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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
Well thats the only advantage the NDP and Liberals have is time. Rae and Clownclair could both be gone in the next 18 months and that would still give them 18 more months before the election. In my opinion Mulcair will be gone by that point (as he has an awful case of FIM disease), and Rae already failed in his leadership bid and sucked badly as Ontario's Premier so I can't see him getting support from Ontario which he'll need to become leader.
Of course there's still the option that the two parties (NDP and Liberal) could consolidate into one, adopt a new more dynamic leader and that would basically ensure Harper will be on the way out the door, assuming a unified party goes more the Liberal route (to the center) than the NDP route (to the left).
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I think that any thought of merging the parties is a dream. The Liberal's realize that ship has sailed, they've become a weak party and if they merge the Liberal brand will die and the NDP would be the dominant party with the dominant leadership positions.
Right now the Liberal's and the NDP hate each other and believe me when I tell you that the NDP would love to destroy the Liberal party for all time, maybe even more hardcore then Harper does.
Convesly nobody wants to step up and take over the Liberal Party right now, its a party in disarray. The strong leaders want to see the party get even more further torn down before they steip up in a post Bob Rae world.
I think you should expect that the Conservatives will probably form another government after this one.