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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
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.
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You're bang on. And as FlamesAddiction says, I suppose I should hate the player and not the game. Harper is operating several levels above any of his opponents right now, which is frustrating to see.