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Originally Posted by Slava
Exactly. I also note that the CPC "didn't want this election" which is why they've been working on it for the past year, run attack ads and designed a budget to buy votes from as diverse a group as possible.
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As I said, Harper has consistently outmaneuvered the opposition. I agree that he wanted the election, but he wanted the opposition to force it. He got what he wanted, so the anger of Canadians who don't want to trudge to the polls works in his favour. The opposition's attempts to set this up as an ethics debate has been undermined by the coalition spectre (for now, at least), and as CC notes, Harper can paint the picture that it was the opposition who wasn't willing to work to work with him.
Say what you will about his policies, Harper knows his politics.