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Originally Posted by bizaro86
I think they'll be sadly mistaken if they shift leftward to try and fend off the NDP. If they wish to govern, they need to own the centre, as they did for most of the last century. Some actual ideas (as opposed to great hair) would probably help as well.
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Keep in mind that for much of that time the NDP was a fringe party so the Liberals owned most of the left and centre left. Then in the early 90's the right fractured into 2 camps that allowed the Libs to occupy the dead centre. Now that their is only one right - centre right option the Libs need to drift a bit left and eat the NDP's lunch to win. I agree though that if they go too far they will cede more of the centre to the Cons then they already have. Quite the balancing act really.