Liberals are truly pathetic!!!

[ivbinconned]

Watching to what depths the Librano's will go to, to hold the office tells me they are desperate to hold on to some grip of the agenda and the inquiry. They don't want an election!!

Having watched Stephen Harper since 87, where I heard him speak at the first reform convention and seeing him succeed when others where writing him off.

And knowing, that I don't know, what election strategy and game plans he may have for an election...I would have to defer to his better judgment. If he wanted to go now lets get on with it. If he can't beat them now, he's not likly to beat them later!

[ivbinconned]

I personally doubt if Martin will call an election after the Gomery inquiry, he will find some way to weasel out of it.
Listening to Layton last night on the news it appears that once the budget is past his sweetheart deal with Martin is over, so who knows what will happen next. I think the majority of Canadians didn't want an election. Conservatives are going to have to play their cards right and take advantage of the extra time to build support. Cadman said he only supported the government to get the budget passed to get money out to urban centres for infrastructure, help for homeless etc.
It will take months and months before any of these dollars start to flow if and when the budget receives third reading. In the mean time at least we get 10 days respite from the gong show in Ottawa, of course we will have to watch Martin following the Queen like a sick puppy for her Alberta visit next week.

[cowman]

I suspect after the Gomery inquiry is done Martin will throw a few low levels in jail for a few days and declare Canada corruption free! All the big wheels will be found innocent...especially good old Paul!
It is very evident that the urban Ontario voter couldn't really give a rip about the corruption and theft? They are more concerned with keeping the status quo alive and well!
By next January Martin will be ahead in the polls and will take the country into an election where it is very possible he will win a majority! The west will vote solid Conservative and probably Quebec will go solid BLOC.
A few more western Canadians will wake up to the fact that we will never win at this game, but a lot won't?

[farmers_son]

I think your analysis is pretty close to the mark. Other than the perception that the west will vote solid Conservative. If you include B.C. presently 13 of 36 seats are held by non Conservative MPs. Dissatifaction with the Liberals might well translate into more ND seats.

Manitoba voted along the much same lines as B.C. in the last election with 3 of the 14 seats going Liberal and 4 going ND.

Quebecois vote strategically, not with their hearts. They certainly will not want to see the Conservatives get into power and I would expect at least some Liberals will be elected in Quebec.

[FarmRanger]

Agreed farmers_son, Quebecois certainly don't let party loyalty cloud their thinking. And I agree that having Harper in office if they vote to separate won't get them any huge plums. I think he wouldn't give away the farm to placate them. I can't think of a worse scenario for the rest of us than having a Quebec Prime Minister negotiating the terms of separation on behalf of Canada.

Hopefully it never comes to that, but if they perceive the rest of the country as condoning corruption(by re-electing the Liberals), then who knows?