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An accurate post-mortem on this is days away, i.e. regarding the vote splitting, etc.
What we do know is this: Harper has little concern with the political process if it gets in the way of what he wants, and now he has far more power. However, most of those who voted for him aren't as right-wing as he is and so he has to keep them in mind when he goes about his work.
This is not necessarily the beginning of a dark right-wing age in Canada. Even if it does happen, it will only mobilize the Liberals to get their shit together. Picking a good leader for starters.
Though I do like the idea of the NDP as a new government-in-waiting. Give it time. It's now the populist left vs. the populist right.
As for Harper and his intentions: now we wait.
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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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