CP: "Maybe he doesn't want to win"
Maybe you are saying this in jest, but I wondered this for the last couple of weeks but figured it was just too far out to even comment. I mean how could someone with Harper's personality and need to control even consider losing an election.
The only way this makes sense if Canada is in a lot worse economic state than Harper has been leading us to believe. If this is the case, the only way he can keep his legacy of being the economic savior is if he loses and the next governing party takes the fall for our current recession. Strategically, this may in fact be the only play to save the Conservative Party. In fact, it may even be a way for Harper to regain power in 5 years if the next government cannot clean up his mess from the last 11 years. And in his mind he may even see himself coming back from retirement in 5 years to save Canada again.
Everything he has done - a long election period, focus attack ads on Trudeau instead of Mulcair, drop all references to the Harper government, questionable candidates, even his association with people like the Fords are measures designed to turn off anyone who is not a die hard conservative.
Harper has lost this election, but everyday I am more convinced this may be what he wanted from day one.
Maybe you are saying this in jest, but I wondered this for the last couple of weeks but figured it was just too far out to even comment. I mean how could someone with Harper's personality and need to control even consider losing an election.
The only way this makes sense if Canada is in a lot worse economic state than Harper has been leading us to believe. If this is the case, the only way he can keep his legacy of being the economic savior is if he loses and the next governing party takes the fall for our current recession. Strategically, this may in fact be the only play to save the Conservative Party. In fact, it may even be a way for Harper to regain power in 5 years if the next government cannot clean up his mess from the last 11 years. And in his mind he may even see himself coming back from retirement in 5 years to save Canada again.
Everything he has done - a long election period, focus attack ads on Trudeau instead of Mulcair, drop all references to the Harper government, questionable candidates, even his association with people like the Fords are measures designed to turn off anyone who is not a die hard conservative.
Harper has lost this election, but everyday I am more convinced this may be what he wanted from day one.
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