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I think Ignatieff is largely misunderstood. Throw on top of that the character assassination the Tories are doing on him, and it just makes it worse.
He didn't do bad at the debate, but he needed to do well. He lost his composure a few times and appeared snippy instead of prime ministerial. And that insult he tossed at Layton and the NDP more than once was cheap.
I'm afraid that anything that happens from here on in is the Liberals blowing it. They haven't yet made this election about their being the governing party. It's more about sparring with the Tories, and that is blowing it.
I won't be surprised if we see a Tory majority. It would seem Harper is bulletproof and is otherwise reinforcing his base. The only thing stopping the majority is mobilizing the Liberal base, and I don't know how anyone can do that at this point. The moment has passed unless the election gets messy between now and May 2.
It's unfortunate because of the way the Tories have governed more recently. I can't imagine what a majority would look like.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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