a back door for Harper to get out of this with his power (if not his dignity) intact--and he can do it by approaching the "Ignatieff wing" of the Liberal party. There will be concessions, but my guess is they're more palatable than moving into another official residence.
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Hopefully that's how it unfolds and this all turns out be be nothing but a Tempest In A Pee Pot (intended wording) and we can all feel silly for getting so worked up about it.
If that's how it does play out, Layton is going to come out of this wearing the contents of that pee pot and not smelling very good. Kind of like the married person who gets caught in bed with the neighbour's spouse.
Edit ... Ignatieff earns some respect from me for this as well. Being a suspicious and cynical person, I can't help but wonder if the Liberals are playing along with this whole coalition plan just to expose Layton and degrade his stock, thereby winning back Liberal voters who may have defected to the NDP in the last couple elections, effectively putting an end to the voter split that's been happening on the left. I think they would have more to gain this way than by entering in to a coalition where the Bloc and the NDP wield so much power, to say nothing of the odiousness of collaborating with separatists.