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m0rpheus · 12-09-2008, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by percy

So Dion stepped down today. I must say, I like calling him incompetant, but really,..I kind of feel sorry for him. He looked like a deer caught in the headlights from the second he won the leadership bid in Montreal. And what a roller coaster ride for him. A week ago he was probably lying in bed unable to sleep, fantasizing about being PM, meeting world leaders, getting free rounds of golf and then,...POOF,...reality hits him for the last time. At least he didn't have a heart attack under all that scrutiny.

Now comes Iggy.(I will call him Iggy because I can neither spell nor pronounce his name) Now theres a spot between a rock and well,..a rock. I think he wants time to get a foot hold on the situation,..in other words I don't think he wants to overthrow the government just yet. For his survival, it would be better to let Harper dig his own hole for the next 12-18 months and rebuild whats left of the Liberals.

But you've got Bob"pit bull" Rae who is raring to see Harper out on his tush. If a coalition government with Iggy at the helm agrees to a non-confidence vote, that will be lights out for Iggy. They will not win. Then Bob will get his chance. Any card carrying Liberals out there? Pay attention, you may get a shot at being leader. Oh wait,..forgot about Belinda. 7 to 1 odds she makes an appearance if the coalition goes ahead next month and fails.

As for,..geez I almost forgot his name already. As for Layton? Never will be a threat. And the other guy,.the sovereigntist. Same bargain bin as Layton.

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Couldn't be worse than Chretien unless Harper ruled a majority for 10 years and achieved as little,..or basically next to nothing, while being asleep at the wheel for the '95 referendum, scandal on top of scandal, etc And even worse, Chretien was such an arrogant dispicable megalomaniac that he had to destroy his own party so that any successors couldn't or wouldn't dim the light that Chretien thinks shines for him only. If Harper can do all that, I'll give you props for sure.

So I guess we'll see what Iggy does now. I really have no idea. It all depends on Harper's next move with the budget. I don't actually think Iggy will lead the liberals in a coalition for anything more than sending us back to the polls because he just kinda stayed in the backgrounds of whole coalition thing (probably so it wouldn't bite him in the ass later).
If Harper tables a budget that a) makes sense and b) isn't designed to piss off all the other parties then I can see it going through and going back to business as usual in Ottawa (Harper minority with no coalition).