I doubt it will ever happen, but I think my ideal election result would be a reduced CPC-minority in which they form a temporary coalition government with the Liberals. If all this polling data is anywhere close to accurate, Ignatieff will certainly be gone as Liberal leader after this election, and if Harper fails to win a majority (or loses ground which is a very real possibility at this point), I think he'll be forced to resign as well. Under this scenario, Harper would stay on as PM until the CPC and Liberals both complete their leadership selections, and then we have another election with fresh blood in 2-3 years.
Why is this ideal? The Liberals and Conservatives really aren't that far apart on economic issues (they certainly have more in common than the Liberals and NDP do), so I think they could find a lot of common ground on which to work together in that area. I really don't want a Harper majority, but the thought of an NDP-Liberal coalition under Prime Minister Layton is even worse.
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