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Old 12-01-2008, 11:21 AM   #305
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Ignatieff has the support of 50 of 77 Liberals. So if he calls this thing off, so will the majority of Liberal MPs. However, he has been neither supportive or unsupportive of this maneuver thus far. He has said, however, that if they do this with Dion as leader, he may reconsider running for the party given that whomever is elected leader of the party will already have been handed a chalise of poison. Meaning Dion as PM will be seen as a farce and the electorate will reject it... you can't seize power and then name an already resigned leader as Prime Minister. On that point I agree with Ignatieff. The optics would be horrible.

After discussing this with some friends during lunch, I think the Liberals are best off backing off on this. They have made their point (don't try and run a minority government like a majority). If things still are not working 4 months from now and you have a new leader, reconsider your options. But taking control with no clear idea of who will be PM isn't the best laid plan.

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All the Conservatives (upper and lower case "C") haven't given an option of how anything other than this coallition would work. Someone threw out "have a new election". The results will be the same. Unless the Conservatives have someone willing to dance with them, this government can't function. And none of the other parties wants anything to do with them now. The Conservatives had 3 potential dance partners and spat on them all. And they can't govern alone. Give me an option that will actually be able to pass legislation.
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