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Originally Posted by Slava
I think that is both good of the other parties and based on the limited commentary, other than CP, probably wise. Most people seem less than impressed that it was brought up, regardless of their political leaning.
I just figured people would be interested in knowing the latest.
Oh, and of course Harper didn't reply. He's working on some ways to not call the house for 6 months following Monday, and plotting course to work through that pending constitutional crisis!
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the more I think about it, the more I doubt there will be a constitutional crisis come Tuesday.
My bet is that Ignatieff is sick of his party, and they're underwhelmed by him, he'll probably be done by Tuesday.
If the Liberal's need to rebuild their party, I doubt that they'll enter into a governing coalition with the NDP based around the idea that they won't want to be seen as being the NDP's bitch in any upcoming election, and thats how they'll be seen.
My sense is that they would be fine with a coalition with the NDP if they held the power and all the key portfolio positions, but they don't want to be the second fiddle in that arrangement.
I would also think that they are going to be very unhappy with their seat losses and won't want to support the NDP in government which might cement those losses for the next few elections.
In a coalition as a second banana the Liberal's lose in every reason, the NDP and the Conservatives would win in every conceivable long term way.
The NDP would win because they would gain the legitimacy that they've been looking for, and it would ensure that the Liberals' are in third place for a long time.
The conservatives would lose in the short term as they would lose power, but in the long term, they would let the NDP destroy the economy and would probably sweep to a majority in the next election.