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Originally Posted by Rathji
The Liberal party must hold a normal leadership convention if it is to have any stability in it's coalition attempt at governing. If they don't hold a leadership convention and still manage to maintain a coalation government for a short while, there is no way they will avoid facing a Conservative majority next time Canadians go to the polls.
The scenario where Ignatieff wins the leadership, through an actual leadership convention, and decids to do his best to keep the coalition as long as possible. This is a situation where the Liberals could gain a minority government in the next election. I don't see it happening though.
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Ignatieff seemed pretty quiet during the coalition drama. I wonder how on board he actually was for it? Unless I missed his input on the matter...
If the Liberals do make a leadership change before January 26th, then I think the coalition idea is dead to them. I think part of the strategy was to use Dion one last time as a sacrificial lamb knowing that he would be stepping down in May. Ignatieff is one of the biggest assets the Liberals have and I can't see them wanting to damage his respect level. If they do, then they are even dumber than I thought... I also can't see Ignatieff willingly doing that to himself.