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Originally Posted by Frequitude
Curious what everyone thinks on this.
Did the NDP really win big?
1) They lost power in that they went from being the swing vote to a majority opposition.
2) Their major gains were from a protest vote in a province that I'm not so sure they understand. That will be a tricky tightrope and I just can't see them holding those seats long term.
That being said, they gained some serious traction on the federal landscape.
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I'd say they won big, even though they ironically lost influence.
The NDP has grown from being a special interest fringe party with no hope of ever governing to Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition, and consequently the party best positioned to challenge the Tories in 2015.
That, and they destroyed the Bloc. They not only beat them, they went and screwed the Bloc's wives afterward.
What they won last night was opportunity. The opportunity to show they can be a legitimate governing alternative with a broad spectrum of support.
Now we get to see if they can hold that opportunity, or if they will piss it away.