Ralph Goodale lays groundwork for coalition gov't
VitaminC @ Mon Jan 23, 2006 9:10 pm
He said, its been a victory because it looks like the Liberals have won over 50% of the popular vote........
Sounds like the people have spoken......over 50% voted for liberals, and now we can wait for them to do some political gaming and make it happen!
hwacker @ Mon Jan 23, 2006 9:11 pm
VitaminC VitaminC:
He said, its been a victory because it looks like the Liberals have won over 50% of the popular vote........
Sounds like the people have spoken......over 50% voted for liberals, and now we can wait for them to do some political gaming and make it happen!
Sounds like the people have spoken......over 50% voted for liberals, and now we can wait for them to do some political gaming and make it happen!
Go to sleep, the house cleaning begins tomorrow.
grainfedprairieboy @ Mon Jan 23, 2006 9:12 pm
Mike Duffy just said that Martin is rumoured to be considering not conceding tonight.
ambivalent @ Mon Jan 23, 2006 9:12 pm
VitaminC VitaminC:
He said, its been a victory because it looks like the Liberals have won over 50% of the popular vote...
Uh, Elections Canada only has them at 30%.
I want whatever Ralphie is smoking.
ShepherdsDog @ Mon Jan 23, 2006 9:15 pm
Well seeing your math I can now understand why your posts are so lame. The lieberals have only 30.7 % of the popular vote
http://enr.elections.ca/ElectoralDistricts_e.aspx
OnTheIce @ Mon Jan 23, 2006 9:15 pm
VitaminC VitaminC:
He said, its been a victory because it looks like the Liberals have won over 50% of the popular vote........
Sounds like the people have spoken......over 50% voted for liberals, and now we can wait for them to do some political gaming and make it happen!
Sounds like the people have spoken......over 50% voted for liberals, and now we can wait for them to do some political gaming and make it happen!
50%?
Try 30%.
Stop talking coalition, it won't happen.
ambivalent @ Mon Jan 23, 2006 9:18 pm
grainfedprairieboy grainfedprairieboy:
Mike Duffy just said that Martin is rumoured to be considering not conceding tonight.
Oh. I am torn between evil giggling and wanting him to shut the hell up and go back to the business world.
Paralysis is good.
Scape @ Mon Jan 23, 2006 9:21 pm
50% of Wascana not all of Canada
ShepherdsDog @ Mon Jan 23, 2006 9:22 pm
VitaminC VitaminC:
He said, its been a victory because it looks like the Liberals have won over 50% of the popular vote........
Sounds like the people have spoken......over 50% voted for liberals, and now we can wait for them to do some political gaming and make it happen!
Sounds like the people have spoken......over 50% voted for liberals, and now we can wait for them to do some political gaming and make it happen!
Ahhh... And this buttmunch is the MoF???
So that's where we get the Liberal Budgetary surpluses. 
VitaminC @ Mon Jan 23, 2006 9:37 pm
Scape Scape:
dangit
chsh @ Mon Jan 23, 2006 10:06 pm
Coalition or not, there are some interesting issues here. The balance of power matters more in the final few hours of counting than it did in the first few. Refining the exact number of seats will tell us who the Conservatives will have to cater to in order to get things through parliament. Will it be the NDP? The Bloc? Which party gets the swing vote?
A conservative minority could prove either REALLY good or REALLY bad for our country, depending on Harper's ability to hash things out with the other parties. Worst case scenario: we end up voting again sometime soon. I'd like to avoid that personally. 
Knoss @ Mon Jan 23, 2006 10:11 pm
SEE!! SEE!! If the GG was electet it would be a conservative and with a conservative Parlement could ensure no more elctions in 18 months or need for coalitions. The NDP wouldn't be able to rule as with a small # of seats.
hamiltonguyo @ Mon Jan 23, 2006 10:12 pm
I can see parts of the Liberals temporarily allying themselves with the cons to form a Liberal-Conservative government as the past has shown us is sometimes possible....
Scape @ Mon Jan 23, 2006 10:13 pm
chsh chsh:
Coalition or not, there are some interesting issues here. The balance of power matters more in the final few hours of counting than it did in the first few. Refining the exact number of seats will tell us who the Conservatives will have to cater to in order to get things through parliament. Will it be the NDP? The Bloc? Which party gets the swing vote?
A conservative minority could prove either REALLY good or REALLY bad for our country, depending on Harper's ability to hash things out with the other parties. Worst case scenario: we end up voting again sometime soon. I'd like to avoid that personally.
A conservative minority could prove either REALLY good or REALLY bad for our country, depending on Harper's ability to hash things out with the other parties. Worst case scenario: we end up voting again sometime soon. I'd like to avoid that personally.
Lib's in opposition with over 100 seats and a 15-20 spread between them and Harper with the NDP at 30 and Bloc with 50. Harper may wish he hadn't won.
DerbyX @ Mon Jan 23, 2006 10:29 pm
Scape Scape:
chsh chsh:
Coalition or not, there are some interesting issues here. The balance of power matters more in the final few hours of counting than it did in the first few. Refining the exact number of seats will tell us who the Conservatives will have to cater to in order to get things through parliament. Will it be the NDP? The Bloc? Which party gets the swing vote?
A conservative minority could prove either REALLY good or REALLY bad for our country, depending on Harper's ability to hash things out with the other parties. Worst case scenario: we end up voting again sometime soon. I'd like to avoid that personally.
A conservative minority could prove either REALLY good or REALLY bad for our country, depending on Harper's ability to hash things out with the other parties. Worst case scenario: we end up voting again sometime soon. I'd like to avoid that personally.
Lib's in opposition with over 100 seats and a 15-20 spread between them and Harper with the NDP at 30 and Bloc with 50. Harper may wish he hadn't won.
It reflects that the only truly strong and majority representation that Canada can have would be the same Lib-CPC coalition that we needed years ago. Why should the Libs do it given that the cons wouldn't bother though?