Saturday, January 06, 2007
Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!
My friends, there is no reason to flip out over Wajid Khan's defection. While this is pretty upsetting it doesn't even compare to David Emerson and what he did. Wajid served time as a liberal member of parliament and this is all part of politics. It wasn't a shock to me that Khan crossed over. Clearly he wanted to work with Stephen Harper and Stephane Dion questioned how someone could be an advisor to a prime minister while being a member of the opposite party. So quite frankly Wajid is in the right place and I'm not extremely angry. That being said I think that he is in a different situation then David Emerson. I am almost 100% certain that Emerson is going to be defeated as for Khan he might not be, But again it is very distressing to see him next to Stephen Harper. This is a man who flip flopped on who he thought was best for the country 4 times. First he thought Volpe was the best, then he thought Rae was the best, then he thinks Dion is the best and now Lo and behold, he thinks Harper is the best. This defection doesn't prove anything, it doesn't mean the liberals are in trouble, it means that there is a man who was opportunistic and fool-hardy to try and balance both things at the same time.
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No the Liberals aren't in trouble you are quite right. Dion precipitated this move and Khan was used as a pawn and HArper took the bait.
Dion has now delayed an election until at least the fall and the NDP have to prop up the government while we get to oppose the budget and fight an election in Quebec. Brilliant!
Harper has never faced a unified Liberal Party with all its minds behind one leader. He's about to find out how difficult that can be.
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