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Originally Posted by whatnext
Well they might as well just merge with the Liberals then.
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The Liberals and NDP have never had really large ideological difference but the Liberals had the name, the establishment, a strong Quebec base, and a more pragmatic approach. When I was young the NDP were simply known as `Liberals in a hurry` and in many ways it was and has always been true.
There is one danger about Singh that Trudeau, of all people, should be aware of and that`s writing him off as completely incompetent and not ready to govern. Harper made that very fatal mistake last time and was one of the reasons why the Liberals went from 3rd place in the polls to a strong majority in such a shockingly small amount of time. Remember those offensive Tory ads of 'Justin, he's just not ready' and 'nice hair thou`? Well unfortunately for the Tories the ads very successful but not how they had hoped. They manage to convince many that he just wasn't competent enough to run a G7 country and was only getting by on his name and good looks. They had set their standard of Trudeau so low that even seeming moderately competent made Trudeau look far better than people thought and when he did very well in the debates, it took everyone by storm and the rest is history.
The moral of the story is that if someone is incompetent, incoherent, and has no motivational skills {ie Singh}, let him implode on his own...…….someone falling of their bike is comical while someone being pushed off their bike is empathetic.