Agreed!! All this election stuff is a waste of time and money. Tax payers' money. He said he wouldn't call an election until Oct 2009. He lied! What else is knew?
I think the Liberals are going to be in a very difficult position after this election.
They have probably not performed well enough to form the government but, at the same time, Dion did well enough that he deserves another shot.
Like Liberal leaders before him, Dion can rightfully claim that he should get to fight one more election. After all, he seems to have secured the parties' base, likely held on to the Official Opposition post from the NDP and resurrected the party from being wiped out in Quebec.
Also to be factored into this equation is the financial state of the party. Can they mount another leadership campaign right now? How divisive would this be for the Liberals (Iggy-Rae splitting the party just like Martin-Chretien)?
A final consideration, if Dion puts his leadership to a vote of the party faithful, he might do okay. After all, the party base is further to the left than where the party sees itself. Dion would probably have surprising strength with this group after campaigning on the carbon tax, women's representation, Kelowna and poverty.
Do Liberals want him back? Will they go out and vote Liberal knowing that this is the outcome they will be securing?
Enough!!!!!
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Agreed!! All this election stuff is a waste of time and money. Tax payers' money. He said he wouldn't call an election until Oct 2009. He lied! What else is knew?
I think the Liberals are going to be in a very difficult position after this election.
They have probably not performed well enough to form the government but, at the same time, Dion did well enough that he deserves another shot.
Like Liberal leaders before him, Dion can rightfully claim that he should get to fight one more election. After all, he seems to have secured the parties' base, likely held on to the Official Opposition post from the NDP and resurrected the party from being wiped out in Quebec.
Also to be factored into this equation is the financial state of the party. Can they mount another leadership campaign right now? How divisive would this be for the Liberals (Iggy-Rae splitting the party just like Martin-Chretien)?
A final consideration, if Dion puts his leadership to a vote of the party faithful, he might do okay. After all, the party base is further to the left than where the party sees itself. Dion would probably have surprising strength with this group after campaigning on the carbon tax, women's representation, Kelowna and poverty.
Do Liberals want him back? Will they go out and vote Liberal knowing that this is the outcome they will be securing?
Interesting times.
Flocke rules!
Submitted by: Karen V. Stefanini, Beautiful Back Bay, Boston, MA, USA
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