I think at least he will be more grounded and tell the NDP and Bloc to F-off in the short term, in addition to distancing himself from Dion. He's also likely to be more reasonable and likely can work with Harper on the budget with a bit more credibility.
All of this will mean that the coaltion talk will be swept under the rug once and for all, I can't see, if he has the reasonability that he's shown in the past, that he will cut any deal in the next month and probably call it the horrible, wasteful idea it was.
Because of this levelheadedness, he will gain respsect of many who were against a coaltion and see him as a reasonable guy for working with the government as opposed to entering a dubious seperatist coalition in the short term.
If he has paintence and is a well spoken, smart guy, long term, he will give Harper all he can handle next election.
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