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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
The trouble with Jack leaving the leadership is that he was an incredibly strong personality that kept the fringe elements of his party in line. As much as he would deny it, he is very much like Stephen Harper in that he's almost the heartbeat of his party that can tell other members to shut the f up.
I think that the NDP had its boost due to voter unhappiness with the Liberal Alternative and that Jack ran a really good teflon campaign.
He's the face of the NDP and socialist movement in this country, but it took him years to achieve this, I don't think that they have another person in their party with his strength of personality, unlike the cons who could fall back to several pretty strong party members.
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That is the party's problem right there. The NDP didn't win 100 seats. Jack Layton did. The people voted for the man, not the party, and I do not envy whoever has to try and hold that together one bit.