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Old 03-29-2011, 03:27 PM   #539
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Originally Posted by Frequitude View Post
My 30,000 foot level questions for Liberals:

Do you actually think you have a shot at winning a minority? Do you think your party thinks it does?

If yes, cool. If no, why bring down the government? I get the contempt thing, but if its just going to be another Conservative minority, what's the point?
The point could be to prevent a Conservative majority in a year. Or to show some backbone in the face of Conservative transgressions. There are lot of scenarios outside of a Liberal plurality that would make an election now a good strategic move for the Liberals.

I will also add that campaigns matter. Just because the Conservatives are polling in minority government range at the start of the campaign does not mean they'll finish there.
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