Also I think what played a part so deeply in the failed coup of 2008 is that Dion was asked specifically if he would agree to form a coalition with the NDP a week before the election. He answered unequivocally that he would not. The less than 2 months after the results come in, not only is he agreeing to partner up with the NDP but also to get in bed with the seperatists. It is as distasteful now as it was then, and a majority of Canadians agreed. It's quite possible that he won seats (preventing a Con majority) based on those voters being assured that he wouldn't give power to the dippers never mind the BQ.
Fast forward to yesterday and Ignatieff refusing to give a yes or no answer to the same possibility after saying less than 8 weeks ago he had no interest in forming a coalition...and this feels eerily similar to 2 1/2 years ago.
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