Re: This may actually be a first

In article <0o0ht1loig3evg6d8ce881f63crc17so9a@xxxxxxx>,
Daniel R. Reitman <dreitman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 16:03:37 +0000 (UTC), jdnicoll@xxxxxxxxx (James
>Nicoll) wrote:
>
>>. . . .
>
>>Party Seats Politics
>>Liberals 103 Natural Ruling
>>CPC 124 "Drowned Baby" Conservatives
>>BQ 51 Quebec seperatistes (mildly left)
>>NDP 30 Socialists
>>Andre Arthur 1 Libertarian (not affiliated with the Libertarian Party)
>
>>. . . .
>
>I think that totals 309. From what I saw, NDP actually had 29.
>

Right.

And since a small number of seats are still in dispute, the
numbers may still change slightly. Normally that wouldn't matter
but if the NDP pick a couple of seats at the expense of the Bloc,
they become players again.

Given what wasn't sufficient to get a CPC majority (several
years of rolling scandals in the Liberal party, plus a sub-Dukakis
grade campaign), I have to wonder what exactly the Liberals would
have to do to give the CPC a chance at forming a government. Make
Ignatieff leader of the party?
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