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Originally Posted by saillias
How has Mulcair not stepped down? After Dion's and Ignatieff's defeats, they immediately stepped away from the leadership of the Liberal party. If you don't, you're sending the message that 2nd, 3rd place is ok.
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I disagree, I think it's foolish for any political party to write off a leader just because they weren't able to seal the deal the first shot they got. That being said it is appropriate sometimes and the NDP took a big step backwards.
I think that it would be a mistake for Mulcair to not stick around for a while... they are now once again the third party in the HoC so they need a leader that can keep them relevant in the HoC and Mulcair is an able Commons performer.
What would be ideal for them would be to keep Mulcair as leader for now and then have him step down in 2 years. That would give them an able presense for the next couple of years and allow a new leader (Topp or Cullen most likely) enough time to organize for the 2019 election while retaining some of that "new leader" shine.