Blue tide...
Labels: election, National Politics
Well, we're essentially looking at a status quo result for a $300-million dollar election that garnered the lowest voter turnout in history. My numbers were way off, especially since the Bloc won two-thirds of the seats in Quebec when I thought they'd take a deeper hit. For a while I was worried the Bloc might form the official opposition.
I also thought the Liberals would have fared much better, but they didn't. It's going to be a tense year for them now, as they face broke coffers and the need to once again deal with the issue of leadership. Dion is not liable to leave the post easily until his own debt from the leadership convention is paid off. His former challengers have also all been re-elected so they're still in the running, though I still secretly hope for a couple of new names to advance themselves for the job.
Harper missed winning his majority but it's not going to make much of a difference. Just as the last year seemed to go, no one is going to collapse his government for the foreseeable future - unless the Grits get a new leader by spring, and if the economy continues to tank, giving them an opportunity to shake Harper's growing support.
posted by Ian at 9:50 PM - link ...
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October 19, 2008 4:36 PM
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