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In response to "The Liberals are sort of in the same position as the GOP - Harper should be easy pickings but they don't have anyone to do it." by Reagen

The Liberal decline began long before Ignatieff, Dion or even Martin. It really is starting to appear like a party in its death throes.

Posted by Name Withheld By Request (aka BlueKopo) Mar 10 '11, 13:45

The only thing saving them is that the NDP cannot get more than a point or two above the symbolic 20% mark federally. They just can't. For all the positives towards Layton - and again, positives that mostly come from never exercising real power - he has not been able to grow the party. He was only able to bring it back to Broadbent levels after the twin follies of leadership that were McDonough and McLaughlin.

However, like the point of no return that came with the PCs, the Liberals increasingly look like a party that won't come back to serious positions unless it's under the name "Liberal Democrats".

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The NDP pretty much represents what I believe in, but I can't vote for a party that seems completely incompetent to me - Guigue Mar 10, 13:47
I'd consider maybe possibly voting for that. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 10, 13:47
You could have said the same thing about the PC's once upon a time - Reagen Mar 10, 13:47 4
- I was a PC. I attended their last leadership. I saw it within during the late 90s and early 00s. It died. - Name Withheld By Request Mar 10, 13:52 2
  - Yes, but look at who was running things on both sides of that divide - Reagen Mar 10, 13:55 1
    - It's also cultural. The insides of the parties do not reflect the old PC party. - Name Withheld By Request Mar 10, 14:04
- "I love that word re-foooooooooorm!" -- nm - Beryllium Mar 10, 13:48

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The Liberal decline began long before Ignatieff, Dion or even Martin. It really is starting to appear like a party in its death throes.

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