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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Ignatieff might be personally, but many party planks tried to push social spending, etc. It was bad strategy, and the result was what it was.
Personally, I think this will ultimately become a great thing for the Liberals. They needed to be truly humbled. They need to refocus themselves. And the best news for them is that they have four years now to rebuild from the ground up rather than worry about another election in 18 months. They have time to recover.
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That was it. The Liberals ran a left leaning campaign this time around against a man who is basically Canada's guru of socialism.
They really lost their way and should have tried to sell themselves as the middle ground party. They need to stop worrying about winning or being popular and start worrying about what exactly it is they stand for and let the ideology sell itself.
They went from being what in my opinion used to be the most versatile party covering the middle range of the spectrum, to being a party that tries to mimic the other 2 parties when it suits their needs. Unfortunately for them, Canadians can see right through it and would rather vote for the real thing (ie. the Conservative or NDP).