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I think you're right. Having

acanuck — Thu, 19 May 2011 02:18:18 +0000

I think you're right. Having an opposition further to the left suits Harper fine. It leaves him free to move more to the center, further squeezing out the Liberals who were already looking fuzzy principle-wise. If the Liberals put off a leadership convention too long, they'll just reinforce their image of aimless drift. Bring on the merger, and be quick about it!

The way I see it, Harper

quinn esq — Thu, 19 May 2011 00:34:30 +0000

In reply to Canada's Conservatives craft a cabinet

The way I see it, Harper will want to basically appear to be providing good government.

Where he does strike, however, I think he'll use one variable - he'll want to make sure the Liberals are marginalized. If they can't gain any traction or strike a clearly superior separate stance from the Conservatives, then it'll be what Harper wants - NDP versus Tories.