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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
The Liberals were a centrist party. They tried to go left, and discovered Layton does it better than they do. You'll see Ignateff's replacement head back to the right. I wonder how much this result will hurt Bob Rae's chances of becoming leader? People flatly rejected the idea of a socialist Liberal party.
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And that shift appears to have helped the Conservatives. It looks like the threat of a surging NDP really helped the Conservatives. Not from vote splitting the left like one might assume but from chasing the right leaning Liberals to the Conservatives... (ie, Toronto)