Comment 62770

By cmc (anonymous) | Posted April 26, 2011 at 23:52:22

Couple of points.

The first is that politicians are often fueled by illusion, especially leaders. They need to believe they can win somehow to sustain the discipline of total involvement politics demands of them. Nonetheless, Ignatieff won't buy your bridge.

Second, don't expect a defense of Layton here.

One last point to consider. Which result did popular wisdom consider least likely at the outset of this campaign--that the Liberals might challenge Harper for a plurality of seats in the house or that the NDP might challenge the Liberals for second spot? Word everywhere was that the NDP were stuck where they had been in the polls if they had not actually declined and that Layton would not have the energy to fight a strong campaign. Well, to borrow a hoary sports metaphor "That's why they play the games." and that's why Ignatieff might entertain hopes of stealing an election.



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