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Are the Grits getting conned?

Posted by Mike Klassen on December 7, 2008 in Soapbox

Okay, conspiracy nuts, here's one for you. I think the Liberal Party of Canada is getting duped by the NDP into a merger, and if you blink the Natural Governing Party™ may go poof.

Money is the lifeblood of politics. The Liberals have none, and the NDP have a tap from big labour they can turn on any time. Stéphane Dion howled recently about the Conservative proposals to sell public assets during tough economic times, but he should be more concerned about his party being sold for scrap.

Seriously, if the Tories want their main adversaries to go away, they should just shut up and stop holding anti-coalition rallies. The Liberal Party will simply implode on its own, with Bob Rae and others lighting the fuse.

Never mind Rae's political pedigree as an NDP premier. Other leading figures within the party like Ujjal Dosanjh (Vancouver-South) get most of their political capital from local NDP supporters. Now I'm hearing about longstanding NDP operatives getting involved in Liberal leadership campaigns. If you were paying attention the other night at the pro-coalition rally, complete with newly minted coroplast signs, you'd note that it was bought and paid for by the BC Federation of Labour.

The final ingredients for their demise are a weak leader in Dion, and disaffected party stalwarts turning their backs on the party organization. You have the makings of a perfect storm for the Liberals, and a glorious opportunity for the NDP and its labour backers.

The guys with the money always call the tune. The Liberals bring nothing to the table except for the brand, which has been seriously damaged by the ineptitude of Dion's team. Whereas the Dippers have cold hard cash.

My prediction is that by the end of January the Liberal Party is in complete tatters. Iggy is too smug to get Canadians to support him, and Rae is far too shrill. Gerard Kennedy is too slick, Justin is too shallow.

In other words, they face a virtual dead end of their own making.

Meanwhile the NDP backed by union dough are revving their hogs telling Grits to climb aboard. The Conservatives only need to sit back now and smile.

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