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Originally Posted by Cowperson
Chatting up the Tories is an attempt to defeat them? That's a pretty convoluted way to look at it.
What's lacking this time is Harper chortling publicly about forming a majority government . . . . that put a lot of people off in the last election and the polls sank as a result.
Harper needs to stay humble on this news.
Cowperson
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The problem is that it's not Harper musing about a majority that is scary... it is the very prospect of such a parliament where the Conservatives can pass anything they want. Even if Harper plays it down, The Toronto Star putting this concept out there will scare people back to the Liberals. Every one I have spoken to out here at Queen's is saying this headline is bad for the Tories, even though the numbers are not.
If you look at the polls, people are quite comfortable with a Con minority, but are very uncomfortable with a Conservative majority.
This is an attempt to slow Harper momentum down. We will see if it works...