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Originally Posted by Slava
Its all a giant moot point right now anyway. Instead we are facing "Orange Crush" which is aptly named in my opinion because they are both Orange and will crush any hopes of becoming an economic superpower that were previoulsy held.
Basically people are making the difficult choice between a government that is ethically bankrupt and one that is going to make us economically bankrupt.
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I blame the Liberals. If they were even a marginally credible alternative to the Tories at this point, we wouldn't even be having this conversation.
The NDP has managed to tap into both people's general dissatisfaction with Harper and the dissatisfaction with Ignatieff in the Center, not to mention Quebecers' dissatisfaction with the Bloc. Pretty impressive politically, since they appear to (possibly) have snatched a majority right out from under Stephen Harper's nose--and I think we can all agree that a majority was his for the taking at the start of the campaign.
The fact is, the NDP are the only ones who have run an even halfway decent campaign, and they're being rewarded. Ignatieff has been a complete disaster, and Harper has demonstrated a surprising lack of vision given the amount of time he had to prepare for this campaign. I think he thought he could win by running against "The Coalition--BOO!" He was wrong--and it looks like Jack Layton will be the beneficiary, perhaps to the tune of about 30 seats.