Sheila Copps has her feathers in a bunch over the nomination battle she lost last week.
Copps has always seemed quite comical to me but she just keeps outdoing herself. If the vote was so messed up do to Paul Martin's interference why would she possible want to refight it? The best case is that she wins and then spends four years ignored by her party. Best case for myself is that she loses the second time around.
Anyways the longer she can keep this up the better it is for the Conservatives. If this continuing conflict (and the general left-right struggle within the Liberal Party) can continue to pull votes away from the Liberal's left wing then the opportunity for the Conservatives to win added seats in a federal election increases.
For years we have been subjected to vote-splitting on the right and now we may be able to watch it happening on the left. And quite frankly the timing couldn't be better. Lets be realistic, the Conservatives are not in a position to win the next election. They have my vote but I really don't see a Liberal collapse on the short-term horizon. The opportunity is there though to prevent a Liberal majority. Without a majority the Liberal's would have to power share with the NDP which if I can gauge the Canadian electorate would be a long term winning situation for the Conservatives.
With the Liberals dependent on the NDP for votes, the NDP will naturally want alot of legislation passed, most of which (on the social side at least) will make the majority of Canadians cringe. With so much NDP influence over the Liberal's agenda, the right wing of the Liberals will start to defect to the Conservatives at which point you have the makings of a long term Conservative majority.
Wishful thinking perhaps but very possible.
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