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Originally Posted by GioforPM
I can't see the main rivals working with each other either. Trudeau has the risk you ID. Scheer (or whoever) would alienate his base. Frankly, I think the Liberals work with the Bloc a bit because those guys are transactionally based - they do what is good for them and that's it. They might work with the NDP but only to a point and not for major concessions. The NDP are weakened, despite the speech by Singh last night (in fact all of those speeches were way too self-congratulatory).
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The weakened state of the NDP is very likely a good thing for us, yes. The double whammy of the Liberals - and not the Conservatives - holding the most seats in a minority coupled with his own losses was catastrophic for his party. Singh made it patently obvious that he intended to be the power behind the throne in a forced coalition. Instead, he basically got guillotined last night.
I expect his own party pulls the daggers out in short order. For their sake, they better hope that the radical elements trying to take control fail again.