Mon 9 Nov 2009
The prevalent wisdom is that governments don’t do well in by-elections because by-elections afford voters the opportunity to vote against the government and send a message without endangering its stability.
It is also prevalent wisdom that voters vote against the government in times of economic hardship.
So what exactly would current wisdom say about a government that picks up 2 out of 4 by-elections during a recession?
That is the question for which Michael Ignatieff in particular will also need to find an answer.
What went wrong for the libs? Their shills in the media didn’t cry enough for them. Maybe realizing that they (liberals), being out of power, can’t do anything for them anymore.
imo, this is the long term effect of the Coalition of Losers, the Liberals being the big losers.
Liberals joining forces with separatists to steal government, because they couldn’t win it
pathetic.