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Old 05-02-2011, 11:28 AM   #350
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I remain unconvinced that this groundswell of support for the NDP is going to be this comprehensive paradigm shift away from the traditional Liberal-Conservative governance scenarios we have had for the past 140 years. Furthermore, even though there have been instances in Canadian electoral history where Quebec flexes its considerable political muscles and unilaterally changes the national political landscape, I don't think that this is one of those times.

I could be wrong come the end of the night, but somehow I cannot see a 100-seat NDP. Possibly somewhere marginally above the 60-sea mark, but 100 seats would entail the complete destruction of 120 years of largely Liberal hegemony in Quebec.
If you want to see the NDP obliterated from the map politically and have everything go back to Conservative vs. Liberal than all you have to do is elect the NDP to a Majority government. It seems to have worked wonders in Ontario as the NDP has been reduced to third party status there ever since Rae got elected.
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