Will Harper regret strategy of running not to lose?

Will Harper regret strategy of running not to lose?

ADAM RADWANSKI AND AND STEVEN CHASE

From Friday's Globe and Mail

Published Friday, Apr. 29, 2011 3:00AM EDT
Last updated Friday, Apr. 29, 2011 12:45PM EDT

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/will-harper-regret-strategy-of-running-not-to-lose/article2003272/?cmpid=nl-news1

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The danger of running not to lose, though, is that someone running to win can step in and capture the electorate’s imagination. Now, Jack Layton has done just that. And so Mr. Harper is left clinging to a strategy that made sense at the start of this election campaign, but looks much more dubious today.

The Liberal Party of Canada, long the bane of the Conservatives’ existence, is in something approaching a death spiral. The Bloc Québécois is suddenly in free fall. But it’s Mr. Layton’s New Democrats who are reaping all the benefits, soaring to a stunning 30 per cent in the polls. Meanwhile, Mr. Harper’s Conservatives are struggling to crack 40 per cent – usually, though not always, a benchmark for winning majorities.

If Mr. Harper can’t get his party to that level of support now, he probably never will. And the odd part is, he’s not even really trying to get there.

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Even this Lower 48 guy can get psyched for that, eh? :thumbsup:

hell he'll lose. Old talking points repeated ad-nauseum to all of us he must see as clueless, does not an inspiring campaign make.

really, really, really hope.

Go, NDP!