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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
If I'm Ignatieff, I'd be upset right now.
The only thing that was going to heal the Liberal Party was time. All they had to do was act like a responsible opposition and force the ruling party into comprimises. Over time, they would have imporved their popularity. By forcing themselves into government, they are really doing themselves a disservice and Ignatieff will be lucky if he can ever be PM (assuming the Liberals did choose him).
Could you imagine in Harper managed to lure Ignatieff to the Conservatives? The Liberal Party would be set back quite a bit.
Layton is looking pretty smart in my opinion. He is forcing himself into cabinet and hurting the Liberals while he does it.
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Yup, Ignatieff had the chance to gain back some of the credibility the liberals lost between Cretien, Martin and Dion. Unfortunately, with this coalition nonsense and the fact that he was forced to not only support it, but will essentially be forced to run it if he wins the party leadership, it's been made a whole lot harder for him. Unless he speaks out harshly against this, he may not be able to recover. Sad too, because he seemed like the best of the liberal leadership hopefuls.
As for Layton, he isn't forcing himself into anything. Him getting a major cabinet post had to be one of the conditions of the coalition. But I do think in the end what he does will reflect badly on the liberals.