Probably the smart move for the Liberals would be to work with and support the Cons on the budget. If this budget comes out and its viewed as positive by Canadians and the coalition votes it down and triggers an election (And it will be an election, I don't think that the GG will appoint the coalition in its current state right now since it would extend the budget way out, and they don't really have a specific plan beyond calling meetings) then it won't matter if the Fonz would be the deputy Liberal Leaders and Angelina Jolie was the Liberal leader, the NDP and Liberals will get squashed in an election.
Ignatieff would be better off working with the Cons, supporting the budget fracturing the coalition and concentrating on retrenching the Liberals and fund raising like crazy for an election in a year or two.
The optics would be better for him come election time.
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