If anyone wants the full story on how everything transpired, for the Conservatives, I suggest reading this news article:
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/0..._crisis_harper
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Before he could take to the airwaves to fight for his job, Stephen Harper first had to revive the morale of a dispirited team and rekindle his own combative streak.
Several sources close to the prime minister say he went from brooding to brawling in the span of a few key hours on Monday afternoon. Harper began Dec. 1 feeling miserably.
People close to him say he started the day sounding almost resigned to the defeat of his Conservative government.
He was exhausted. A bug he picked up a week earlier in Peru had morphed into a bronchial infection. The bags under his eyes and the room around his shirt collar attested to his lack of sleep and his failure to hold down much food.
A blunt exchange with his inner cabinet wasn't going to make him feel much better. He confessed to his senior ministers that he had made a serious political miscalculation.
He huddled individually with senior ministers, gave an emotional speech to his MPs, and was jolted by television images of his adversaries inking a pact to supplant him.
Watching his foes agree to usurp him appeared to have a salutary effect on Harper. His mood went from defeat to defiance as he made the 200-metre drive from his office to the Conservative party Christmas celebration at the Westin hotel.
"The moment he spoke to our Christmas party it was clear he had rallied - and was rallying the party and the caucus," said Immigration Minister Jason Kenney.
The story of Harper's shift in temperament begins in Peru...
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