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Originally Posted by MarchHare
Despite being a Liberal, I mentioned numerous times in the election thread that I'm not impressed with Dion as a leader. I've also expressed my extreme fear of what the NDP would do to our country's finances if they ever got any real power in parliament. The proposed Dion-Layton coalition government makes me extremely worried.
BUT
Anyone who doesn't think the blame for this mess doesn't start and end with Harper's office needs to remove their CPC homer googles. In the wake of the election, what Harper should have done is reach out to nine fiscally-conservative Liberal MPs from the Paul Martin branch of the party and pass important economic policies to deal with the current crisis while leaving divisive social issues off the table. An alliance of the CPC and a few blue liberals might have been very successful, and certainly better than what we're going to get.
Instead, Harper chose to play a game of brinkmanship and acted like he had a majority, banking on the Liberals allowing him to pass anything he wanted because they're not ready for another election until after their leadership converntion. Unfortunately for him, the opposition parties called his bluff.
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This is pretty much what I think too. Down on Dion, down on Harper. Not to mention the separatists. I'm not even decided on what would be good going forward.
But, I don't think what anyone is proposing is illegal, and thus while I'm sure many don't like the people involved, there isn't anything wrong with it.
It's as against the spirit of democracy as Harper's original proposal was trying to cripple his political opponents.
(now some will lamely argue that Harper then decided to work with them and compromise, but that was being reactionary when the opposition called his bluff.)