Monday, January 23, 2006

So close yet again?

The numbers have been bouncing back and forth all night, but right now it's looking like the NDP is once again just short of the balance of power, pending some BC results. And on a personal level, it's particularly sad to see so many strong Saskatchewan candidates (Nystrom, Dusel, Wiebe, Mason, Kossick and Kovatch among others) running strong second places even as the party is apparently shut out again in the province.

There's still time for a few seats to turn around - and there's little doubt that the party has made plenty of progress since 2004. But unless there is a change in the BC numbers, it looks like it'll be all too easy for Harper to repeat Martin's "two seats short of being able to demand anything" line in the next Parliament.

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